Thanks for the info, I thought about going, but undecided. I thought 5k might buy it.

It may. No clue who is watching/calling in.

You guys getting more pictures if you could e-mail them to me would appreciate it. I keep a file of all the Parker 8's I encounter. Good luck if you plan to bid. Craig
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If it starts at 7k I’m out right off the bat . When I called the auction house I failed to ask if it had a reserve , that pretty much answers that question . The auction house told me the shells would be sold right after the gun . They offered to give me the owners phone number but I didn’t wanna call and bother the guy . In the serialization book the guns shown as a lifter not a top lever gun .

Its a 5K-6K gun in my opinion.

I can't see any clue about how to see what is being offered in this auction or how to bid. Manhattan Kansas isn't exactly in the wilderness, but they sure don't know how to advertise an auction. Do we have to call them on the phone? Help me here.

I always follow a basic caveat - deal with PRINCIPLES ONLY! Call them up; you wouldn't fret and wring your knickers over buying a bird dog or a Purdey pigeon gun, would you? No, you would get them on the phone as a live human. Then the BS disappears and "all things shineth." God I'm glad I'm not into 8 gauges!! (Although I would like to find that CH that was sent to DuPont Ballistic Laboratories in late 1918!!). See you Sunday!

IMHO 7k is to steep for me, quality pictures won't help, the gun was obviously used a lot by the condition its in. Homely guns sit in the corner while pretty guns get the attention.

I think that is high as well. He is going off of what Rock Island told him it would bring. As far as the auction itself goes its a phone auction.

I was thinking 5k tops . And that’s with the 10% buyers add on .