20 gauge CHE found in a garden shed

[C.O.B.]

You asked for an assessment of it's value in it's current state and some here have offered a thousand dollars, that's the assessed value to them. you obviously thought it was worth slightly more because that's what you paid for it. In it's present state it's worth whatever it will bring.

I think full restoration is going to run close to $10K and if the barrels are to far gone then you can add another couple of thousand for a replacement set of barrels. At the end of the project you will have between $11-15K in it. Is it worth it? Only you can answer that. I would spend the money and have it done if it were mine.

An original CHE 20 can easily bring $20K in good condition.