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A few years ago, Julia had in his online auction catalog quite a few Parkers that were listed in Mint condition. Naturally the price that they expected was high.
Doug Turnbull say this pre-catalog and called Julia saying that he had refinished these guns and had the serial numbers in his ledger.

Thanks to Doug notifying Julia or else it might have caused a problem later. His own staff of experts couldn't tell,

You are right, Caveat emptor.

I've bought and sold at the JDJ auctions. They are just over an hour's drive away, which makes it possible to examine something carefully before bidding. I think Bob's story, above, relates to guns that Turnbull restored. Doug supposedly came and looked them over in person, outed them prior to the auction. There were also some .22rf engraved Winchesters in boxes that weren't factory.

I have no major beefs with JDJ, generally agree with Berien. Like any board regular who thinks he's seen everything, JDJ's folks can be fooled by a really good fake. Most infamous was the "forensically validated" Little Big Horn 1866 - the front cover item - that turned out not to have been there at all. Given the sophisticated efforts employed getting that item so far I cannot lay blame upon JDJ - and they made things right for the buyer, as we'd hoped.

Specifically, when I've asked pointed questions of their experts I've gotten straightforward answers.

Sam

I have gone to several of Julia's auctions when they were here in NH (Portsmouth,Manchester once,and Hampton)and always been pleased with any gun I purchased.I would not hesitate to bid based on the description and would call to have a hands on review if I had any questions.