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Originally Posted by Brian Dudley
It is a very nice gun. GH 12g Parkers are pretty common. But when they are condition like that or better, they are ones to be had.
Based on the photos and assuming the bores are as nice as the outside, I would say that $1,500-$2,000 is a good price where everyone wins.
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My gut instinct is that it's a $1250 to $1750 gun, $2000 if one wanted it badly enough. Another poster stated $1600. That seems about right, fair to buyer and seller.
The gun was inherited, might have been purchased new by the current owner's father in 1927.
I wanted to get other opinions and to be able to show the owner what others think as well. I think once I offered him $1800 and he declined. I think he was at 3k on it several years ago and inflation makes him think it is worth 4k, but he is a reasonable man and might take all opinions and reason that a certain value is what current market conditions can bear. I think at the height of the market this very well might have been a 3k gun and had there not have been a downturn in Parker interest and prices, 4k would not have been unreasonable to expect. So $1500 to $1600 seems fair in today's market, at least to me.