[Roundsworth]

......retail and wholesale. Greetings, everyone! I recently obtained a nice reproduction of the 1929 Parker catalog from Cornell Publications. The catalog shows the 20 gauge Trojan with a net (wholesale?) price of $55.00. The 1929 Shapleigh Hardware catalog lists the same gun for $86.00. That is quite a margin o' profit! In the same Shapleigh catalog, the L.C. Smith Field Grade in 20 gauge is $66.50 and the 20 gauge Sterlingworth is $60.00. The 'Grade A' Sterlingworth 20 gauge was $86.30. Either price for my Trojan must have been a 'tidy sum' at the onset of the Great Depression. It certainly gained value over the years, but was certainly worth what I paid for it. As always, Cheers!