Mark, most impressive. these case colors are soft and subtle and so different from much of what we see and what are called restorations that aren't. I am not an expert, but I have looked carefully at what I have seen of Brad's recent work and the engraving is still sharp, no buffing lines, no orange splotches, no neon waves, just nice, very nice.
For me as a small collector, the problem with most restorations is that they lack the subtlety and detail of the original, and I see the collector market significantly discounting these guns over an original in modest condition. With this kind of work, I for one see the market paying more for a restoration of this type than a modest condition original. We have seen time after time a modest condition original gun halved in value by so called restoration; that can change with this kind of work.
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