INVINCIBLES

[Bruce Day]

It wasn't lost, Larry Baer just didn't know where it was. Many collectors are private and don't want the world to know what they have, so they keep quiet and their holdings are known only to a few close friends. All the more so when there is some tale, true or not, of the gun being stolen at some time. The last thing a person who owns an expensive gun(and may have paid a lot for it) wants is for the heirs of the owner who reported it stolen to come calling with a claim on the gun. That is presently happening with stolen art work from WWII.

Its like the President Harrison AH grade. While it was lost to the public, his great grandson was shooting quail with it just a few miles from here.

But Scott is correct. Somebody may miraculously come up with an Invincible whose SN is in the missing records. Probably be a small bore and in extremely high condition, the long lost and fabled fourth Invincible finally found.

[Bill Murphy]

My gosh, for the fourth time this year, I agree with Bruce Day. Yup, the #200,000 was never really missing as suggested in Johnson, the earlier "missing" thing about this gun is still a mystery, although a minor one. Of all people, George Lander shouldn't refer to the Bo Whoop thing as a "controversy" since he is the person who claims to know where it is and who owns it. If there is a controversy, he started it. Who is he referring to when he says "someone here"?? He is the someone here, or there. OK, George, are you bringing Bo Whoop to the Vintagers this year? I missed it the last time you brought it.

Right spot on the money, Sir!! Advertising valuables of any nature in today's world and the nature of many "opportunists" is a most precarious move. If I were to sell valuable firearms I would consider the % charged by, say James D. Julia or others of that stature to be a "smart insurance policy". I hadn't thought of the stolen gun situation, but that too could be a "horror story" of major league ranking indeed!