George, Tug McGraw's Christian name was Frank. I was thinking it might have been McGraw-Hill Publishing, but found that S.D. McGraw was a Partner in the Securities firm of Allen, McGraw & Co. who were listed brokers on the Chicago Stock exchange. The dates match up with the period of the gun.
A DHE 20 would first need to be run over, twice, by a 20 car train before it was worth $2500. Julia's has sold many 20ga. DHE guns in the past couple years, between $8k range to over $17,000. Maybe I should sell all of mine and buy a pontoon boat.
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