It was a beautiful HE with very little wear and nearly all of its case color and no damage to the wood that I could see. I went to the little gun shop in southern NH to see it and talk with the owner of the shop. He had told his client that he would try to get $350 for it on Gunbroker if he could. I told him to expect it to get closer to $10k and he didn't believe me. He admitted that he didn't know much at all about classic American doubles.
I examined it very closely and pretty much knew that it was mostly just surface rust and would likely come off pretty easily.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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