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www.estateauctioneers.comOn the website click AUCTIONS at the top of the page. It is the auction showing the Savage pistol. There are 150 of Johns items, about half pistols half rifles. The 2nd auction will be in Oct.
Savage...never say "never". Rick...
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lots of pistols, wonder if the Oct. is the better specimens
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I miss John. The only bright side to this is that I got to photograph his engraved and special feature rifles before they are scattered to the four winds.
wyo1895 With Savage never say never. For a copy of my book on engraved Savage lever actions rifles send a check for $80 to; David Royal, p.o. box 1271, Pinedale, Wy., 82941. I will sign and inscribe the book for you. [email protected]
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Sad to see a collection like that scattered to the winds. Should put a lot of smiles on plenty of faces though.
Go tell the Spartans,Travelers passing by,That here,Obedient to their laws we lie.
I'm older now but I'm still runnin' against the wind
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I don't know a thing about Savage pistols but I do know there are some rare and very desirable rifles in that batch.
I have a few that I am going to investigate further. One I would really like to have if it doesn't get too crazy.
Quite a collection, I hope those guns all go to good homes.
"You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass" ~Admiral Yamamoto~
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Some beautiful rifles in that auction, good luck to members here bidding it would be nice to see them land back among John's fellow collectors
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Anybody do any good tonight?
I wanted several, but only brought one home. For the most part, people wanted those guns more than I did.
Was great fun watching it though!
Those 25 ACPs went higher than the 45. Didn't see that coming.
I wanted to bid on the very first gun. That 300 RS that went for 550. Couldn't get my damn bid button to work in time!
Anyway, Hope John's guns all went to good homes.
Glad to have the one I got.
"You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass" ~Admiral Yamamoto~
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. ~Thomas Jefferson~
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"You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass" ~Admiral Yamamoto~
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. ~Thomas Jefferson~
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I wanted to bid on the very first gun. That 300 RS that went for 550. Couldn't get my damn bid button to work in time! Same problem.. For having sling and swivels, that gun went too low. Those 25 ACPs went higher than the 45. Didn't see that coming. I think there's a lot fewer 25 ACP's than there are 45's. Not that there are many 45's.. but still a lot less 25's.
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"You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass" ~Admiral Yamamoto~
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. ~Thomas Jefferson~
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I thought a few prices were high, but not like some of the prices we saw over the last 18 months. I thought a few were pretty low. 99R in 308 for $775? Seems way low to me. How many will show up on tommyguns for a 50% - 150% markup soon? Lot Model Caliber Serial Sale price (without juice)
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1 99RS v1 300 Savage 369463 550
3 1895 Anniv 308 7866AS 1000
5 99CD 250 Savage D156404 900
7 99T 300 Savage 351990 1225
9 99R v2 300 Savage 744688 675
11 99F v2 243 Win 923536 725
13 99EG Spiegel 300 Savage 386396 1200
15 99-375 375 D433397 1350
19 99C v1 300 Savage 270256 600
21 99F v2 308 Win 500001 2300
23 1899C 303 10.273 675
25 99C v2 22-250 C607101 1700
27 99DE 308 Win 1092375 3200
29 99EG 300 Savage 661650 550
31 1899H 22HP 216507 1900
33 99H 30-30 380266 675
35 99E v2 250 Savage E147632 875
37 99EG 300 Savage 664392 550
39 99C 7mm08 D725702 2900
41 1895F 303 4616 4400
43 99PE 284 1101740 5250
45 99T 303 350756 775
47 1899B 303 16527 8550
48 99E v2 308 Win 1182554 550
50 99G ? 22HP 330337 1550
52 1899F 303 158792 700
54 1899A 303 119013 1250
56 1899C 303 33573 7350
58 99EG 250-3000 526812 875
59 99RS v2 250-3000 576160 625
61 99E v1 303 266313 400
63 99K 30-30 314632 3650
65 1895A 303 4107 900
66 1899C 25-35 109617 3650
69 1899CD Octagon 303 53.258 2000
71 1895B 303 5704 1000
73 1899A 32-40 98691 1600
75 1899C 30-30 13.505 825
77 99E 308 Win 969517 550
78 1899A 303 109017 925
81 1895B 303 6421 600
82 1899F 303 136774 650
84 99C 308 Win C38665 875
85 99T 250-3000 370688 1400
87 1899F 38-55 41.895 3050
90 99H 303 269222 550
92 1899A SR 32-40 41.527 1600
94 1899H 303 155330 4600
96 99R v2 300 Savage 750559 650
98 99R v2 308 Win 958614 775
100 1899C 303 96614 750
102 99DL 358 1012314 1950
103 99-358 358 C385195 1550
104 99T 30-30 352673 1500
106 1899H 22HP 130202 3700
107 99F v2 300 Savage 782276 625
109 99A v1 300 Savage 362471 625
111 99F v2 358 915869 1350
