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I have been interesting in sporting art for some time, just grabbed a few items at auction. I figured I would buy what I like, if I can make a profit on it then great, if not I have some new decorations for home.

An Eley advertisement:


A Mene bronze:


Almost as much fun as chasing rare guns, but not quite.

This thinly veiled Thread sounds suspiciously like Stevie is doing even more Free Advertising here on the main DoubleGun BBS forum, instead of advertising this sporting art in the proper For Sale forum.

So not only is Stevie running continual Free Advertising of his/her business ventures in his/her tagline, but now he/she is apparently selling other items. That might not be such a bad thing if Stevie was doing the right thing, and paying Dave the customary $12.00 fee for each and every sale made as a result of this Free Advertising. But so far, Stevie brushes off any direct answer about that, and claims such a question constitutes a "meltdown".

My idea of a "meltdown" is a bit different... like having Stevie talking nice and civil here in the open forum, and then Spamming me with repeated nasty PM's filled with personal insults. Hmmmmm.... what should we conclude from such hidden anger issues and bipolar behavior??? I think it could just be a stress reaction from getting busted for Free Advertising without paying Dave what is due. Just my opinion, as always.

I collect a bit of sporting art myself. I have a really nice pen and ink drawing of several Whitetailed Deer in a setting that looks just like some areas where I hunt. Looking at it on a hot summer day instantly takes me to a cold snowy hollow in December. I have several prints of vintage double shotgun advertising. My favorite of those is the old Ithaca ad with a ringneck pheasant narrowly escaping a fox in a snowy field. One framed poster I found shortly after I became interested in Double Shotguns was this old original Bull Durham tobacco ad. It has perfect subject matter for any double gun enthusiast. Two well dressed hunters and a small boy, a dog, double shotguns, the day's bag of "game", and one pissed off bull... all in a nice serene Fall setting. As I said, my copy is an original from the 1930's, but reproductions are available. Mine is absolutely NOT for sale, so I'm not doing any Free Advertising here, unlike you know who...

I scored this glass art at a Ruffed Grouse banquet some time ago that hangs in my gun room window.
Karl