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I usually try not to respond to you L, because I don't care to be baited. I am going to assume this time you are ignorant and iritating as opposed to merely iritating. I will readily admit some names are well respected and those makers generate a premium. However, in the world of pre-war continental guns, I am comfortable letting the weapon speak for itself, and then worry about whether or not it has a maker's, or is often the case on the continent, a seller's name. I have an unattributed double rifle drilling which is twice the weapon of the Sauer residing next to it in the gun safe. I would price them that way as well should I ever sell them. An unattributed Belgian clunker is just that. An unattributed Prussian masterpiece will speak for itself. I commend both art and weapons to you as subjects worthy of study.
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Must bug you to no end then, and something to be anxious over.
You and I both know, you'd be happier if that "twice the weapon," had a name, history and so on.
It'd bug me too!
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I usually try not to respond to you L, because I don't care to be baited. I am going to assume this time you are ignorant and iritating as opposed to merely iritating.
lol...I think Lowell feels guild'd. It's lonely in the Beezley club.
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These exclusive clubs are the best j0ey.
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Looks like you made it to the 'tWo eYe' club.
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LG - I would disagree with your premise and direct you to the American Longrifle, long considered one of the best reflections of early American folk art. Many are unsigned, but each may be associated by the style of carving, architecture, and furniture with various regional "schools". From there some rifles may be identified with an individual with known and signed examples. The signed ones go for big bucks, but the unsigned ones aren't too shabby either as attention grabbers. Like everything, some were better than others. Know what makes a firearm great and the poor ones stand out like sore thumbs.
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The keen educated eye, is the gun dealers' best friend!
Soon after, we'll watch for the topic, "What's this beauty worth."
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Didn't you mean the keen un-educated eYe is the gun dealers' best friend.
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No j0e, I've meant what I've said.
Its that slick gun buyer who can pick-out that gem in the cut-out section.
Most of these guns are in the range of a grand or less.
Someone show me a photo of their 10k no-namer!
...and I'll show you a guy hooked on sleep aids, and something for his tummy!
Last edited by Lowell Glenthorne; 02/25/07 10:36 AM.
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Its that slick gun buyer who can pick-out that gem in the cut-out section.
Most of those guys are gun dealers.
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