An amazing Parker, but it's amazing as well how easily one can overlook the obvious. I missed the frame size and extractor info that is glaringly obvious. I suppose I was dazzled...
JR
I learned this valuable lesson (I hope) several months ago when I spent a week watching a C Grade Nichols and Lefever hammergun. I wanted it badly, and hoped it would sell for a decent price. There were at least 30-35 photos of the gun, but even with that many pics, the seller was careful to neither describe, or provide a close-up photo, of one important little detail.
I completely overlooked it until the bidding frenzy was down to me and one other bidder. I had the high bid when I noticed that one hammer had different engraving, and a slightly different angle on the hammer spur. It was obviously a replacement. I knew finding an original would be near impossible, and reproducing a matching hammer with correct engraving would be very expensive... and also non-original. Thankfully, the other bidder jumped back in to take the lead, and I happily let him have it. He must have made the same error of not seeing the problem. I recently saw him attempting to sell it with a reserve starting bid $600.00 less than he paid just a few months ago.
