A family Parker

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You've already been told but I'll restate it's worth near-nothing.

Guns are funny things. If a person's great-great grandpa had bought a new Ford in 1906 and driven it mercilessly for 15 years, crashed it into a tree while drunk and with his mistress, then parked it outdoors for another 15 years before using it to pull a plow for 10 years, there would be little sentiment attached to that heap of iron. 60 years later his descendants wouldn't feel any obligation to attach sentiment to it. But a gun - that's a different story.

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Originally Posted by greg conomos

You've already been told but I'll restate it's worth near-nothing.

Guns are funny things. If a person's great-great grandpa had bought a new Ford in 1906 and driven it mercilessly for 15 years, crashed it into a tree while drunk and with his mistress, then parked it outdoors for another 15 years before using it to pull a plow for 10 years, there would be little sentiment attached to that heap of iron. 60 years later his descendants wouldn't feel any obligation to attach sentiment to it. But a gun - that's a different story.

you obviously haven't tried to buy an antique Ford to restore

that there is "patina"