I once appraised a genuine FAKE Purdey for a Virginia dealer. I was hoping to be offered the gun at a reduced price because it really was a great gun. I was not offered the gun and I assumed my appraisal was entered in the round file. I appraised a very high grade smallbore Parker for the same dealer that was a built up gun with ruined, severely pitted and overbored non original barrels. The gun is now happily in the hands of a collector who should know better. The collector is a friend and I am silent on the subject of this gun.