Allan Swanson

[B. Dudley]

The very first Charles Parker Co. item that I purchased (other than the guns) was a Mission Oak tower clock from Allan. It was at the 2013 Vintage Cup. The first time I met him. He had a whole table full of items like clocks, coffee grinders and silverplate items. The clock was the item that I really liked and could afford at the time. As I recall Allan gave the keynote speech on collecting Parkers at the annual meeting at that event. I have since acquired many more CP Co. items and I still have that clock.

[George "Scott" Davis]

Could someone please post his obituary, Please

[Dean Romig]

George - There is no obituary on record to date.





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[Bill Murphy]

I have a Swanson shipping box in my collection. It once contained a very rare and very late #104,000 range #3 frame 32" 12 gauge lifter that was once Austin Hogan's "skeet gun" to hear Austin describe it. I chased that gun for years after seeing it in the hands of a famous Philadelphia collector, who most of us know, at a Pennsylvania Gun Collectors show at Monroeville. He offered it to me at a low price but I had no idea how rare it was at the time. I left without buying it. We were lunching at the snack bar at the time. Somehow it got to Austin who appreciated it as a "skeet gun" and refused to sell it to me at any price. As Austin would say, "We don't live forever." It was another of those thirty year searches. It is one gun that may be one of the last to go.

[Pa SxS]

I have one too, problem was he used about 20 screws to secure the lid

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Chuck Bishop

I have one too, problem was he used about 20 screws to secure the lid

That's all, just 20??





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[Randy Roberts]

Originally Posted by Chuck Bishop

I have one too, problem was he used about 20 screws to secure the lid

Chuck a couple of months ago I acquired a Parker from a member who sent it to me in one Allans shipping boxes which I returned to the Seller. It seemed like a great idea to me so one rainy night a few weeks back I went to the shop, well you get the picture

I will miss the stories that Allan would tell of days gone by and chasing Parkers at various shows. RIP Allan.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Randy G Roberts

Chuck a couple of months ago I acquired a Parker from a member who sent it to me in one Allans shipping boxes which I returned to the Seller. It seemed like a great idea to me so one rainy night a few weeks back I went to the shop, well you get the picture

I will miss the stories that Allan would tell of days gone by and chasing Parkers at various shows. RIP Allan.

To a degree you remind me a lot of my dearly departed father RIP . He was very much into woodworking although more towards 18th century furniture that type thing . Pop wasn’t much on metal work however and that’s more my type thing . But the items I see coming from your shop remind me of him !

[Dean Romig]

Yup that was Austin's Skeet gun for sure.


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[Mike Franzen]

Very sad news. He was always kind to Julia and me.