It looks entirely original from where I sit, including that darker spot in the case color on the right side of the frame.
I think it is a desirable gun, being such a late Damascus gun.(It is a rare gun as it stands on its own merit.) If the bores are as nice as the rest of the gun and the chokes and chambers have not been altered, it is in my opinion at least as valuable as a comparable GHE of the same YOM with Parker Special Steel barrels and perhaps more so.
I recently sold a GH (No E) in the very same condition, with PSS barrels for over $4700.
My opinion - YMMV
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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