Mark, I will jump in with my two cents, First the number of original in every way guns are rare, yes I said rare, they will always demand a higher price in this condition, now you have to look at guns that are high grade one of a kind etc, but that have had a hard life or have a few problems, like cracked stock, damascus barrels that may need a face lift or a dent taken out. In my opinion a gun with problems as above need to be fixed, you still have the original parts, now if a stock replacement is needed that changes things, the gun is no longer original, many guns were sent back to Parker to be "cleaned up". I think that original guns in great condition are so few and far between they are in a class by themselves, so original guns top price in any grade, refinished guns in higher grades same price or more than high grades with problems, lower grade guns, I refinish if they are fairly rare, I have a 20 ga gun that was the first 20gauge made by Parker and the only A grade or 300.00 dollar made that has come to light so far, Brad Bachelder freshened up this gun for me, does it take away in value? I say no because it is the only one known, so you see my point. By the way if you want to see the best display of original guns you will probably ever see, you need to see Mr Charlie Greens collection part of which will be displayed at the Parker Hall of Fame inductions at Chris steak house in Cary, Gary
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