Morphy Auction
 

DHE 28 gauge skeet gun just sold for $56,000. Add the 23% to that and you have $68,880.00

Wow!

Dang!

:shock:

The AAHE in case with hang tags has to be wrong at $2,500.00. That’s nuts

Lot 2239 says sold for $2,500.00 ONSITE. Can it be?

Something is up there.

Add an extra "0" to the left of the decimal point!

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you want to chat about the results. I cataloged all of the Parkers in this sale for Morphys and am intimately familiar with all of the guns and the results.

I was a bidder on the 28 ga. DHE- Lot #2215 but it went over my limit. Really wanted that gun but had to settle for lot #2274 - a beautiful 20 ga. Trojan instead. Quite a jump down but Im weak when it comes to high condition guns. One of the better 20 ga. Trojans that I've seen and a great benchmark gun to judge the case color by.

The AAHE is not showing now. Also of note a very nice CHE 12 brought $24,600 and the DHE .410 skeet $49,200.

I "attended" the auction today (virtually), and was surprised at the unevenness of the hammer prices. As is the case in most auctions, I saw some good deals and some not so good (from an incredibly biased point of view). My wife is so glad I won't bid on single trigger guns or those with beavertail forearms. She is not as happy that I like small bore guns with composite barrels and higher shooting dimensions. Apparently, based on today, I'm not the only one.

Anyone smiling after the auction? I saw the Trojan sell. A very nice gun, and one to keep for a while.

I was after the 7 frame 8 gauge but it exceeded my limit by a good bit lols !

Did you get a chance to look the Trojan over? After failing to get the DHE 28 ga. it was next on my list and I ended up getting it. I went up and looked at alot of the Parkers on tuesday and the Trojan was the mintest and most original one that I saw and I had little doubt that this was the real deal. The gun that surprised me was the LC Smith 410 (Lot 2267). It brought $16800 with the 20% premium. I have one that is as good or maybe alittle better with 26 inch barrels and improved and modified chokes that I like better. I have followed these guns for years and have never seen one bring that kind of money.

I went to the range after coming up short a couple times at the auction ! Shot my newer to me 6.5x54 MS as well as the MS in 7x57 .

John, I did not see the gun in person, but it looked to be in great condition. I have one in similar condition and am glad to see you get that one. Congratulations on your purchase!

Many nice Parkers, L.C. Smiths and a great Fox FE 20ga, strong prices most within estimate. A few good buys in my opinion.

And that's the way life is suppose to be.

I was mostly following the M21s in this auction. Some great guns. The Bill Mains gun was just incredible. Sadly, it went out of my range. Great guns and really nice work by Josh on the descriptions, probably the best I’ve seen.

Thank you, Joe!!!

IMO, The AAHE was a steal at $25K.

With the premium and tax, add another ~30%

Auction site says that lot passed

What did the 20 Fox sell for?

In times of economic turmoil you would think big ticket items would be on the cool side but not the truely rare items such as the world record revolutionary Tomahawk Pipe that sold for an astounding $664,220 at Morphy's . The opening bid was north of 200K WOW!!!! :shock:

I saw on FB where the 20ga. FE sold for $130,000 + BP. one fine looking shotgun. :cool:

Not to sound stupid Paul but what is the Tomahawk pipe?

Yes it did ! I took a pic of my PC screen to send a friend !

Holy Smokes!!

:biglaugh::biglaugh:

Ceremonial tomahawk with a built in pipe. Seen a few before, but never $200,000+!!! Better come with some good tobacco!!

Thanks big guy. My middle class mindset would have a huge problem on spending that kind of moola on something I can't shoot or live in.

Sorry I can't make your shoot tomorrow. Chuckie B. will be there to represent the PGCA in the 28 ga.:bigbye:

It is almost beyond belief that a quotidian artifact of that era was so beautifully embellished and finished and has remained in such pristine condition for over 250 years. Truly a work of art and, given its provenance, one of the few of its kind justifying the catalog description of "important." Makes me want to smoke a fine imported cigar, just looking at it.

Better come with some good something.

Probably a ceremonial pipe Kevin, only used on special occasions. You better smoke a Gurkha Black Dragon to do it justice. Last I checked they were 1K each.:bowdown:

I have a hard time spending over $5000 for something I CAN shoot ! Matter of fact I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve spent over that amount for a gun .

Daryl - the closest I will get to the Gurkha Black Dragon is my standard issue British army Gurkha shorts, which you have seen me wear many times at high-humidity events like the Spring Southern SxS and the Vintagers at Pintail Point. One of the few garments that are wider at the knees than at the shoulder, they are great for swatting mosquitoes as you walk from station to station. As always, I will stick to my all time favorite, the Arturo Fuentes Double Chateau Sun Grown, hard to get and pricey, but worth the cost primarily because we deserve no less on the shooting grounds and at the tent displays. When we can finally get together and shoot again we will be smoking them at random -"No Jacket Required", so to speak. We've earned it!

I get that same feeling looking at my truck or a gun, fishing reel, boat or even a shopping cart. It just whelms over me. Maybe the penultimate would be to stick the Black Dragon in the tomahawk and smoke that.