Maybe it's just me but I wouldn't pay a premium even if they were owned by Elmer Keith or Jack O'Connor..........on the other hand if they were owned by Jeff Cooper
Mike
Agree. I would pay a fair price for an Al Beisen rifle regrdless of who owned it, but I would not pay a premium just because it was owned by a writer. In 30 years, few will know the name Jim Carmichael or the names of other writers who have been dead for 50 years.
If an honest provance exists for a rifle that was owned by Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas McArthur, George Washington (or some other truly famous historical person), I would pay a premium, assuming I could afford the piece.
