Thank you so much for your comments and trying to bring some light into the Sharps Mystery of factory made gun cases and labels.
My conclusion now is that there were no gun cases specially made by the Sharps Company and, as the consequence, no Factory Labels.
These facts are assisted by Frank Sellers book Sharps Firearms and that there were no labels found in the documented cases I found in different reports.
Vall,
its a great idea to create an own Sharps Label to decorate the lid of a gun case. To be honest, I had the same idea before but then I refused it, because I would have produced a fake and destroyed the originality of that ensemble. I would have used a good reproduction of an original label but wouldnt go the other way.
My other idea, after finding an original English made gun case in ebay.uk, sometimes they pop up at reasonable prices, is to order a confirmed letter from Dr. Labowskie, who actually owns the Sharps records.
After receiving it I would fold it that way that only the letterhead is visible and then fasten it nicely to the lid of the gun case. With this I would kill two birds with one stone. First I would have a document about the whereabouts of my rifle that could raise its value and a letter that could be used as a Label Decoration.
Would you agree with me?
But there are some things that worry me. The newest information I could find about Dr. Labowskie were dated from 2005 knowing that he was not a youngster at that time.
Some collectors who asked him to do some research on their rifles were not impressed about his behavior, integrity and the quality and accuracy of his information, not to talk about his research fee of $ 200.00 at that time. They also said that there was a major difference between him and Dr. Moore, who owned the records previously.
So I need some information whether he is still alive or not, if hes still offering the research-job and what his actual fee is.
Do you have a clue?
Dieter
