DelGrego Restoration

[Dean Romig]

A gun being restored, in my opinion, should be brought back to appearing as 'exactly' as it had originally left the factory. Some shops do not do this. They haven't paid close enough attention to every little nuance of a high condition original of the same grade and time period. Some of these shops don't care enough about this aspect of 'restoration' and figure if it is new looking, nothing else matters very much. They sometimes get the checkering wrong and if a gun is being restocked, the shape and the 'nose of the comb' are often wrong, the case colors, whether cyanide or bone charcoal are often wrong and look nothing like the original of the period.

There's a lot that goes into proper, period correct, restoration and there are scant few shops that can do it right.
For these reasons, it is my opinion that the value of a Parker can be significantly elevated by restoration and, on the other hand, the value of a Parker can be severely diminished by a "restoration".

[Bill Murphy]

If "small bore Parker" means a VH 28, for example, I would think that a minty Del Grego restoration from the seventies would sell for about the same price as a clean, unmolested original with 0% to 10% case colors.

[James Brown]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

If "small bore Parker" means a VH 28, for example, I would think that a minty Del Grego restoration from the seventies would sell for about the same price as a clean, unmolested original with 0% to 10% case colors.

Gunsinternational #100506293 is a current example (though not a Del Grego example) that speaks to the issue discussed herein. I don't know how to post a link and offer the reference as collaborative evidence only not to foster a sale.
James

[edgarspencer]

Bruce, I'm not sure anyone assumed you were criticizing DelGrego, or anyone else. When I say I do not care for someone's work, I'm expressing my opinion, and I think there is a difference.
The example you show is a nice example of cyanide colors and not what I'm used to seeing identified with DelGrego.