"Uncle Crawford's Twenty"

[Dean Romig]

Bill, what exactly does The Parker Story tell us about the prices of the Invincibles?
Sorry, my set is upstairs at the far end of the house - maybe yours is closer?




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[King Cobb]

Mine is boxed up for moving. Maybe it doesnt. I know somewhere I read an article stating how an invincible cost more than a contemporary Purdy Best Grade at that time.

[King Cobb]

Ahh found one of the articles I was looking for. Its in the NRA museum writeup on the invincibles, that the gun cost $1500 in 1930.

I will look for the other ones.

http://www.nramuseum.org/the-museum/...1-of-3%29.aspx

[Dean Romig]

Who was the author of that NRA Museum write-up Bill?
And I wonder what the source of his information was.




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[King Cobb]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Who was the author of that NRA Museum write-up Bill?
And I wonder what the source of his information was.




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No idea, still trying to go through my information to find where I remember the comparison of the price of a Parker Invincible to all other American and even British gun makers of the time. Haven't found it yet.

I have a sneaking suspicion it might have been in Johnson's book, but I don't konw what box that is in currently.

[King Cobb]

Got my TPS out of the box, and on page 380, figure 8.110 in Vol 1, is an advertisement announcing the invincible at a price of $1250.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Bill Holcombe

Got my TPS out of the box, and on page 380, figure 8.110 in Vol 1, is an advertisement announcing the invincible at a price of $1250.

Excellent sleuth work Bill! Thank You!





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[Bob Brown]

In Baer's "An Immortal American Classic" he has a couple of pages (84+85) of price lists. The only one with the Invincible in it was 1930 and it was listed for $1500. The list skips to 1934 and the Invincible wasn't on it

[C.O.B.]

I have read this article somewhere before. I don't get Sporting Classics but maybe I picked one up at one of the shoots.

It's a great story esp on the cusp of October.