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[Aaron Hopkins]

Originally Posted by Chuck Bishop

No one can tell you what it was worth in 1960, it would depend on the grade and condition. It might be better in the story line to list the grade and year of manufacture. I could look up the price of the grade and tell you what it sold for when new if that helps

That would help; if you would pick out a grade likely for the circumstances I will describe, and look it up.
Grade isn't defined in the story line because it would be out of character for the owner, who inherited it, to know much about it. It would not be a very high end gun, but would be better than a Trojan. Would have been a 12 or 16 gauge bought in the 1920s and used for hunting by a prosperous banker in a small town. And it would be in good used condition, prized and cared for by its original owner and not used at all since his death in 1955.

[edgarspencer]

Taken from the Abercrombie & Fitch ledger for GH Ejector guns, page 355, one can see a Mr. E.F. Hutton purchased a 28" barreled 20gauge GHE on October 23rd, 1934. I believe he was a somewhat prominent banker. I doubt the value of two equal condition GHEs made 10 years apart would vary at all in 1960.