Serial nbr look uo pls

[Dylan Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

I just spent some significant time looking on our PGCA Website to find where the Griffin & Howe listing of Parker Bros. shotguns that were bought, sold or otherwise consigned with Abercrombie & Fitch, Von Lengerke & Detmold or others was and I found where it used to be. But upon clicking on that link nothing happened... a blank page was all I got. Apparently Griffin & Howe chose to take that information down from their website so that it can no longer be accessed...

However, for those who have a complete library of past issues of Parker Pages or you had foresight enough to purchase the "Parker Pages Digital Archive" please turn to page 11 in your Winter, 2017 issue and you will find the beginning of the complete list of Parker Bros. serial numbers that went through those houses. The list is continued on page 11 of the Spring 2018 Issue.

Allen, your serial number 221866 was not to be found unfortunately.





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Griffin and Howe no longer offers research services with regards to serial numbers and purchases/sales at the various outfitters you mentioned. The gentleman who used to do this work retired and they came to the conclusion that to continue to offer this service, for it to make financial sense, it would be around 300-500 dollars per research request. Needless to say they decided to just can it. I had a long conversation with someone there about it, I have a 12g VHE with longer barrels than the research letter states, but everything appears original to me. I was hoping to prove some originality with their sales records from VL&D. The records still exist, they have no plans currently to destroy them or make them available. So I guess that’s good?

[Mike Franzen]

Allan I for one would like to see a picture

[todd allen]

Mike, that makes two of us.

[BRDHNTR]

I have never figured out how to post pics on this site. I'll see Dean this Saturday and we can take pics then. Im sure Dean wouldn't mind posting or help me figure out how to do this.

[BRDHNTR]

just tried to post a pic and all that showed was the url

[BRDHNTR]

Gents, I just was able to upload some pics of the 16. Go look at the albums section, they should be there right at the top.

[Randy Roberts]

Originally Posted by allen newell

Gents, I just was able to upload some pics of the 16. Go look at the albums section, they should be there right at the top.

Here ya go Allen, well hopefully it works.

[BRDHNTR]

got the url but no pic showed

[stumpstalker]

Quote: "...for it to make financial sense [for Griffin & Howe], it would be around 300-500 dollars per research request."

Taking this analysis into consideration, can we ever thank our Research Chairman enough for what he does when we render our $40 per research letter, not to him, but to the PGCA?

[Dylan Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Russell E. Cleary

Quote: "...for it to make financial sense [for Griffin & Howe], it would be around 300-500 dollars per research request."

Taking this analysis into consideration, can we ever thank our Research Chairman enough for what he does when we render our $40 per research letter, not to him, but to the PGCA?

One last comment on this topic before this thread gets derailed entirely, my apologies for the divergence as it is. The reason cited for the cost was the lack of people willing to do it, and the fact the records are apparently poorly organized. They are just “boxes and boxes of books” that required hunting and pecking to find the right box, then further hunting to find the right book. No one bit the bullet and decided to organize things. The original gentleman did it as a “labor of love”. So I am glad our PGCA records are a little more kept.