Recently several things have happened with guns that I once owned.
Earlier this year I bought a 1938 dated S/42 Luger with one matching mag, WW2 Holster and 2 copies of a GI Bring Back Ceritifcate. The gun was abut 80 to 85 percent. I wound up selling it off of GB campus. That was in February or so..It was a break even deal for me on the gun. .
In June the buyer put it back up on GB..only this time he DOCTORED the GI Bring Back Certificates to include another pistol that he had. A FN 32 with Nazi proofs. Several people e-mailed me stating he put the gun back up for sale and that he was committing fraud by adding information to the Certificates. This caused me to drop the dime on him to GB. GB to their credit cancled the auction. However I still think the seller is on GB. I have not checked.
Second gun was a Carlos Gove of Denver City Percussion Plains Rifle. I bought that gun in late 2004 out of an estate in Missouri. Gove is a rather famous Western figure, he was an Indian Agent, Mayor of Denver, Crack Shot, Expert rifle maker. George Schoyen apprenticed with him and JP Lower was in business with him. So a pretty rare combination overall. The rifle was in pretty poor shape with a contemporary replacement percussion lock. I wound up giving it to John Gangle to auction. I cleared 3 times my money, which in the scheme of things wasn't a whole lot.
Well guess what I noticed the same rifle was put up in a Greg Martin Auction this June with an estimate of 9500 to 12500. Only this time it had a period replacment lock, wire wrapped around the barrel and wrist of the rifle. Along with some Indian tacks. The description also stated that it came from an old western estate. It was a "didn't meet reserve" at $7500.
It just make ya think ya gotta be carefull out there. .
Earlier this year I bought a 1938 dated S/42 Luger with one matching mag, WW2 Holster and 2 copies of a GI Bring Back Ceritifcate. The gun was abut 80 to 85 percent. I wound up selling it off of GB campus. That was in February or so..It was a break even deal for me on the gun. .
In June the buyer put it back up on GB..only this time he DOCTORED the GI Bring Back Certificates to include another pistol that he had. A FN 32 with Nazi proofs. Several people e-mailed me stating he put the gun back up for sale and that he was committing fraud by adding information to the Certificates. This caused me to drop the dime on him to GB. GB to their credit cancled the auction. However I still think the seller is on GB. I have not checked.
Second gun was a Carlos Gove of Denver City Percussion Plains Rifle. I bought that gun in late 2004 out of an estate in Missouri. Gove is a rather famous Western figure, he was an Indian Agent, Mayor of Denver, Crack Shot, Expert rifle maker. George Schoyen apprenticed with him and JP Lower was in business with him. So a pretty rare combination overall. The rifle was in pretty poor shape with a contemporary replacement percussion lock. I wound up giving it to John Gangle to auction. I cleared 3 times my money, which in the scheme of things wasn't a whole lot.
Well guess what I noticed the same rifle was put up in a Greg Martin Auction this June with an estimate of 9500 to 12500. Only this time it had a period replacment lock, wire wrapped around the barrel and wrist of the rifle. Along with some Indian tacks. The description also stated that it came from an old western estate. It was a "didn't meet reserve" at $7500.
It just make ya think ya gotta be carefull out there. .
