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Page 544 of John Houchins’ L.C. Smith “The Legend Lives” shows a price comparison between Smith and Parker guns. Prices for both, and in every grade, fell from 1908 to 1913. The $105 2E in 1898 went for $95 in 1908, and became the $75 AE Specialty grade in 1913.
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That price drop reflects the change from publishing the high "List Prices" in their catalogs to publishing the actual "Net Selling Prices"
The A.H. Fox Gun Co. catalogs from 1905 to the 1908 "Campfire" catalog showed list prices --
A - Grade ...... $50
B - Grade ...... $75
C - Grade ......$100
D - Grade ..... $200
F - Grade ..... $500
Ejectors ........$15
By the 1911 A.H. Fox Gun Co. "Campfire" catalog they were publishing both the "List Price", the same as 1908, and the actual "Net Price." They also published an Export Edition of the catalog with only the "List Prices" but with a little salmon color insert giving the "Net Prices."
By the 1913 A.H. Fox Gun Co. "A Fox Gets The Game" catalog they only give the prices that were the "Net Prices" in the 1911 and 1912 catalogs.
A - Grade ...... $37.50
B - grade ...... $50
C - Grade ......$70
D - Grade ..... $140
F - Grade ..... $350
Ejectors ........$12
By 1915 Ejectors dropped to $7.50 and C-grade and above were only offered with ejectors. Prices started up during 1916, and by the February 1st, 1920, Price list the were --
A - Grade ...... $68.25
AE- Grade ..... $80.75
CE- Grade ......$115.00
XE- Grade ......$175.00
DE- Grade ..... $275.00
FE- Grade ..... $500.00