Parker ID help needed

[KCordell]

Here are a few more pics of engraving







Must have been willi's gun ;-)

[Bill Murphy]

You are right about the different styles. Rich Anderson's gun was engraved before Franz Marktl came to the United States. The top view of your gun is beautiful. We sure would like to see good pictures of the rest of the gun. From your last picture, it seems that this gun was in fact engraved for William Eckmeyer. I guess I was wrong about my old friend Willie and his taste in engravers. Franz Marktl was very approachable when he first came here. His talent was and is remarkable. I will repeat my question, where did you find this great gun?

[Bill Murphy]

By the way, it was great to have Tom Kidd participate in this thread. If anyone knows more Parker and Fox people from the old days than I do, it is Tom Kidd. Hauling guns that are worth a half million bucks in today's money in a mid fifties Chevrolet sedan delivery is real brave. Of course, Tom's old Chevrolet would be worth about fifty grand today, if he still had it. I have a clear recollection of Tom laying out three XE Fox 20 gauges on the hood of his sedan delivery at the Pikesville MD Armory parking lot when we were a bit younger. The most expensive ones were $1400. Even back then, that was cheap. He must have had his eye on something.

[ahfoxman]

Hello Bill, 50 Grand you say?? Sorry for the non Parker post, but it is a part of the great gun collecting histories, and the old girl did haul a lot of really high grade Parkers out to Wellsburg, W.Va. back in the day. It had a 265 with dual quads and an overdrive. I put 276,000 miles on it chasing all sorts of fine double guns, most of which I had on the arm. Great times, but more importantly, a fraternity of really GREAT PEOPLE allowed me to get off of the Hardscrabble Road. Always remember: Life is Good, Treat it With Respect!

Here are the only decent gun photos in this laptop, just ignore the maker, which was the Ansley H. Fox Gun Co., and enjoy the early lumber.