Unexpected VH

Bill Murphy · 10-04-2011, 06:52 PM

Nice $400 VH. Tell us more about the estate auction where there were $520 20 gauge D Grades.

Jeff Bonadurer · 10-04-2011, 07:11 PM

Bill,

I hope it's all good. The auction house described the DH 20 as damascus barreled. The two cheesy photos made the barrels look like Titanic steel.
The rest seems accurate. We should know "the rest of the story", tomorrow.
Fingers crossed.

Kind regards.

Jeff

Jeff Bonadurer · 10-06-2011, 08:52 AM

Yep,

It's a DH 20 bore on a 0 frame with 28" Damascus steel barrels. The bores are in very good condition. It's going to need a new buttstock of D grade quality at some point. This gun spent most of its life within forty miles of Meriden Ct.. Manufactured in 1901. I will send for a letter.

Best regards,

Jeff

Bill Murphy · 10-06-2011, 10:20 AM

Pictures? I notice the old boy also had a Boyd and Tyler shotgun.

Jeff Bonadurer · 10-06-2011, 08:35 PM

Howdy Bill,

I did see the cased Charles Daly and the .36 cal Navy Colt.
I think the Daly went for a grand + 15% the Colt $900 +15%
and the little Parker Bros. an astonishing $400 +15 %.

When I received the phone call from Fairfield auctions saying that I had
won the Parker auction, I about fell over!

I'm really looking forward to taking some pictures of it, probably this weekend.
I will post them on a new thread.

Kind regards,

Jeff