DuMochelle Auction?

Bill Bolyard · 11-17-2009, 04:54 PM

Jay,

I ended up with the 20ga straight grip VHE skeet gun.

Bill

Bill Murphy · 11-17-2009, 08:33 PM

Great neighborhood, that Detroit. I have a few Winchesters that came from the same neighborhood. Grosse Point Farms must be a good place to live. This guy was a GM big wig. My guns came from a gentleman who lived in a house (mansion) once owned by Harley Earle, the great, more than great, Buick designer. The fellow who owned my guns was not a GM guy, but was an oil guy from the Detroit area who owned a thousands of acres hunting preserve in Ontario. He had some kind of relationship with Harley Earle. My "Joe Knapp Club" Model 21 duck gun came from him. Apparently, some of the GM guys were great gun guys and hunters.

Bill Bolyard · 11-17-2009, 09:09 PM

This auction was of the estate of Al Warren, he was a vice president I be leave of GM that negotiated with the UAW. I met Al around 25 years ago, I doubt he would remember me, but he was a gentlemen, and a conservationist

Bill.

Setter Man · 11-18-2009, 02:23 PM

Got some more scoop this afternoon on my way back down. Report: most of the guns went for close to retail price; DuMochelle had no idea what they were doing or how to handle the guns; a rent-a-cop was in charge of describing guns over the phone Friday afternoon/evening; Feds came in and told DuMochelle that they could not sell some of the exotic mounts or the ivory. Sounds like a cluster-#@!&.

Hopefully some of the guns found good homes with Parker guys. Glad I did not waste time trying to get a "deal."

By the way, Grosse Pointe has always been serious money; old money; quiet money. I am sure there are several Parkers that would command serious lust sitting in some of those old mansions.

Not surprised about the GM Execs being hunters/shooters. Roger Smith was a big time hunter and had/has quite a collection of fine guns. For those of you familiar with the Detroit suburbs, Neville Geeke was Roger's gunsmith.