A.C Middleton's house is about 2 miles from where I live. A good friend of mine's Dad did a lot of carpentry work for the Middleton's. My recollection is that the gun was 1st sold by Jaeger's in Jenkintown, Pa. It was consigned to them by the fellow that found it in the 3rd floor closet. It sold for $12,000 to a Mr. Ford of Libby. Owens, Ford glass manufacturer fame. His collection was then purchased from his Estate by Gary Herman, owner of Safari Arms in Ridgefield. CT. It was on display in his shop sometime around 1970. A group of us traveled up there to see this beauty at that time and I still have the color photo(s) that Gary was handing out at the time. As I recall, back in 1970, this was the only Invincible that had surfaced up to that time. The only reference book was Johnson's. but Larry Baer's books were soon published. Just some random thoughts from Mt. Laurel, NJ.
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