I find this amazing. For one thing, if you read the OP, I was one of the first bidders, and I posted. I see no difference in this than the plethora of posts about high grade guns being in an auction catalog which is weeks or months from the auction and going on for pages about its history, research etc with absolutely no negative comments about the posting. The participants even discuss their bids.
I would like to have the gun and have it restored. I won't pay a ridiculously high price that could never be recovered. If anyone thinks that in this day and age, a 32" barreled Parker 20 DHE O frame is going to go unnoticed on a major auction site, they are delusional. The only time this sort of thing happens, in my experience, is when guns are incorrectly identified, incorrectly described or there is too little information. In those cases, there is little interest because most people simply scan the titles of the listings.
I buy 2-4 guns a month on internet auctions and the really good buys are generally the result of this situation. The others I buy because I want them for a particular reason and will pay at or a little above the value to get it.
If someone thinks this thread is not under the rules, it should be deleted. If it is, then I can easily find 400-500 more that should be.
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