Good time to buy normally high priced guns......
 

I watched Christy's of Indiana auction house sell today a Parker GH 28 gauge with 28" barrels serial #192543 for a steal in my opinion with today's economy holding down the bids. On site for $13,000. I would think it would hit near $18,000 to $20,000 in better times.

Bill

I know of one that sold four years ago at about $22K.

$13K is a steal and I wish I had been aware of that one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I doubt you can buy a good VHE 28 for that money. Some have ,some don't most of us wish we had it.

This economy will bring more guns out of the closet and into the marketplace.

It would be very interesting to know the condition of the $13K 28 ga. GH

Several pictures still on Proxibid's "Christy's of Indiana" site Lot #177 show a pretty nice looking GH with everything intact, good wood, dog's head butt plate, uncut barrels and some color left on the receiver. I chickened out at $10,750 ($12,631 with 17.5% internet fee added) but the "on site" high bidder of $13,000 didn't have to pay any extra I believe. Christy's has a high rating for accurate listings and less than 1% complaint rating from bidders.

Bill

Skeleton buttplate on a GH?? Maybe that's the answer.

I would like to see that for sure.

Sorry for the confusion Dean,

I should have listed a dog's head buttplate. I look at a 1000 or more guns (including a DH 16 ga) each weekend on 5 to 12 auctions and sometimes my guns get crossed up when not looking at my notes.
But as I stated before the pictures are still posted at Christy's of Indiana in the archived auctions section.

Bill

Dean I have a GHE 16 that went back to Parker for all the options including a skelton butt.

I know Rich, but that is galaxies from the norm.

So your saying I'm light years ahead of the curve in Parkeritus:rotf::rotf::rotf:

No, just that you have a very uncommon feature for a Grade 2.

$13,000 for a shotgun?

next thing you know people will be payin $30,000 for an automobile!

Careful Ed. You're talking about my pension. (Buy a Ford - we didn't take the bailout money)

Well, I have to say not all the high grades or one of a kind go very cheap' it depends on a lot of factors that we all know about, condition and how rare it is usually determines the price, That said you do see some auctions and such with guns bringing less than we would like to see because in the end those prices affect us all, high grade or low grade. For instance the 20g a A-1 Special that sold in Julias last month and the Grade 3 20g a lifter that sold in the march auction! Gary

It is not just guns affected by the down turn, art is in the same category and selling in this market is very scary. David

I look at it like buying stock, when the stock drops you have a choice to buy or sell. In my case I always buy, and this includes Parkers. It's a great time to acquire if you have the means to do so. On the other hand if your trying to "cash in" on one you have had for years you may have missed the bubble. JMHO