Bidding Frenzy

[ArtS]

There is a Parker DHE 20 gauge with 32" Titanic barrels on LSB right now. I bid $1k soon after it appeared so I would get bid notifications. It is a 1921 gun with several dents in one barrel that extend into the bore. The wood is rough with a lot of scratches and actual gouges, checkering is worn quite a bit, metal finish is not there on the action and the ejectors don't work. On the plus side it appears original and matches the book. I did a search and found that it's twin in much better condition sold on their site 4 or 5 years ago for $9250. Considering the visible condition and known problems (especially the barrel dents), it looks like a bidding frenzy is building. It is already near mid 3's with 9 days left in the auction. At the rate bids normally progress there, it may go to the 10,000 range. It is a nice original gun, but the potential pitfalls are big before it is restored.

[Ed Blake]

What’s the frame size?

[B. Dudley]

It is an 0 frame.

Currently at $3,300

It will sell for much more.

It will sell for much more.

[Craig Larter]

What's LSB?

[Reggie B]

Lock stock & barrel. It’s a gunbroker auction Craig.

[Brush Buster]

Lock Stock and Barrel , a seller on Gun Broker !

[winplumber]

Things will always sell for more if everyone knows what and where it is, just saying.

[Kevin McCormack]

"On the plus side it appears original and matches the book."

Not to come on to macabre, but so would dental records in a homicide.

[Researcher]

For the internet impaired --

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/952204647

This gun is another with a three-digit number stamped on the left barrel flat --

194699 01 3-digit number.jpg

[edgarspencer]

Russ, I wish there was a way I could hit the 'like' button more than once.
It might be one thing, if the listing had been up a while, and was 'obscure', but posting, altruistically, well after it was bid on, by fellow members is kind of disrespectful.