And how many of those Darnes and Ideals are priced as high? Very, very few. Most of them are far less expensive -- many are a 1/4-1/3 the price of a decent used Purdey.

So if by "value" you mean price, the French clearly value the top-quality British stuff much higher.

OWD


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