*EXTREMELY RARE PARKER AAHE SIDE-BY-SIDE SHOTGUN.

*EXTREMELY RARE PARKER AAHE SIDE-BY-SIDE SHOTGUN. SN 232232. Cal. 20 ga. 28″ Peerless steel bbls, 2-3/4″ chambers, MOD / IMP-MOD chokes, dbl triggers with hinged front and ejectors. Bbls have narrow band of engraving at muzzle, a 2-1/4″ wedge of fine foliate arabesque scroll engraving at chamber with top rib marked “PARKER BROS. MAKERS MERIDEN CT. U.S.A. PEERLESS STEEL”. The Grade 7 AAHE receiver is nearly 100% engraved with extremely fine foliate arabesque scroll, including top tang, top lever and trigger guard. Mounted with nicely figured, streaky walnut with fully checkered splinter forend, checkered side panels with fleur-de-lis dropper points, multi-point wrap-around checkered straight grip, engraved skeleton butt plate and blank gold oval. This serial number can be found in the Parker Gun Identification and Serialization book as a hammerless Grade P-7, 20 gauge, straight grip with 28″ bbls and extras as ejectors and hinged trigger. Accompanying the gun is a Parker Collectors Association letter confirming the gun in stock book no. 81 as an AAHE hammerless 20 gauge on an “O” frame with hinged front trigger, Peerless steel bbls of 28″ length and straight grip, completed in August of 1930. Facts also included in stock book no. 81: LOP 14-1/4″, drop at comb 1-3/8″, drop at heel 2-3/8″, weight 6 lbs. Also included in this letter, according to order book no. 101, the gun was returned for credit from the Kramer Hardware Company in Dayton, Ohio, on September 4, 1930. The gun had been shipped August 11, 1930. The retail cost was $625.00 and at wholesale cost was $453.10. In addition there is a copy of a ledger page marked “Kramer Hardware Company” identifying gun, cost, and date of September 4, 1930. Also included is an undated handwritten letter by Allan H. Swanson of Vermont, detailing ownership of this gun up through at least 1995. Bore diameter: left -.617, right -.618. Bore restrictions: left -.018, right -.011. Wall thickness: left -.022, right -.021. Drop at heel: 1-3/8″, drop at comb: 2-3/8″. Weight: 6 lbs. LOP 14-1/4″. In addition, this gun can be found pictured on p. 349, vol. 1, of the 2-vol. book The Parker Story. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbls retain virtually all of a high quality rust-blued finish, with only a very few minor light handling marks. Receiver retains 75-80% thinning orig case colors blending with silver patina. Trigger guard retains 20-30% orig blue across bow with silver patina edges and worn to silver through grip area. Stock is sound with nice checkering and only a few light handling marks in a fine factory quality restored finish. Forend is sound with very good checkering, a couple of very minor bruised areas, and retains virtually all of a fine factory quality restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, strong ejectors, automatic safety, top lever at dead center, and nice shiny bores. 4-37391 BDT2 (60,000-90,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2009

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	1337	$63,250.00	EXTREMELY RARE PARKER AAHE SIDE-BY-SIDE SHOTGUN. SN 232232. Cal. 20 ga. 28″ Peerless steel bbls, 2-3/4″ chambers, MOD / IMP-MOD chokes, dbl triggers with hinged front and ejectors. Bbls have narrow band of engraving at muzzle, a 2-1/4″ wedge of fine foliate arabesque scroll engraving at chamber with top rib marked “PARKER BROS. MAKERS MERIDEN CT. U.S.A. PEERLESS STEEL”. The Grade 7 AAHE receiver is nearly 100% engraved with extremely fine foliate arabesque scroll, including top tang, top lever and trigger guard. Mounted with nicely figured, streaky walnut with fully checkered splinter forend, checkered side panels with fleur-de-lis dropper points, multi-point wrap-around checkered straight grip, engraved skeleton butt plate and blank gold oval. This serial number can be found in the Parker Gun Identification and Serialization* book as a hammerless Grade P-7, 20 gauge, straight grip with 28″ bbls and extras as ejectors and hinged trigger. Accompanying the gun is a Parker Collectors Association letter confirming the gun in stock book no. 81 as an AAHE hammerless 20 gauge on an “O” frame with hinged front trigger, Peerless steel bbls of 28″ length and straight grip, completed in August of 1930. Facts also included in stock book no. 81: LOP 14-1/4″, drop at comb 1-3/8″, drop at heel 2-3/8″, weight 6 lbs. Also included in this letter, according to order book no. 101, the gun was returned for credit from the Kramer Hardware Company in Dayton, Ohio, on September 4, 1930. The gun had been shipped August 11, 1930. The retail cost was $625.00 and at wholesale cost was $453.10. In addition there is a copy of a ledger page marked “Kramer Hardware Company” identifying gun, cost, and date of September 4, 1930. Also included is an undated handwritten letter by Allan H. Swanson of Vermont, detailing ownership of this gun up through at least 1995. Bore diameter: left -.617, right -.618. Bore restrictions: left -.018, right -.011. Wall thickness: left -.022, right -.021. Drop at heel: 1-3/8″, drop at comb: 2-3/8″. Weight: 6 lbs. LOP 14-1/4″. In addition, this gun can be found pictured on p. 349, vol. 1, of the 2-vol. book The Parker Story. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbls retain virtually all of a high quality rust-blued finish, with only a very few minor light handling marks. Receiver retains 75-80% thinning orig case colors blending with silver patina. Trigger guard retains 20-30% orig blue across bow with silver patina edges and worn to silver through grip area. Stock is sound with nice checkering and only a few light handling marks in a fine factory quality restored finish. Forend is sound with very good checkering, a couple of very minor bruised areas, and retains virtually all of a fine factory quality restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, strong ejectors, automatic safety, top lever at dead center, and nice shiny bores. 4-37391 BDT2 (60,000-90,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2009 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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