The first SW I had was a Philly 12 restocked high in the mode moderne with crotch black walnetto and a very good looking bt. Excellent checkering. 8C but I got a failure to stop citation from one of the "children of the corn" in Smyrna DE so the all up price with gas was probably closer to 850. Then I bought a Utica "Deluxe" which was just about all in for 299, had fun learning and messing with it and sold it for 300. Certainly not an obscene profit but when did you ever see a college textbook that would bring what you gave for it after you dropped the course? Picked up a Philly 16 recently after the previous counter-holder-downer said he'd think on it and went out the door. 459.00. White gun but excellent mechanically and a good solid stock. So I've got a very nice remuddle with no collector value and an orginal 16 shooter with few of the ephemera which mark condition (Homeless knows what I mean) which also has no collector value for an average of 630 per gun (not counting the 3 bills for the learn by doing gun).
jack
