I think you're dreaming if you think it will bring $850 at a well advertised farm auction. If a 16 gauge Parker came up at one down where I'm from, every bib overall wearing hillbilly from 100 miles around would be there to bid on it. Somebody would get bulled up, decide nobody was going to buy it but them, then run the thing to double or triple it's value. You could offer them one straight up for half that and they wouldn't buy it, but put it on a farm auction and guys seem to just go nuts. Maybe farm auctions that have guns are different where you live, I'm hoping they are and you're able to get it reasonable.
DLH
P.S. When I say bib overall wearing hillbillies, I don't intend that as an insult. I am one, I just don't overpay for guns at farm auctions.......
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