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Rising Value of Unrestored Cars
By Malcolm Welford, Vintage Car Specialist
James D. Julia
Rare Winchester Sells For $333,500
March 14, 2013When automotive magnate John F. Dodge ordered a firearm he didn’t go halfway. A case in point is the Lightweight Model 1886 Takedown Lever Action rifle that Winchester created for him. With a custom carved stock of English walnut, the gun features elaborate engravings by John Ulrich. On the receiver’s left side are a gold inlaid white tail buck, doe and fawn; on the right are a gold bull moose and reclining cow in a forest scene. With its exceptional condition and provenance in mind, Maine-based auctioneers James D. Julia valued it at $175,000-$275,000, an estimate that turned out to be modest. This week it sold for $333,500.
Read more...Hemingway’s Rifle & A Carbine From Custer’s Battlefield
March 02, 2011Even if Ernest Hemingway hadn’t owned this Westly Richards double .577 nitro caliber rifle, it would be exceptionally rare. Hemingway’s pal and noted sportsman Winston Guest used it for hunting with Bror Blixen (of “Out of Africa” fame) in Africa. Then later in Cuba, after it came into Hemingway’s possession, the Noble Laureate carried it while hunting Nazi subs in the Caribbean. “One of the most desirable rifles in the world,” it carries a pre-sale estimate of $150,00-$200,000 at Maine’s James D. Julia’s firearms auction on March 14-15.
Read more...TR’s Gun On The Block
September 29, 2010The gun Theodore Roosevelt used to shoot thousands of birds will go up for sale on Oct. 5-6, 2010 in Maine. The James D. Julia Auction house claims the Fox shotgun might be the most valuable American shotgun ever offered at public sale.
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