IMO there should be differentiation between "original condition and finishes" and "original configuration". The former meaning that, by all appearances, no metal or wood finishes have been restored or replaced ...... the latter meaning that finishes may have been restored or replaced but the order card dimensions and specs for the gun match exactly, and numbers match.
Also IMO, it may be impossible to determine whether a particular gun falls under the former or the latter category. A gun that was returned to Parker twenty years after its original completion, for freshing up, then used by subsequent owners for the next 60-80 years may be indistinguishable from a category one gun.
Interesting thread.
SRH
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