Another great discussion Robert!!!! Keep them coming!!!! DGJ has a good article some time back that compared the actual sales figures between all the great American doubles, I can't get to them right now but I'll look that article up tomorrow. He based his premise on that at the time when all of the great American doubles were being produced that the sportsman of the day picked the Ithaca over all of them "Hands Down". I remember that the Ithaca did out sale all of the other top tiered doubles BUT the article also said that pricing of the Ithaca was comparable to all the other doubles grade for grade.
All the best