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I usually go through the LB&S listings on Gunbroker every other Sunday and watchlist some of the more interesting C&R and Antique guns which show up.
Several generally nice to OK Parkers this week, but a pretty nnice GHE 20 gauge was there. Short barrels, straight stock, two ivory beads on a concave tapered rib, good dimensions, decent wood, checkered butt with no plate. Only negative was a little wear on the stock/checkering and I personally didn't think the wood fit was up to the normal Parker standards. Loose in places, proud in some and low in some. Has a nice looking case.

What surprised me was the bidding response. Generally unless it is a very inexpensive gun, the real money stays out of the game until most of the two weeks is gone. In this case,even though the gun doesn't appear in the serialization book and no Letter was presented in the listing, a small number of bidders drove the price up to nearly $4000 in one day with essentially 2 weeks left in the auction. Seems like an abnormal reaction?