Guyette auction
 

Are many folks planning to attend the auction? It looks like another wide selection of very nice guns.

I don't attend the live auction, because the guns are not on site. I go a day ahead to inspect, drive home, wake up early, turn on the computer, sign in, and push the bid buttons until I am outbid. I usually have an old fashioned glass with bourbon and ice on the desk to soften the blow of being outbid.

I will be there ringside like the "Thrilla In Manila". I have guns in the auction and a couple or three that I will "snipe" at the last minute if necessary. I mainly go live because it is c. 2 hrs. from home and I like to record the hammer prices as they fall, both for instant and future reference. Past catalogs with pricing are a wonderful real-world reference and experience over the years has shown that (as Carly Simon said) they'll be "Comin' Around Again"!

I have a PILE of auction catalogs going back into the 1990’s.





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I’ve been carting them in to the shop cutting the backbones off on the bandsaw and using them as packing material .

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Oh the human suffering... by those who wish they had some.

Alan Swanson gave me ALL of his collection of auction catalogs.





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I have all of my RIA catalogs boxed for shipping, about 20 pounds per box, about seven of them.

I'm watching one item

So am I. It's probably the same item. I was there a couple of hours ago for the final inspection of "our" item. I'm back home now, bourbon in hand.

Win, place or show a drink or two won’t hurt!

Good luck and thank you to all who join in the fun!

Thanks to Jon Deeter, Wes Dillon, and Josh for your hospitality yesterday. I'm sorry I wasn't in condition to wave a lot of guns around, but I enjoyed looking at a few. Good luck with the auction.

Lot 26 must have been a record price for a DHE 20, single trigger, beavertail in high original condition. Lot 27 was interesting as well. Congrats to the lucky buyers and sellers!

I thought the Harrison Parker went for a steal.

Maybe if it were a President that was in office for more than 31 days.

Yup, there were records and there were bargains. Selling prices are on the G&Dbid website in real time. I'm on lunch break, should have bought crabs when I was over there yesterday, $58.00 a half bushel. In the middle of the week, you can negotiate size. Oh, well. I turned the auction off in the 140's.

That and the fact he bought it for his brother.

I bid on several guns, some quite hard. I really wanted the $175 hammer gun with the Parker laminate barrels (because I would like to own them all). I also but id well up on the SC which just struck me as a good looking gun, but they both got to a level I couldn't justify. The SC hung on one of my bids, was then sniped, then escalated and took another jump.

Looking at the hammer plus commission prices, I don't think we really need to worry about the future of old doubles. The very top end prices are always subjective, but the clean collectible middle guns I thought were very strong. The most attractively priced guns seemed to be the serviceable entry level guns; especially in 12 gauge. I think these reflect supply and demand and I am encouraged that people interested in getting started can obtain a solid useable hunting gun of good quality at a very reasonable price. Once the rarity factor goes up the slightest amount, then prices are up enough to show that there is long term value there.

With the several guns I bid on, I ended up buying only one and it was a Beretta.

It was a very interesting auction to observe. I did place a low ball bid on a 8ga English gun but was unsuccessful. I did consign four guns and three sold within estimate and one double the high estimate. The proceeds will offset the cost of my just aquired Fox XE 16ga 30". I shipped four more guns off to G&D for the Feb 2026 auction in my never ending mission to upgrade my collection LOL! I purchased three Parker 20ga guns this year and need to make room. One comes and one must go.

Wrong President Harrison. Wm Henry Harrison was president 94 March 1841 until his death 04 April 1841. This Parker was fir his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, our 23rd President, 1889 to 1893.

I won an English hammer 8 gauge. Those guys at the Southern SxS and Rock Mtn were having too much fun. Now to load some ammo.

I managed to get what I was after. This was my first ever auction I participated in. Almost tossed in a bid on that 12 gauge dhe that went for $1500. Glad I didn’t. Needed every penny for my purchase.

Ed: Guaranteed big fun!! If you need any help reloading please reach out. Craig

I saw that a "field" used Ruger Red Label 20 gauge sold for over $3K with buyers premium.
That is about double what I saw the last one around here go for. Am I missing something about these? I know that they are no longer made, but.....

I bought an original 28 gauge when they came out and it was a solid shooter. I have been looking for one recently and they prices they are bringing are astounding.

As I mentioned, the only gun I bought was a Beretta. It is the fourth sidelock O/U by them I have purchased. It was listed as and "early" one, which is relative. The oldest one I have I purchased from a member here and was proofed in 1932.

I think these are sleepers in the collecting community. The ones 60 years old and older are one of the best game guns ever made, if you carefully watch the barrel weights. Most of them I have are around 6-11 in weight and one of the most dynamic guns you ever picked up. When new ones over the last 20 years have sold for $50-100K, it seems to make a lot of sense to buy a nice older one for $3-6K. Being released at the start of the Hitler regime put a damper on the first 20 years of it's history but the gun was a major influence on the European hunting and target market for decades and was never sold in great numbers.

Anyone know any figures on the Parker 28 ga CHE?

It didn't sell. I suppose it didn't make the reserve/mimimum.

Anyone no the highest bid on the 28 ga CHE?

It hammered at $84000 with the buyers premium.