I noticed something interesting today.

[Alfred Greeson]

Wasn't it General Patton who had a C 28 ga.?

[Bill Murphy]

General Patton had a pair of CHE grades, one a 28, one a .410. They are in family collections. He also had a nice DHE 30" 20. Kevin McCormack photographed the 20 for The Parker Story one fine day when we also test fired it on Maryland clay targets, the toughest clay targets you have ever shot at.

[Alfred Greeson]

Wow, what would those CHE's be worth today?

[Bill Murphy]

I'm sure the Patton CHE skeet guns would be way up into six figures.

[Craig Budgeon]

I suspect the Parkers of George S. Patton are worth and would bring a much higher price from a Patton collector, a WW2 collector, or a U.S. Army collector than from a Parker collector. It seems to me that the laws of supply and demand would be especially applicable to articles owned by George S. Patton, since many believe he is the finest combat general produced by this country.

[Dean Romig]

I respectfully disagree with you Craig. Many serious Parker collectors place a great deal of value on guns with a documented connection with such people as Gen. George S. Patton, and other people of fame. Movie stars from the thirties, famous trap shooters or live bird shooters. I rather think that collectors of militaria or personal items documented as having belonged to a high ranking officer place more value on the name of the military person than on the brand name of the item he owned. This is especially true of something like a small bore Parker CHE which, by itself, commands a pretty high value.
The value placed by a collector of military items of General Patton's CHE's is riding on the coattails of the value we Parker collectors place on the small bore CHE with documented provenance to General Patton.

JMHO, Dean

P.S. Next time I see Joanne Patton I'll ask if she knows the whereabouts of Gen. Patton's Parkers.
She is a lovely gracious lady.

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[Craig Budgeon]

Well Dean we don't agree. Over my lifetime I have noticed people try establish a fair value for an item they are attempting purchase while or before they complete the transaction. People who are attempting to purchase a personal item of a famous person tend to set a price they can afford which will exceed everyone else.I still believe a Parker collector is more interested in the gun rather than the previous owner. Thanks for the picture of Joanne Patton. Is she a daughter?

[Tad Tadlock]

Daughter-in-law.

[Dean Romig]

Granddaughter-in-law, if I was introduced correctly.

Edited for accuracy.

With a few minutes of research I discovered that I was introduced to Joanne incorrectly and she was lady enough not to correct my own mother-in-law. She is, in fact, as Tad had pointed out, the daughter-in-law of the late General George S. Patton Jr.

http://www.gmfarm.com/patton-history






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[ch]

Don't know about the price but it is a nice gun. But the issues are something one wants to take into consideration. Because if you don't care for a gun when you get it you never will no matter how many say, it is a nice gun.