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Unread 10-08-2014, 08:49 PM   #1
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Jim Julia, being a deeply committed auctioneer of thousands and thousands of antiques and collectible items that have ivory embellishments of one form or another, is extremely concerned with what appears very likely to become enacted into law.

Jim sent a 'Letter to the Editor' to be published in Parker Pages, explaining all of this and how it would negatively affect our beloved firearms and other collectibles, in order to educate folks so they might be inspired to write or call their senators and representative so this 'soon to be' law can be crushed. I apologized that I couldn't publish it because it would put Parker Pages in the position of becoming a political platform and that is something we can not and will not do. Parker Pages has always been and always will be politically neutral.

Outlawing antique ivory on antique collectibles will not have any effect on stopping the nefarious poachers of elephants today.
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Unread 10-08-2014, 09:54 PM   #2
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We have a gun show this weekend here in Florida.I am curious to see if anyone has heard of this law(reg.).There are alot of vintage guns,grips,beads,etc..
And its $1500 really?
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In order to get a letter from the only source Julia's knows of, yes, it is $1,500
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Back to the thread subject, today's JJ auction was a great one to listen to on Proxbid. I watch the site, listen to the auction and always try to bid by phone.

I wish that I had some basic knowledge re all of those great English SXS, but am not sure I want to put the years into the education, which would include several bad buys-My first Parker had the receiver blued...and after several years and five books I have just scratched the surface-which is what make this site so valuable.

I did buy the F. Beesley (2231) 20 with case after speaking to a few PGCA who are English double collectors and feel (OK, hope) I got a deal on the Parker GH Damascus (2443) at 5.5K.
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I heard about this and it is an asinine law even by Washington standards.
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I have a dumb question on auctions. How do you follow and see what's going on during the auction? Without being there of course.
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Angel, first, register on a site like Proxibid, find the auction you like, when the auction starts, if you are signed on, you can turn on the audio and listen to the bidding. The screen will show the bidding in real time and allow you to bid by clicking on the "bid now" button. I think you may have to get your credit card approved, always by Proxibid and sometimes by the auction house. By the way, Angel, I received your great gift in the mail yesterday. Thank you so much.
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Angel,

I was using Invaluable, not Proxibid to monitor the auction yesterday. I was able to view the lots and bids as they came up but I didn't have audio. Maybe I wasn't doing something right or didn't have my speakers enabled. Perhaps Proxibid allows audio. It would have been nice to have audio. It would also be nice if Julia had a web cam so we could see the action. I'll log on to Proxibid today and see if I get audio.

It seemed to me that most of the guns sold were at the low end of the estimates, of course there were exceptions where the hammer price was towards the upper end of the estimate and in some cases well over the estimate. My gun sold for slightly above the low estimate. I was hoping for more but that's the chance you take at auction. I guess I'll have to change my avitar
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I used Proxibid and you can participate as non-bidding participant if you want to watch and not accidentally hit the bid button when the $65,000 Purdey is up.

It seems prices were mixed, but there were some pretty strong prices for some. I crossed an 8 gauge Lefever off my wish list.
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I used Proxibid and you can participate as non-bidding participant if you want to watch and not accidentally hit the bid button when the $65,000 Purdey is up.

It seems prices were mixed, but there were some pretty strong prices for some. I crossed an 8 gauge Lefever off my wish list.
Mills if you are saying you won that 8 gauge Lefever then Congratulations. I wish I could have bid more but I did not want to get any kind of loan. Maybe one day you will let me see her in person.
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