Originally Posted by ellenbr
Great Memories there bushveld. I do remember you were smitten by that specific Art offering and maybe another piece, like an Elephant foot?? But I did allow George to outbid me on a single shot 4 bore lacking a forend, which many times denotes a acquisition by sticky fingers. Who knows, Dig may have brought that in.... Kelly was going to make a forend for it? But there was an old rattletrap Farquharson rfile that fetched good money too. Again Great memories and just makes the voyage even more beneficial.

Serbus,
Raimey
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Raimey;

Yes, very much smitten with the elephant painting by Shepherd. I was familiar with his African wildlife paintings as I had lived in South Africa and in England. I am not certain that Shepherd's paintings fetch as much as they did in 2007, certainly vintage guns do not. I had a gun for sale at that auction with a reserve of $10,500.00 and the high bid was $10,000.00. Today the gun is worth maybe 2/3 of that price.

Regards;
Stephen