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Ditto on the Fox. I know one member of this board who ordered a card on that particular gun. Hoping he was the high bidder.
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07-15-2014, 07:26 PM | #4 | ||||||
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Yes. It sold for $6000 plus the juice of 17-20%.
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07-15-2014, 07:56 PM | #5 | ||||||
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It was a great auction. If you need a shotgun, it was the place to be. I'm sorry I didn't get to meet Bill Davis, or did I?
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07-15-2014, 08:21 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Bill,
I was there along with Murphy, McCormack, and Howard Loewensteiner. Too bad we didn't meet, or did we??? I'm assuming your the Bill Davis from NJ that I'm always doing letters for To my untrained eyes, the AHE looked original, to some others, the engraving was suspect and to others, they had reservations as to whether the barrels were replacements. We'll never know because there are no records on this gun. |
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These auctions are a great way to see what Parkers are really selling for. That GHE 20 for $4,000 would be awfully tempting
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07-15-2014, 10:57 PM | #8 | ||||||
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Yes--I'm the Bill Davis from NJ. And no Bill Murphy, we did not meet. I'll make sure to introduce myself next time we are at the same place! Maybe Vegas? I was there with Ken Goldenberg.
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07-16-2014, 08:48 AM | #9 | ||||||
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I was there and I also thought the engraving on the 28ga AHE didn't look right to me, it looked like late Remington and the gun was made in 1920. On the other hand I don't see many 28ga AHE
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Sounds like this is a reliable auction house.
I won't mention the name or even the initials of a major Midwest (near to where I live in Downers Grove) auction house, but the other day in a phone call, when I asked about smaller gauge Parkers, both the real ones and even the Reproductions as well, the rep. told me that at their last auction they sold a near mint AAHE .410 for $45,000. That seems strange, as my copy of the 35th. Edition of the Blue Book, on page 1457- shows only the AAHE in 28 gauge, but not in .410? Giving him the benefit of the doubt, Parker did apparently offer the .410 in the AHE grade however, a possible error??
In fairness, the Cabelas' gun libraries in IL also often describe a double as having ejectors, when in reality they are extractor guns. My father-in-law hunts quail in FL in the Winter months- he is looking at a Parker Reproduction in .410- they fetch less than a Meriden Parker .410 of course, but are the Reproductions worth the current asking price?
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