My objections to PGCA sitting on interesting research material are well documented in comments made on this forum in the past. The "Black Hole of Curatorship" is alive and well in PGCA. The original poster is correct in his inquiry about why anyone would sit on good research material. Yes, why would one do that? I have never charged a dime for or have I held back any information that would assist another collector. When I had access to the records of a great gun company, not Parker, gun provenance was offered for a reasonable price. Fortunately for the gun owners, the information was relayed over the telephone and payment was never requested. I just couldn't bring myself to charge someone a fee for information that didn't cost me anything and was of great interest to the owner of the gun. And, in answer to Bruce's last post, I was not referring to the Peter Johnson material when I was mentioning PGCA research material locked in the "Black Hole of Curatorship". I am well aware that the Johnson material is in private hands. My offer to share my "stuff" refers to ten minutes after PGCA shares their "stuff".
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