There are a handful of decent auction coming up over the next week.
–Montrose Auctions in Montrose, Georgia has a some decent doubles coming up on March 19th. There are a number of side-by-side shotguns, including Parkers, Parker Repros, Winchester M21s, a few A.H. Foxes, and some L.C. Smiths. This is where you can search the lots and bid online. This possible Parker Skeet gun jumped out at me as interesting, as did this real clean looking L.C. Smith 20 gauge OO grade.
–Alderfer Auctions in Hatfield, PA, has some good double barrels in it’s March 22nd sale. There are handful of American side-by-sides, including some Parkers, some Foxes, some Bakers, and a few more. Here’s a searchable catalog where you can see everything and even bid.
–Amoskeag Auction Company in Manchester, New Hampshire, has ton of Lefevers in their March 26 sales. By ton I mean more than 40. There’s a little bit of everything, from hammerless stuff to real rare, real earlier guns like Barber-Lefevers and percussion conversions. The guns are all on line at Amoskeag’s site. Unfortunately, the site is a bit of a pain in the A to use and you can’t bring up all the Lefevers at once. So to save the hassle of having to click and scroll through all 26 pages, I’ve pulled out all the Lefevers for you. Is that nice, or what?
Here they are, listed by their lot #:
6. Lefever Arms Company D-Grade Sidelock Double Shotgun, 12g
7. Lefever Arms Company F-grade Sidelock Double Shotgun, 12g
48. Rare Special Order Lefever DE Grade Sidelock Ejectorgun, 16g
95. Lefever Arms Company E-grade Sidelock Double Ejectorgun, 12g
360. Lefever Arms Company F-grade Sidelock Double Shotgun, 12g
512. Rare Barber and Lefever Thumb Opener Double Hammergun, 10g
514. Rare Barber and Lefever Thumb Opener Double Hammergun, 10g
515. Rare Barber and Lefever Round Body Thumb Opener Double Hammergun, 12g
564. Lefever Arms Company H-grade Sidelock Double Shotgun, 12g
565. Lefever Arms Thumb-opener Sidelock Double Shotgun, 10g
588. John Nichols E-grade Thumb Opener Double Hammergun, 10g
607. Lefever Arms Company H-grade Sidelock Double Shotgun, 16g
615. Lefever Arms Company DS Grade Sidelock Double Shotgun, 20g
616. Lefever Arms Company F-grade Sidelock Double Shotgun, 16g
619. Lefever Arms Company E-grade Sidelock Double Shotgun, 10g
620. Lefever Arms Company F-grade Sidelock Double Shotgun, 12g
621. Lefever Arms Company I-grade Sidelock Double Ejectorgun, 12g
622. Lefever Arms Company G-grade Sidelock Double Shotgun, 12g
679. Manton Percussion Double Converted to Breech-loader by Dangerfield and Lefever , 12g
681. Dangerfield and Lefever Breechloading Double Hammergun Conversion, 10g
682. Nichols and Lefever Thumb Opener Double Hammergun, 10g
683. Nichols and Lefever Thumb Opener Double Hammergun, 10g
684. Nichols and Lefever Thumb Opener Double Hammergun, 12g
685. Extremely Rare H. Tomes & Co Percussion Double Converted to Breechloader by Francis Dangerfield
756. Lefever Arms Company G-grade Sidelock Double Shotgun, 12g
762. Lefever Arms Company DS-Grade Sidelock Double Shotgun, 16g
822. Nichols and Lefever Thumb Opener Double Hammergun, 10g
847.Bar-in-wood Percussion Converted Double Barrel Shotgun by J A Ellis of Canandaigua New York, 10g
848.Bar-in-wood Percussion Converted Double Barrel Shotgun by Dangerfield & Lefever, 14g
852. Lefever Arms G Grade Sidelock Double Shotgun, 12g
867. Lefever Arms Company H-grade Sidelock Double Shotgun, 12g
868. Lefever Arms Company G-grade Sidelock Double Shotgun, 12g
869. LeFever Arms Company DS Grade Sidelock Double Shotgun, 12g
872. Lefever Arms Company F-grade Sidelock Double Shotgun, 12g
909. Rare Barber and Lefever Thumb Opener Percussion-converted Shotgun, 16g