Julia auction 10/4-10/7/2016

[Josh Loewensteiner]

I have had a ton (more than 50) emails and calls in the past couple of weeks about when the Julia catalog will be available. It should go online today. They will likely mail next week.

This auction is loaded with great Parkers. I cataloged a large number of the Parkers and other American sporting guns in the sale and there truly are some great ones.

[George M. Purtill]

Thanks Josh- the Parkers are special.

[Josh Loewensteiner]

The whole auction is mind blowing for sporting guns. There are over 200 cased sets-

[Mills Morrison]

The B grade 8 gauge is amazing

[Dean Romig]

Mills, I visited Julia's a few weeks ago to examine a gun and had the opportunity to examine that gun as well. It is the finest example of a large bore hammer Parker I have ever seen. That along with the original case and accoutrements makes this gun unique in every sense of the word. A truly stunning Parker.






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[Josh Loewensteiner]

With regard to the B grade hammer gun - one of the foremost dealers said to me in a recent discussion, "Josh, that is one of the great Parkers of the world..." I could not agree more!!!

[Josh Loewensteiner]

Received an email looking for the link to the catalogs. The Parkers are in Session 1 and Session 3. The link is below....

http://jamesdjulia.com/catalog/?division=596

[Bill Holcombe]

If you just search for Parker it will bring up all the parkers in all the sessions.

There is a nice D grade 3 frame in there that tempts me to try my hand at auction buying, but I imagine it will go for higher than my budget.

[John Nagel]

What happened to the b grade 8 ga was it pulled??

[Josh Loewensteiner]

The B Grade hammer gun can be found here.....

http://jamesdjulia.com/item/3434-394/

[Larry Stauch]

OMG!:bowdown:

[Paul Ehlers]

Breath taking !!!!

[Michael Moffa]

Any one care to guess who did the engraving?

[Dean Romig]

I think you could narrow it down pretty closely by knowing who the chief engraver was at the time that the gun was made. It's all in The Parker Story.
Sure, they may have contracted somebody outside of the usual Parker Bros. contractors but in this case, I doubt it - we have seen this engraver's art before on the nicer Parkers.






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[Craig Larter]

Amazing number of very nice to near mint Parkers in the Julia Auction, unbelievable! The 8ga. B and the other high grade guns are head turners for sure, I can't play in that league but it's fun just looking at the great photos and complete descriptions. The gun that caught my attention is lot 3455 the DHE 16ga with 30" bbls, great period of Parker production and wonderful high original condition. Boy would that gun make a nice centerfold in a collection of small bores. Oh well it's fun to day dream.

[keavin nelson]

Yes indeed, a fine collection of the Parker art! The missus became concerned when I started mumbling about a second mortgage!

[Robin Lewis]

The B Grade hammer gun can be found here.....

http://jamesdjulia.com/item/3434-394/

Take a look at the finish of the muzzle ends, I have not seen any quite like that. Since these have been posted, I was shown pictures of one other. Do any of you have, or seen, a Parker finished like this? I don't think it is very common?

[Dean Romig]

I've only witnessed that perfect 'chamfering' on high grades and I've only seen one other Parker with that treatment and it will be featured in a future DGJ article.






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[Bill Murphy]

I got my catalogs a couple of days ago, have read through about half. It is obvious to me that some of the big check writers in our organization will run out of checks before the guns are gone. Good for the rest of us. Good buying to all of us.

[Josh Loewensteiner]

A few folks have asked - we will have a number of the Parkers on display this weekend at the Vintage Cup. Come on by and say hello!

[Eric Eis]

A few folks have asked - we will have a number of the Parkers on display this weekend at the Vintage Cup. Come on by and say hello!

Josh, why couldn't you spread the wealth and show half at Rock Mt where many of the Parker, LC Smith, and Fox guys are going to be at....?:whistle: Just saying...............

[Josh Loewensteiner]

Good point, Eric. I haven't yet been cloned and the other guys on staff are sprinkled around the country at other venues / tasks. As soon as I am cloned I promise we'll be at both places! LOL!!!!

[allen newell]

wonderful collection of parkers and many other fine doubles and o/u ders

[ForrestArmstrong]

Well, did anyone bring anything nice home? Phenomenal auction. Seems like a lot of exceptional deals, at least among English & Continental doubles.

[Jeff Bonadurer]

I really enjoyed the auction very much even if I couldn't afford to participate.
Many fantastic and unusual firearms. Good times ! :corn:


Best regards,

Jeff

[Patrick Butler]

You can sign into the on-line site to get the unverified results for all four days.

It looks like many of the SXS went for just below the low estimate- so with the buyer's premium, the cost would be at or just above the low estimate.

For Parkers, some of the exceptions were the 28s. Otherwise, there were some real deals on some very nice guns.

Is the market down, were the estimates high-or both?

Patrick

[Frank Srebro]

I didn't count the Parkers but I'd say the WLM estate collection overloaded the auction with Foxes. If I counted correctly there were 31 Fox guns ..... and there's only so many Fox collectors out here with only so much money to spend for higher end Foxes. Last I heard the WLM collection was anticipated for the Spring 2017 auction, kind of a surprise to see it in this auction, and I wonder if that was the best move for Julia and for the consignors of other Fox guns in the auction?

For those who watched the Julia auction on Proxibid, a gun showed "sold to on-site buyer" if it didn't make its reserve. Huh? Maybe Josh can clarify why that would be?

[joe souther]

Got a Parker DHE Trap Vent Rib 32" with extra 28" barrel. Remington era gun. Bought right at low estimate. Very few case colors but engraving is very sharp in photos. I have an affinity for the vent rib traps. A WLM gun

[ForrestArmstrong]

I couldn't resist, bought an exquisite Hoffman Mauser from the unsold lots. There are some really good deals available among the unsold lots, might want to peruse.

[Dean Romig]

In case some of you haven't seen this yet - this is a listing of the guns that didn't sell at the auction.

http://jamesdjulia.com/auction/october-2016-firearms-auction/?available=1






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[Bill Murphy]

Forrest, how do you know where to start with your offer? I am always curious about where the bidding stopped, but that information isn't available. How do I avoid offering less than a previous bid?

[ForrestArmstrong]

Bill, check your PM. Also, maybe Josh will elaborate?

[Eric Eis]

Forrest, how do you know where to start with your offer? I am always curious about where the bidding stopped, but that information isn't available. How do I avoid offering less than a previous bid?

I would be curious about that too

[ForrestArmstrong]

Don't think there is any way of knowing what high bid was unless you were monitoring the auction via Proxibid, Invaluable, etc. I simply submitted a reasonable offer which was below the low end of the estimated range, they telephoned me and we negotiated a "drive out" price (which included the buyer premium).

[Josh Loewensteiner]

Forrest has it right. If your offer is near the reserve price set by the consignor we will attempt to make the deal. If your offer is too far off of the reserve or simply wont be accepted, you probably wont hear from us. We receive thousands of offers and only have time to work on the ones that are within a reasonable amount to the sellers reserve.

[Ken Hill]

Josh,

I agree on the process used. It would be nice to know the last bid to help with making an offer. Do you ever see the consignor take a lower offer than the high bid (not accepted) at the auction?

Ken

[Phillip Carr]

There seems to be a lot of guns that did not sell. If this typical?