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Presented as a complete restoration with an "opinion" that restorations are becoming increasingly accepted by collectors.
Cheers,
Jack
An interesting sidebar, if I may use the term "interesting" anymore, is that during the last major firearms sale at James Julia auctions, there were several high grade Parkers that were originally identified by Wes Dillon and J R LaRue, two real experts who know their Parkers, as original guns. Prior to sale I understand Doug Turnbull identified several of those as guns that he had redone. They still sold, in an audience of advanced and knowlegeable Parker collectors, for what Julia had estimated they would sell for before the restoration became known. To me this was a demonstration that high quality restorations that are indiscernable from originals are bringing, at least for that auction and those guns, high end prices.
And an observation; most restorations are lacking in that they don't look like Parker originals. Those that do, I think are outstanding, my opinon only.
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