And you think Parker memorbelia is out of hand....
 

Check out this item on eBay. Note: 15 bids before it sold.

190375442265

Here is the link to it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

I don't feel so bad about what I paid for a Parker paper shell at Louisville two weeks ago!

Smith stuff is pretty hot. Every time one of their trophy whiskey pitchers comes up for sale, the price is higher than the last time. I guess everyone thinks that will be their last chance. When did we last see a Parker-Remington Salesman's Portfolio come up for sale? How about a Clown catalog?

The last sale of a "Clown Catalogue" I recorded was $1606.

It's sad that Parker didn't seem to make stuff like this watch fob and the whiskey pitchers. I've never seen anything directly Parker Gun Co. that was anywhere near that cool.

I've got some early employee badges from the Charles Parker Company but they could be from somebody who made toilet fittings.


Destry

Why...You got a problem with toilet fittings?.....:rolleyes:

I love 'em to death when I'm actually on the toilet, but when it comes to Parker memorabilia I'd like to at least know it came from a gunworks employee.

DLH

Right answer...You Win!......:biglaugh:

They just don't make urinals like they used to.

What in the world did all that have to do with an LC Smith watch fob?????

Perhaps one could argue that spending $2.200 on an LC Smith faub is pizzing away money?:rolleyes:

No way is that a bad buy. The pitchers went way above that figure years ago. This stuff takes up a lot less room than the guns.

But Bill, you can't hunt with them!

Francis....It's spelled "Pollock"....:rolleyes:

Huh?

Clearly, an orderly mind is overrated.

This thread quickly went into the "crapper"

Our friend can't post on the LC Smith forum so apparently has to discuss his Smith guns here too.

Aw...Everybody needs a "Crapper" thread every once in a while but this one even beats our usual "Veering" BUT....we do alot better staying on topic than them guys over on the Doublegun BBS....

Hey, Destry, what's this "our friend" business. He's your friend. You shoot thrown birds with him and will probably take him to GB next year. I'm glad he got over being banned from this site, but he had to come in under his real name to get over that. How did he get over being banned when the other guy is still banned? Maybe our webmaster doesn't know who Francis is.

Oh NO! Not an alter ego! Spare us!

Francis, I'm glad you caught the line about "I'm glad he got over being banned". After rereading my post, I was afraid you would misunderstand. I bought a Parker today and I may go over to the Smith site to tell them about it. You know, the Smith guys have a shoot in Carlisle, PA in March. If you can come, I'll get you a sponsor if you're not a member.

Everyone:
I'll bet a flat of RST 28 ga. 2 1/2 inch shells that we see someone wearing that L.C. Smith 'fob' around the grounds at the Southern at Deep River in a couple of months;

Destry: please get rid of that hideous picture and the overlengthy quote footnoting all your posts lately; both are light years and a galaxy away from the preppy bars in Ann Arbor;

Eightbore: In case word has not reached you yet, it is now much in vogue and (in some associations) a badge of honor to have been banned from a BBS!

Researcher; My last "close encounter" with a Clown Catalog via Ron Willoughby was in excess of $2K.

Kevin,

I like my new decorations and plan on clinging to them till at least hunting season. I may work in an Ann Arbor bar but I most definitely don't fit in there. I think that's why they hired me, a redneck strikes the fear of God into these yuppie ying yangs.


Destry

Now Francis, don't put words in my mouth. I did not call Mr Hoffard "Falstaff". I was responding to a post by Bill Bolyard and Destry picked up on my citation to the quote from Shakespeare and jumped in. What name Destry chooses to call and label himself is not my concern nor my doing. In fact I like his waterfowling posts and appreciate his dedication to that aspect of hunting. He certainly likes getting wet and freezing at 5am a lot more than I do.

Bruce Once was a Young Urban Professional ( Yuppie), now a Middle Aged Urban Professional ( Muppie) Day.

Francis, the private message service should work and if it doesn't, ask the webmaster. Maybe its your computer. I've never seen any difficulty with it.

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 which degenerate into noms de guerre. We have this "ignore" feature, where if a person doesn't even want to see, much less read, the posts of somebody else, they can list that person to be ignored, and those posts don't even appear on his computer. But regardless, following a conversation and staying on track is a good thing, in my opinion.

John is the buck stops here man and contact him as you have done before.

Francis was not banned from this site for voluminous correspondence about unrelated subjects, although he was and is again, guilty of that (non hanging) offense. He was found guilty of bullying, using of obscenities and other offenses that only our webmaster may remember. I don't know how he got reinstated, but he did, under a name that the webmaster may not have recognized. It seems that Francis is going back to his old ways and may get banned again. Don't despair, Francis, I have been banned myself, but got myself back on track and here I am. Cut the crap and stick to the subject at hand.

Gentlemen, it's getting difficult to see the difference between this thread and those on doublegunshop.com.... may I suggest you take your gloved (so far) fisticuffs elsewhere?

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.