113 1899H 22HP 160398 750
115 1899CD 303 130022 775
117 99K 300 Savage 330221 2100
119 99R(S?) 300 Savage 835093 850
120 99A v2 250 Savage E036830 950
122 1899A 32-40 97546 875
123 99C v2 308 Win L001772 575
125 1899H 22HP 126857 11000
127 1899B 303 40.041 3150
132 Combo Kit 300 Savage 256801 4500
135 99C 284 1133083 1100
138 99 RMEF 300 Savage RM0010 2950
140 1895 Anniv 308 Win 5946AS 800
143 99H 30-30 360609 750
146 99CE 300 Savage AS0393 2700
148 1899B 303 14615 800
150 1895B 303 3709 5300
“ The Savage 99 Pocket Reference”. All models and variations of 1895’s, 1899’s and 99’s covered. Also dates, checkering, engraving.. Find at www.savagelevers.com
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"You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass" ~Admiral Yamamoto~
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. ~Thomas Jefferson~
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Too many nice guns being offered at the same time and place.
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Course you have to add the 18% buyers premium, but there were still some deals to be had like Rory said....
"You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass" ~Admiral Yamamoto~
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Too many nice guns being offered at the same time and place.
You are absolutely right about that. Market saturation can overwhelm buyers and depress price on the more common stuff, especially when there was all that eye candy.
"You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass" ~Admiral Yamamoto~
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I watched a few of them and glad I was working making money instead of home drinking whiskey!
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The Rentzke engraved gun was a bargain at $2,300.00
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One of the guns I think was possibly the most significant was lot 150, the Tue engraved 1895. I was with John when he bought this from Bailey Brower, the negotiations were not all the friendly and were getting awkward so I left, when I got back it was John's gun. The gun is pictured in Bailey Brower's book on Savage Pistols on page 4. The owner pervious to Bailey was the one who had it 'restored' by Turnbull, he usually had the tables to Johns right at the shows. His story on it was that it had been a left over barreled receiver that the company gave to Enoch Tue when he was looking for employment to do an example of his work. He also said it had been owned previously by Roe Clark. He, or his father, decided to get it made into a complete rifle. He also mentioned that Turnbull may have touched up the engraving a little . I thought some of the finest lines in the engraving seemed to fade out where they should have continued and the edges were not as sharp as they should be. The Callahan letter states that the entry line for this one is blank which fits with it being a left over barreled receiver. I find it hard to use the term 'restored' for this one because it was supposedly just a barreled receiver when sent to Turnbull and it was not returned to an original configuration since that was not known, they used 1899 style wood. I see it is described as "Stocks are checkered highly figured walnut with special order checker pattern" - special order from Turnbull. When I heard the story I thought it a real shame it was not kept as it was to show the earliest know Tue work for Savage just as he left it. I had a few on my list but only got one, and I don't think it was a bargain. It was more for sentimental reasons, I used to sit for hours with John when he was a regular table holder at OGCA and am familiar with some of those guns, I remember when he bought several of them and a couple spent time in my basement when I worked on them for him - I posted pictures of a couple of the projects a few years ago, one was lot 73, the 32-40 with a Malcolm side mount, when he got the gun it did not have a scope and I found one and mounted it for him, it was included in a post along with 3 of my rifles with Malcolm scopes. I was at John's table when he bought two project 1920's, one was a 20/26 that was just a couple bags of parts, that is the 1920/26 that I posted a thread about putting together, that one was not in this auction group. The first 1899 I got was also the first John bought that started his Savage collecting, it's really rough, he gave it to me after helping him with some projects so I would have an example to use for future projects and not have to borrow one anymore.
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I see they are saying more to come on a October sale does one believe there are more 99’s in the estate?
Buyers premium is really only 14.5 percent if u pay with a card as compared to other sales everyone wants 3.5% to run a card. I was at a work event and on my phone I could get the button to work as planned but probably saved me money, I got the one I wanted. Surprised a bit on the 358 and 375 I see them sell for more locally no matter the model.
Does anyone know is there more PE’s in his collection?
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