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[Bindlestiff]

After reading the thread about how dismal the selling outlook is, this will be interesting. Before reading that thread I would have guessed $120 - $170 but now ????

[Larry the Gun Guy]

Originally Posted by Robin Lewis

After reading the thread about how dismal the selling outlook is, this will be interesting. Before reading that thread I would have guessed $120 - $170 but now ????

I think the down turn in prices is only affecting guys like you and me, but the real money guys are still out there for special things like this. It will be interesting and a benchmark for great collectible shotguns when it goes across the block.

[Bindlestiff]

Originally Posted by larrystauch

I think the down turn in prices is only affecting guys like you and me, but the real money guys are still out there for special things like this. It will be interesting and a benchmark for great collectible shotguns when it goes across the block.

I don't know, I have a great 16ga on the for sale section that has gone without interest. I assume it is because of my asking price and the precieved "down turn" we discussed. Nobody has challanged the price and tried to "dicker" for it which, is why I want to watch this one sell. I hope I'm in a good way.

[Tommy Neely]

Dean, you mention how you would be all over a 28 ga A1 Special. Are you familiar with the "Little Persuader". I've only seen pictures of it in the Bonarms Auction Catalog dating back to the mid 1990's. Story is that Parker Bros. kept it in their New York Retail Store to influence sales, thus the name "Little Persuader". This gun, in my opinion, is the Holy Grail of Parker Guns.

[Tommy Neely]

Forgot to mention that it Sold for $100,000.00

[Big D]

Bill Jaqua bought the gun. It was written up in the WSJ as a breakthrough in collectibles as investments. The gun was resold within about a month. From what I heard,not only did that gun put Jaqua's and gun collecting on center stage, but he turned a handsome profit on the gun also

[C.O.B.]

Not an A1 but not six figures either still a pretty nice 28 and a two barrel set. Dean you could shoot some Grouse with this one 26 inch Parker barrels IC/M and a set of 28 inch barrels from James Purdey choked M/F.

[Pa SxS]

C.O.B, has the DAC and DAH been messed with? Looks like wood may have been taken off the top of the stock.

[Dean Romig]

Yes Tommy, I am familiar with "The Little Persuader" and it certainly is a 'Holy Grail' but I have a distinct soft spot for 150677 which is shown as a SG 28" 28 gauge AAHE but it is actually an original two-gauge (28/20) two-barrel set with some wonderful provenance. It will be included in an article sometime soon.





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[C.O.B.]

Chuck that's the way the gun was stocked. It has a small Monte Carlo comb.