new find

[Dean Romig]

Johnny, that's about all there is to your Parker. There may be someone who collects very low serial number Parkers and that one might fill a certain vacancy and a particular niche but that's about it. The neat thing is that it is considered a Deluxe model and the fact that it has Laminated Steel rather than the Decarbonized Steel barrels more common at the time make it more unusual, but the condition is extremely poor and therein lies the problem and the real detractor of value.
You can send for a PGCA Research Letter and if there is nothing on that serial number to support a research letter Mark will, of course, return your payment.

[Bill Murphy]

Jonny, if you are concerned with the nominal value of your gun, donate it to PGCA for their historical collection and deduct a suitable amount from your 2010 personal income for tax purposes. This gun is a legitimate gun of interest to PGCA and its members and would be a good addition to our museum collection. I think it is an interesting piece and would love to own it myself. However, it would be of more value to an organization than to an individual collector.