8ga Grade 1 Laminate at small auction

[Holeshot]

Thanks for the info, I thought about going, but undecided. I thought 5k might buy it.

[Keith Sirmans]

It may. No clue who is watching/calling in.

[Craig Larter]

You guys getting more pictures if you could e-mail them to me would appreciate it. I keep a file of all the Parker 8's I encounter. Good luck if you plan to bid. Craig
bigboreparkercollector@gmail.com

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Keith Sirmans

I spoke with the owner of the gun. Shells are probably going with the gun in auction. 36" barrels. He is not a gun guy and does not know the chokes. I am getting more pictures if anyone wants to see them. It has been in the same family since new until he bought it 5-6yrs ago. He spoke with RI and they gave him a price range of 7-10k so that is where he is wanting to start at with it.

If it starts at 7k I’m out right off the bat . When I called the auction house I failed to ask if it had a reserve , that pretty much answers that question . The auction house told me the shells would be sold right after the gun . They offered to give me the owners phone number but I didn’t wanna call and bother the guy . In the serialization book the guns shown as a lifter not a top lever gun .

[Craig Larter]

Its a 5K-6K gun in my opinion.

[Bill Murphy]

I can't see any clue about how to see what is being offered in this auction or how to bid. Manhattan Kansas isn't exactly in the wilderness, but they sure don't know how to advertise an auction. Do we have to call them on the phone? Help me here.

[Kevin McCormack]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

I can't see any clue about how to see what is being offered in this auction or how to bid. Manhattan Kansas isn't exactly in the wilderness, but they sure don't know how to advertise an auction. Do we have to call them on the phone? Help me here.

I always follow a basic caveat - deal with PRINCIPLES ONLY! Call them up; you wouldn't fret and wring your knickers over buying a bird dog or a Purdey pigeon gun, would you? No, you would get them on the phone as a live human. Then the BS disappears and "all things shineth." God I'm glad I'm not into 8 gauges!! (Although I would like to find that CH that was sent to DuPont Ballistic Laboratories in late 1918!!). See you Sunday!

[Holeshot]

IMHO 7k is to steep for me, quality pictures won't help, the gun was obviously used a lot by the condition its in. Homely guns sit in the corner while pretty guns get the attention.

[Keith Sirmans]

I think that is high as well. He is going off of what Rock Island told him it would bring. As far as the auction itself goes its a phone auction.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Craig Larter

Its a 5K-6K gun in my opinion.

I was thinking 5k tops . And that’s with the 10% buyers add on .