Dean, I agree.....
Your reference to activities on this thread resembling some over on the doublegunshop.com is a very accurate observation, particularly the recent FS post on the DGS.com where a gentleman who was simply attempting to sell his 16ga Smith had his thread hijacked and decimated by a "FOX" we are familiar with... Many folks witnessed the offensive multi-page plethora of (unrelated) minutiae, and that disturbing display may very well be one of the best (poster-child) examples of why the PGCA website has resisted having a "Guns For Sale" category... Readers can decide for themselves if they recognize any similarities in the thread link below to various posts regularly made on this site...

http://doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbt...&Number=173223

Best, CSL
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I would be very interested to know if Parker ever commissioned any ceramics,silver loving cups or other awards to be given in their name.The Hunter Arms ceramics are a big deal for art pottery and advertising collectors many of whom don't even give a hoot about the guns.Watch fob collectors are also very aggressive in buying any rare fobs as many have disappeared over the years.Any advertising pottery/stoneware is going to be expensive and especially so when made during the art pottery era.

Robert
I am not aware of any. The closest thing would be guns with the award plates in the stock. Has anyone else seen anything?
Jeff

Robert, don't worry about the ceramics collectors. The L.C. Smith collectors are much more agressive bidders for Lennox Hunter Arms pitchers than any ceramics collector. Chris, don't beat around the bush. Mr. Francis Morin is the same person as Run with the Fox, the person who has been banned here and, according to him, on the Smith forum. He is disruptive on every forum where he has posted, has bullied anyone who stands up to him. However, he is a gun guy, has something to say, and should be allowed to correspond if he agrees to keep his disrupting posts to a minimum. Oh my gosh, did I really say that?

Yes you did Bill....And I will print it so that I have a hard copy....:rolleyes:

As Dave said Bill "Yes you did" and yes I agree with everything that you wrote...

[QUOTE=Christopher Lien;14469]Bill, you are right... It was early in the morning, hadn't yet had my coffee, I shoulda just pulled the trigger and went straight through the middle of that darned bush... Never underestimate the power of O'l Murph's natural instincts, he always knows how to sniff out those previously banned "Fox's" in the thick BBS underbrush...:bowdown:

You are also correct about the ceramic collectors, The "Hunter Arms" folks are much more aggressive with their money when it comes to acquisitions of the rare Lenox Vases, pitchers, and other related trinkets... I kinda suspect KBM will not win the bet he proposed earlier on in this thread, would probably be best for him to just shoot that flat of 28ga RST's himself, or hold onto them for a future wager that is more a sure thing...:)

Over the years I've been continually amazed by some of the prices realized for various old gun company items, and if a guy is not careful he could eventually have more money in early advertising treasures than he does in guns... I wonder how those kind of gun advertising related investments will hold up over time?... Don't let the Clown catalogs get too close to fireplace, and be careful where you display those ceramic Hunter Arms Vases, in addition to being a little spendy, they are also very fragile, no high ledges...;)

Best, -- Christopher- Osthaus or Percival Rousseau? beautiful indeed- No artist of that Golden Era captured the muscular tension of the details of the dog's feet like Edmund H. Osthaus- now if only he shot Parkers instead of Remington doubles, hey??:eek:

I think all Mr. Morin would have to do is post pictures of his high grade Parkers and put a price on them and he would find that all is forgiven..or at least forgotten..for the moment.Life is too short to sweat the small stuff and I can forgive about anything from someone who takes care of his family and is kind to strangers and children when they need help.I still think that somewhere out there is a Parker commissioned trophy or high end award of some kind.

[QUOTE=Bruce Day;14356]

Civility is key here, and a person only has to look at some of the other websites to appreciate that....especially those sites where people hide behind noms de plume QUOTE]

Keeping with the spirit of the thread and sorta being all over the place, which is good from time to time. If I were to have a nom de plume, I think it would be Nom de plume itself. Just because I dig that phrase so much, It's just fun to say, nom de plume...

:corn:

Tim

Francis (or RWTF) I, for one, have seen nothing wrong or self serving in any of your posts. I also detect no lack of intelligence or education. Your choice of words and your overall vocabulary leave little doubt as to your ability to more than adequately express yourself (especially for an ex Jarhead) Please keep up your posts. I have enjoyed every one of them.

Best Regards, George RD-2 USN (retired)

BTW, Francis Marion is one of my heroes, especially being born and raised in South Carolina. He took his little team of farmers and whipped the stuffings out of the Bloody British. I have been to Snow's Island where his headquarters camp was located.