Rock Island

[Dean Romig]

Again, auction house estimates of high and low values are not like high and low speed limits on the highways where it is illegal to exceed the high number as well as fall below the low number. These low estimates are set to draw bids. It is the wish of both the auction house as well as the consignor that the hammer price will far exceed the high estimate.







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[Wild Skies]

I see now that RIA has backed off identifying and describing the BHE S/N 12-0098 as a Steel Shot Special. The only thing left in the description that refers to it being a Steel Shot Special is a letter from the original purchaser that accompanied his deposit to Paul Jaeger, Inc. when the gun was ordered, the letter is dated from Dec. 1987. The Parker Story reported that the Skeuse's weren't approached about developing a SSS model until sometime in 1988.

More interesting . . . more intrigue . . . and more mystique.