I stopped by Julia's today and previewed the lots in next week's gun auction.
The catalog for the auction is online here:
http://www.juliaauctions.com/ The shotguns are in Session 3.
There was some nice stuff there. I thought these were the hightlights:
Daly BIGG bores - 8g & 4g - these guns are beasts. The carving on them is fantastic:
http://jamesdjulia.net/firearm/oct06/catalog_detail.asp?Details=59094 H&H #2 Pigeon Gun - overall, pretty nice:
http://jamesdjulia.net/firearm/oct06/catalog_detail.asp?Details=59137 Purdey 12g. Standard stuff, but pretty nice:
http://jamesdjulia.net/firearm/oct06/catalog_detail.asp?Details=60727 These 16g Woodward O/Us were interesting. They both have 24" bbls. The top one is an earlier gun (ejector work on the bbls).
I thought the difference in how the actions are filed up, the different lock shapes, and the amount of engraving on each of them was interesting.
16g Woodward O/Us:
http://jamesdjulia.net/firearm/oct06/catalog_detail.asp?Details=60380 http://jamesdjulia.net/firearm/oct06/catalog_detail.asp?Details=60381 I thought these were the nicest guns in the auction:
Lancaster sidelock O/U - this looks nice and very original. It's odd and bizarre, but cool all the same. Check out the hump back on the stock and the forend that looks like a crab's claw. Then there's the old fashion leg o'mutton locks. It's the platypus of English O/Us:
http://jamesdjulia.net/firearm/oct06/catalog_detail.asp?Details=59252 R.G. Owen 30.06 rifle, made for K. Roosevelt - understated, elegant, and beautiful:
http://jamesdjulia.net/firearm/oct06/catalog_detail.asp?Details=59033 And this was the oddest gun I saw:
Lot #1830 - GECADO COMBINATION BOLT ACTION RIFLE/SHOTGUN:
http://jamesdjulia.net/firearm/oct06/catalog_detail.asp?Details=60282 Enjoy the pics.
OWD
