Im not sure what grade this 10 ga 36" was .
$2300 seems pretty good considering what they usually list for from what ive seen for 32" ones .

I can't agree with that , although you might be correct .

Personally I feel "today" if the 40" gun were in pristine condition etc it might bring $7500 .

And from looking at the pictures blown up and any other way I'd say the condition if anywhere near as decent now as it was then the gun would most likely top out at $3500-4000 in todays market MAYBE .

Not trying to beat up the value etc but I do not think it will bring what some folks would assume .

And again that's my opinion , may not be correct but that's what I think .

Read the post again I tell you what grade it was !

List and actual sale price don't go hand in hand .

I've got a 34" EH in very nice shape that I got for less than $2300 .

Well it was listed as 15k then it was marked as sold .
I was talking about the one that sold here not the PH you mentioned .

Hmmmmmmm

My 40" Davenport 10 gauge that I recently acquired cost me $600. I am very happy with it but it would be nice if it were a Parker.

People often say I had one of those and wish I had kept it, it would be worth a fortune, whether an old car or a gun. I always reply, well buy one today and many years down the road you can say I'm glad I kept it.

So here is what the $2000 in 1980 is worth today. If you would have redeemed it in 1980 for $2000, why not do it today?

U.S. Inflation Rate, $2,000 from 1980 to 2020

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index, today's prices in 2020 are 213.93% higher than average prices since 1980. The U.S. dollar experienced an average inflation rate of 2.90% per year during this period, meaning the real value of a dollar decreased.

In other words, $2,000 in 1980 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $6,278.59 in 2020, a difference of $4,278.59 over 40 years.

The 1980 inflation rate was 13.50%. The current inflation rate (2019 to 2020) is now 2.33%1.

the inflation rate must be well below 0 because paper money aint worth anything in a good while....charlie

Maybe they shoulda made it outta gold...





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Closing(?) the loop on a dead thread
 

Back in 2020 I did hear some definitive words on the subject gun, but failed to follow up on the forum.

My search ended at John Puglisi. I found out that he himself had been a previous owner/collector of the gun and had since sold it.

We were able to get connected for a phone conversation after which he reached out to the owner (whose identity John kept confidential) and told him about my search. A follow up conversation between John and I revealed the owner did not seem interested in my story much at all. Additionally he didn't give John much to go on, but Puglisi's best guess as to what the owner would want for it --- $20,000.

I told him I would rather not waste his or the owner's time by requesting an audience and that's where it all ended.

Nonetheless I wanted to say thank you to anyone who put thought into this project and to put a cap on it.

It was an enjoyable search and fun to find out that it was in fact worth something. My grandfather would have been proud to know, then again maybe it would have eaten him up!