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Hello Gentlemen,
New here and looking for an appraisal of a parker vhe 410.
I'm about to put in on the market and would like a professional appraisal as to it's worth.
Any help is appreciated,
Paul
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Welcome to the board. Everything there's to know is at the Parker Gun Collectors Association website. Good bunch of guys.They'll put you in touch with the right people near your location.
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http://www.parkergun.org/forumsYour PM box is probably already filling up with offers to "help" you sell the gun. Destry
Out there at the crossroads molding the devil's bullets. - Tom Waits
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Watch those Parker boys...they might pull yer britches down.
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You could send it out to me and I would do it. Might take a while tho, like maybe through next quail season ??? Sounds like a great gun, Do your homework!
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Letting us know where you are located would help. You don't want to ship a gun for an appraisal.
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Tried to register at the Parker board King. No go and no reply with repeated emails.
Market people have been trying to "help" me with this gun for the last 39 years.
It is a sweet quail gun Last.Its got skeet barrels and was great over dogs. We have no birds left here and having been"raised" by several excellent bird dogs I find the preserves not a suitable substitute of wild birds for me.
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You could bring your Parker 410 to THE SOUTHERN SIDE BY SIDE, which will be held in April, and have it appraised by the top 5 or 6 Parker shotgun collectors in the world. The Southern SXS is the largest gathering of Parker shotgun collectors and shooters held each year, so far, in Sanford, NC. Jent
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If you've already had "help" over the years by others you probably already have a pretty good idea of its worth.
If your gun is in high condition this is what I would recommend you do, it will take some balls to do, however. List it on gunbroker.com, start it out at 99 cents with no reserve and watch the games begin! There will be a feeding frenzy and you'll then find its true market value---and it will probably be more than you expected.
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EightBore is right- and old bit of Chinese wisdom- if you want to find the true value of an item, have three different and unrelated "experts" look at it- BUT they must have NO interest in buying it. And he is also right about shipping- always a hazard. That's why my two 12 bore older Parkers went to Mr. DelGrego for appraisal/overhaul/cleaning/whatever by extremely honest and trusted close friend courier. A true horror story- Friend sent a high Grade Uncle Dan LeFever out to Frank LeFever and sons in Upstate NY some years ago-insured UPS- somehow it "disappeared" in the "system" and it took him almost 2 years and the lawyers to get a settlement.
Problem is- UPS is not owned by gun collectors- they work on the "bottom line" profit per package basis- how do you "prove" value for something made possibly in 1900-Tough call.
Mr. Mitchell's idea sounds like a winner- I'll be in the general area for a reunion (Ft. Bragg) and may stop down. I just acquired an older Grade 3E Smith with Damascus barrels and will bring that to shoot- Looks to be choked full and fuller-any spreader BP loads out there??
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 02/03/09 08:40 AM.
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