Upgraded 8 ga

[Bill Murphy]

Darn, I missed it at the Southern. At the Baltimore Show, at the Fifth Regiment Armory, in the mid sixties, Jack Puglisi had an upgrade Invincible 8 gauge on his tables. That gun reappeared a few years back, but I don't remember who was selling it. Does anyone know how to get a picture of that gun? Also at Baltimore in the same time period, there was a Parker eight made into a lamp with the wires routed through a breech ball and up the barrel to the light fixture. Today it is probably a working gun with a visible (or nearly invisible) repair to the breech ball. However, if it was a hammer gun, it could be wired through the plunger hole. I don't remember if it was a hammer or hammerless gun.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

It would look just like a 12g or 16g invincible. Just larger.

This gun was on Cowans table at the Southern. It was pretty shiny and glitzy no doubt about that.

Well damn , I didn't see Cownas there . I spent a lot of time at the Guyette & Deeter tables looking at the stuff for their upcoming auction in February .

[Mills]

My great uncle had a bunch of shotguns made into lamps. When I was 5 years old, I recognized the crime. Not sure what became of all of them.

[Mills]

Something like Russ Jackson's BHE 410 or some of the Del Grego/Runge GH upgrades that appear from time to time kinda appeal to me. Otherwise, I will stick with originals

[B. Dudley]

The subject of upgrades and their values is one that, in my opinion, is completely dependent on the quality of the work.

I will say it again, this subject gun is not an “upgrade”. That term is used far too often and very inaccurately. An upgrade is a lower grade gun that is reworked to accurately replicate a higher grade gun. This is a custom gun, made to the owners taste with no regard to accuracy of a given original grade.

As for value, I personally feel that a faithful reproduction of a AA or A-1 parker can be executed for far less than the market value of a comparable original. When we see asking prices of original A1 specials in the $50-$150 range, a well done upgrade could still bring a profit over cost to make when sold. Fully disclosed and well done upgrades have been getting more attention and their asking/sale prices reflect that.

It is the opposite for a custom gun. I would say that in most instances, the investment to create it would not be recouped. And that is ok too. As long as the person commissioning the project does not care, nobody else should.

[todd allen]

It's a beauty, and looks like a fun gun. That should be enough for some.

[ArtS]

Just watched the Cowan auction. The winning bid was 13000, 15990 all in. That was a higher than 20 percent premium that they charge, so it must have come from Proxibid or someone outside. Don't really know why someone does that instead of placing a proxy direct with the auction house. Anyway, prices were really strong overall. Most Parkers were about what you would expect. One del Greco-Roman BHE went for 4800 all in, and reproductions were pretty reasonable, but overall the prices were really strong. Seemed like a huge demand for old stuff and much European. Things like muskets, pepperboxes, derringers, flintlock were very often tripling the high estimate, before premium.

Knives tanked, for what it's worth.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Arthur Shaffer

Just watched the Cowan auction. The winning bid was 13000, 15990 all in. That was a higher than 20 percent premium that they charge, so it must have come from Proxibid or someone outside. Don't really know why someone does that instead of placing a proxy direct with the auction house. Anyway, prices were really strong overall. Most Parkers were about what you would expect. One del Greco-Roman BHE went for 4800 all in, and reproductions were pretty reasonable, but overall the prices were really strong. Seemed like a huge demand for old stuff and much European. Things like muskets, pepperboxes, derringers, flintlock were very often tripling the high estimate, before premium.

Knives tanked, for what it's worth.

I was planning on bidding on the BHE Delgrego had redone but forgot about it . I see the BHE went for 4K plus the extras .

[Reggie B]

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[Pa SxS]

Great gun with great provenance.