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I decided to put this article in a new thread. I dug through my old issues of Gun Digest and was able to find the original 1981 article and I thought it was interesting enough to photograph and post. So here it is. I think that if you change you zoom level and go up a notch or two you'll be able to read it. Enjoy
N.B: I'm having trouble reading this. Does anyone know of a way to sharpen up the print?
Jim

Somewhere I have a copy of the auction catalog of his guns. He had some fantastic stuff and I wish they had held the auction in the Chicago area so I could have gone to watch.Some guns went quite reasonably.

I know where one his treasures lies in a collection....one day hopefully it may make it into my collection. Stunning to say the least.

I attended that auction in the early 80's over two days in MA. I remember I scraped together 20K in cash and came home with NOTHING!! A great event and I have seen some of the guns sell again over the years for LESS money then they brought at that auction. Auction fever can be very costly...............

If anyone has a way to sharpen up the article I posted so reading would be easier please let me know. Alternatively I can forward someone the 8 pages to do it themselves. IMO: The article is well worth the read.
Jim

IMO, it should be scanned maybe to jpg then posted. I don't know if you can get those pages flat or not. You probably don't want to cut them out of their binding.

Jim
I have an old book about the work of the BSA and Daimlier factor during WW1 which i wanted to copy but not bend backwards for the scanner.
I just photographed it on an overcast day outdoors with an SLR set for 2mb per picture. I then uploaded it to photobucket and was pleased with the results as it is easily readable. I think the trick is to get good definition photos to start with of a high enough resolution so that when photobucket reduce the quality they are still readable.
Have a look at this and see what you think. If anyone else wants to see the rest i can send a link.
John

I remember it well, five of the most exciting days I can remember. I was working a week-on, week-off back then and the auction was on my week off so several friends got together and bought me a ticket to Hyannis, MA.

I was bidding for myself and several friends, I spent all my money and theirs. At the time I felt the prices were very high but I had tunnel vision. There was just not enough time from when I got the catalog until the auction to do the proper research that needed done.

I went after two of Mr. Niedner's personal guns and got both. One rifle I looked at and did not bit on I was was glad to pay seven (7) times what the original bidder paid for it twenty years later.

Hindsight is always 20/20 but for me looking at the catalog today, there were some real bargains.