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A friend has offered to sell me his T.Page Wood best grade sidelock 12GA SXS. It was sleeved by Westley Richards in the 1980s and has 2-3/4" chambers and 1-1/4 ounce proofs. I had guessed at its value some time ago, and he has offered to sell it to me at the upper end of my guess. I won't bias you with that number. No pictures, but the bluing is near 100%, CC probably 50%, wood finish 85%, with one tiny chip out of the edge of the fore end. The rose & scroll engraving is as good as I've seen on the few Purdeys I have examined close up. The action has carved fences, very nice as well. Ejectors, of course. Straight grip stock with highly figured, correctly grained wood. I don't know much about this maker but I know a good gun when I see it. What is the probable current market value?
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Pictures are a must.
As far as a sleeved gun goes it could be worth anywhere between 3 and 6 thousand.
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Stocked to the fences? Does the lump come through the action? I hate to say it, but I agree with J0e, need pics and he is as close you can get without them as to price.
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I have a T. Page Wood hammer gun with a Jones underlever and heavy proofed Krupp barrels. A very stout gun. I read that Page Wood specialized in heavy proofed guns for waterfowling and pigeon shooting.
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Some Westley Richards sleeved guns were very poorly done. Those would bring much less than a gun with good sleeving.
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Bothroyd has some imformation on Page-Wood .I do know because I look it recently . Dont have the book to hand at present. Sorry.
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Some Westley Richards sleeved guns were very poorly done. Those would bring much less than a gun with good sleeving. I agree with this above statement. That's another reason why some good pictures are needed to appraise this gun. As an aside: I am a full member of the International Society of Appraisers and I would not apraise a gun with this description/alteration without a hands on examination. Jim
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Yep , need pics, to see whats what
Some of those Oh so horribly done but proudly stamped ...on the OUTSIDE for christsakes "Sleeved by Westley Richards" just ruin any gun for me man,,yucko!
hope yours is better done
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Vol 423 I wanted to send you some pictures from a T.Page Wood sidelock that is sold at Southams in march this yaer but your E-Mail adress in your profile isen't good. If you post a good e-mail adress in the topic I can send pictures.
I never posted pictures on the forum myself.
I forgot the T.Page wood sidelock had original barrels, was not stocked to the fences and there was a chip at the right upper horn, had nice engraveing and was sold fro 360
Marc
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I borrowed the shotgun from the owner to try it out. Pictures are at this link: http://s396.photobucket.com/albums/pp48/Vol423/T%20Page%20Wood%20shotgun/The gun weighs 6 lb, 11 0z. Chokes are IC an dMod on a choke gauge, but given the .719 bores, chokes would be about .010 tighter than the gauge shows. Barrels are 26 inches.
Last edited by Vol423; 11/08/11 08:38 AM.
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