A few years ago an auction house in Elmira New York sold Ernest Hemingway's Beretta S-series (I think it was a 3 or a 4)O/U 12 gauge. Along with it went the leg-o-mutton case with his name and address in Havana ink-stenciled on it and a photograph of him seated on a folding chair with a pile of doves at his feet and a combination of 3 or 4 very old and very young bird boys. All are staring into the camera, no smiles, dressed as they came from the hunting field. The gun brought $18K if I remember correctly but I swear that photograph was worth more than the gun. KBM
