Agreed Bill. And GregSY and I are on the same page about the motives of the two highest bidders.
However, the PGCA Research Letter does not connect the gun with Spiller. The thing that does, however, is the letter from Bill Tapply (Included with the gun, the LOM case and the book in which first appeared the story "Burt's Gun")which states that it is indeed the Parker that was once owned by Spiller and passed along to young Bill. Bill told me a couple of years ago that he believes he heard from either his Dad, "Tap" or from Burt Spiller himself that Gorham Cross "Grampa Grouse" procured the gun for Spiller.
