The Parker Gun 1895 Showroom Catalog
 

I have a Parker Brothers, 1895 Showroom Catalog by Larry L. Baer

There was a limited 500 edition reproduced in it's original form from the only copy known to exist. It is numbered (#399) and initialed by the author. It is in very good condition.

Does anyone know the best place to sell this book?
Thank you!

Hello Joe....welcome.... What do you require?

this is a very good place to sell it but you must join the PGCA first.
A good investment.

A few have sold on Ebay in the past few years. As i recall, i think around $300 seems to the going rate on them.

do you know if the ones that sold on ebay were signed & numbered? I don't recall seeing any that were.

The 500 are all signed and numbered. Brian is right on in the average price range.

Thanks Jeff.

I do not think this is correct

I have one, a gift from a generous PGCA member, and it is neither signed, nor numbered. Perhaps it is an excellent forgery, which calls into question the generosity of the aforementioned PGCA member.

The number is located on the inside front cover on the short section of the cover. It is embedded in it, but very hard to see. The initials are easily noticed in blue ink.

I have never seen one that is not numbered. I have two right now and have sold a couple over the years.

I also have one that is not numbered or signed.

Jeff, I took mine apart, and there is no evidence of ever being impressed with a number, nor has there ever been any writing on it.

Interesting. They may have been overruns that got sold or a special issue.

I'll have to find mine and look for those...





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Same here Dean, My 1934 Salesmans portfolio is numbered with a a letter attached I believe, Gary

Alright, The 1895 showroom catalogue is signed, The number is 234 stamped on the inside cover of the leatherette about 1/2 inch from the edge of the inside front cover, with the initials LLB in blue ink, The 1934 catalogue is number 94 last page with instructions to return to Remington, also a letter, Gary

Mine isn't signed or numbered. Ordered early on so it shouldn't have been an over-run. If I remember correctly, signed and numbered copies were an extra cost but only 500 copies overall.

Bob is correct.

Bob who?

Bob Kimble- he posted immediately above me.

Sorry- George answered it.





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In May of 2013 I was emailing with Larry as I had bought some stuff from him on GunBroker.
There were only 500 1895 catalogs printed- that's it. 500. The numbered ones went with numbered book sets that were put out at the same time. If you have an 1895 catalog that is numbered, it has probably been separated from its book set.
I had 3. One was numbered, two were not. Edgar now has one of the un-numbered ones.

So Baers books were vol 1 and vol 2 and a version that was condensed to include both volumes I, and 2 I have all 3 will check to see if any are numbered, Gary

Joseph why does it say banned under your name???

It looked as if he was fishing to sell the catalog and other books without being a member. That was my take on it.

Now I recall that Larry Baer embossed numbers on his books when the customer paid for all three books on his initial order. I still have my paperwork and will confirm that.

Neither of my Vol I or Vol II are signed or are numbered.
I still haven't located my salesman's book... I know it's around here someplace.





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As I recall the numbered book sets had the same type of cover material. But I am very old and don't remember so much.

Mine are completely different.
Vol I is smaller and lighter in color and Vol II is dark brown leather grain.




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Jeff,




I was on the forum and followed the dicussion regarding the Baer reprint. I spoke to Larry several years ago at Vegas regarding




unnumbered books, and he told me " at some point I lost track of what number I was on, so I did not number the remaining copies".




I currently have 2 copies that are not numbered, along with a couple of volume 2"s also not numbered. So, straight from the author,




I believe it to be true!! I am NOT very computer savvy, and do not know how to respond on the forum, hence this message to you.




If you will pass this info on as neccessary, I would appreciate it .




Thank You,




Ed Parker

thank you for the information. This was very helpful.

Volumes 1,2 and the 1895 Showroom Catalog.

I guess he really did lose count if he numbered three different ones with 455.





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That's a hoot.

:):):)

When Remington was building the 3200, they offered a "1 of 1,000" series of skeet and trap guns. The Chair of Remington got the #1 set, and a Board member who was the Controller of AT&T got the # 2 set. Walking thru Remington's museum, he saw a set of the 3200's in the case which were also numbered #2. He directed the company to destroy the museum set of #2 guns. My Dad got the #3 set. I still have them