Ithaca 1 that's old Mikee J again. He seems to consign a lot of stuff I am intersted in, but his pricing is hopeful to say the least. He will deal, but I think he is limited by what his consignors demand some times...Geo
Does anyone on here actually know this guy(Mikee)? I remember a guy who used the name "Sly" that used to try and sell mediocre guns with stratosphere prices and his ads would be on Gunbroker forever. Haven't seen his ads in awhile.
Jim
SLY (his real initials), was a guy in the commercial truck sales business in Springfield, MO on West Chestnut Street just down from the old Westley Richards Agency. He was in and out of WR so often that he had an inside track on when shipments of doubles would come in from Birmingham. Often there were a bunch of beaters in the shipment that were not up to the standards of most of WR's customers. SLY would deal by bundling a bunch of those guns, maybe paying an average of $4-700 or so a piece. He would clean them up a bit and pedal them at incredibly high prices on the gun sites. I went over to his place one time to look at an absolutely gorgeous little Jeffrey with amazing engraving......but it had a ring bulge near one of the muzzles and I eventually passed even though SLY let me shoot it and keep it in my safe for a month or so. So in spite of his high prices, rumored online high jinx and maybe borderline guns, I though he was basically a good guy. Even though he tried to learn all he could from Bob Francis, The Lord of Chestnut Hall, I don't think he was a very good student and many things about the British gun trade just never registered with him. He never forced anyone to buy his wares though. His business is now gone and I've lost track of him.
