Prices Realized (RIA)

[gman]

The first gun I shot was a Trojan at 10 years old and for many years it was the only gun I hunted with. Still have it, wanted more, and with family and obligations did not have the dough. I am now 61 at the height of my earning years, fortunatly have some disposable income and I am picking up good Parkers where I can. Better late than never. I believe that this may be a likely scenario for the next generation particularly if they get to shoot them. My son is a gen Xer and his friends see these guns, their eyes light up and they comment "that is sweet". Just MHO

[Bill Murphy]

Bruce, send me the names of the guys who used to own 300 Parkers and also the names of those who now only own 70. Since you have been a serious Parker student and collector for so long, you must know who these people are. I am a young guy so I can cultivate the widows of those guys and become the next Otis Odom or Bruce Kelly. On second thought, I really don't need to press the flesh with the widows. All I need to do is write the checks. That's the way some guys do it. The alternative would be to get to know these guys over a period of forty or fifty or sixty years, as friends and fellow hunting partners. Just last night, The Lovely Linda and I attended the 95th birthday party of a fellow who has a baggo Parkers and other wonderful guns and still appreciates them. I have known and hunted with and traded guns with this fellow for a bunch of years. We have several dozen friends in common, some of whom own dozens, maybe more, Parkers and other strange and unusual guns. None of those friends of the birthday guy need any more Parkers, so the birthday party was more about my friend and the food and liquor than the guns. Welcome to the good old days.