Bought the 1925 catalog. Ejector knock about gun was listed at 200.00 in 1925, same catalog had high grade fox and lc smiths cheaper. Even the British big names guns were quite a bit cheaper. Now that I have read their advertising and remember seeing so many, I understand they (VLD ) had really successfully marketed this model to the American hunter as the gun to hunt with.
These are nice but sure would have went for the Fox XE, Purdey,or Churchill if I was catalog shopping with my 200.00. I would have posted the page with the wonderful description but it has copyright threats all over the thing.