*PARKER BH GRADE DBL BBL HAMMER SHOTGUN.

*PARKER BH GRADE DBL BBL HAMMER SHOTGUN. Cal. 12 ga. SN 91632. Built on a #2 frame with 30″ Titanic steel bbls choked FULL/MOD with matted rib, sgl bead, doll’s head extension & extractor. Receiver is very beautifully engraved with vignettes of two pointers & two partridge on the left lockplate, two setters & two partridge on the right lockplate & a running bull elk on the bottom front of the receiver with two partridge on the trigger plate, all surrounded by about 75% coverage very fine foliate arabesque patterns with a chain border. Flats of the hammer have full coverage matching engraving. Trigger bow has the vignette of a setter & flushing pheasant. Fences have deep relief dbl scallops on the sides & a deep relief scallop over the firing pins with one large & one small raised rib below the fences. Lever is serpentine style with a cut out for the right hammer. A matching border pattern is at the breech end of the bbls. Wood is very nicely figured American walnut with checkered splinter forearm & extensively checkered straight stock with raised teardrop side panels, 14-1/8″ over a checkered butt (probably reduced to this length & the skeleton butt not refitted). There is a gold initial plate on the bottom inscribed “M”. Accompanied by a Parker letter identifying this shotgun with a 14-1/2″ LOP & indicating shipment July 17, 1899 to J.R. Hegeman of New York City. Price was $200.00. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbls retain 96-97% strong professionally restored blue with a couple of small dings & two or three small chemical spots near the muzzle. Receiver & lockplates have been cleaned to bright. Stock has a replaced teardrop on the left side, otherwise the wood is sound & retains virtually all of a fine professionally restored finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bores with a few scattered light spots. 5-60492 JR159 (3,000-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	4482	$12,650.00	PARKER BH GRADE DBL BBL HAMMER SHOTGUN. Cal. 12 ga. SN 91632. Built on a #2 frame with 30″ Titanic steel bbls choked FULL/MOD with matted rib, sgl bead, doll’s head extension & extractor. Receiver is very beautifully engraved with vignettes of two pointers & two partridge on the left lockplate, two setters & two partridge on the right lockplate & a running bull elk on the bottom front of the receiver with two partridge on the trigger plate, all surrounded by about 75% coverage very fine foliate arabesque patterns with a chain border. Flats of the hammer have full coverage matching engraving. Trigger bow has the vignette of a setter & flushing pheasant. Fences have deep relief dbl scallops on the sides & a deep relief scallop over the firing pins with one large & one small raised rib below the fences. Lever is serpentine style with a cut out for the right hammer. A matching border pattern is at the breech end of the bbls. Wood is very nicely figured American walnut with checkered splinter forearm & extensively checkered straight stock with raised teardrop side panels, 14-1/8″ over a checkered butt (probably reduced to this length & the skeleton butt not refitted). There is a gold initial plate on the bottom inscribed “M”. Accompanied by a Parker letter identifying this shotgun with a 14-1/2″ LOP & indicating shipment July 17, 1899 to J.R. Hegeman of New York City. Price was $200.00. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbls retain 96-97% strong professionally restored blue with a couple of small dings & two or three small chemical spots near the muzzle. Receiver & lockplates have been cleaned to bright. Stock has a replaced teardrop on the left side, otherwise the wood is sound & retains virtually all of a fine professionally restored finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bores with a few scattered light spots. 5-60492 JR159 (3,000-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005 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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