![]() Purchases may be removed during or at the conclusion of each auction session beginning at 7 P.M. Removal of purchases, including packing & shipping arrangements if needed, is the sole responsibility of the buyer. No lot may be transferred to another buyer. O'Gallerie reserves the option to hold purchases until checks clear the bank, or until authorization is obtained on credit cards or Cashier's Checks. If payment arrangements are not made within one week following the auction, your credit card may be charged. Credit card information is requested as part of the registration process. Firearms purchases are subject to a $15 background check fee.Īll purchases are to be paid for either by cash, check, cashier's check, bank wire, VISA, Mastercard or Discover, during or immediately after each Auction. If you are not a resident of Oregon, you must have a current Federal Firearms License to take delivery of firearms, or have an FFL holder in your state take delivery of firearms for you. The Auctioneer has sole discretion in the acceptance of bids and in the determination of the highest bidder.Īll State and Federal laws will be observed regarding the sale of handguns. ![]() On the fall of the Auctioneer's hammer, title to the offered lot or article passes to the highest bidder who assumes full risk and responsibility thereof. By bidding, you agree to these Conditions of Sale.Ī Premium of Twenty-Three Percent (20% Buyer's Premium + 3% online fee) of the successful bid price will be added to the bid prices and is payable by the buyer as part of the total purchase price. This of course would be the best “real” value that can be attached.All property is sold "AS IS", and neither O'Gallerie nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to the merchantability, fitness, or condition of the property or as to the correctness of description, genuineness, attribution, provenance or period of the property. This particular shotgun did sell in 2011 for $800.00. With limited productions, and fewer surviving pieces, not many change hands regularly enough to track values. ![]() Placing a value on this particular shotgun is difficult at best. The gun saw a complete restoration in about 1985. Smith, Maker of the Baker Gun”, which puts manufacture from 1880 to 1884. It has the unique Baker system of pushing forward on the front trigger to open the breech. Today this company is known as Smith Corona.īack to the shotgun at hand. Smith sold his gun making business to John Hunter he turned his interest into typewriters. It was this firm that produced the now famous Batavia Leader shotguns.Īfter L.C. Baker introduced his new designs at this time. and started a new firm called the Baker Gun Co. Baker after leaving the original partnership went to Batavia N.Y. Smith shotgun in 1967 made them until 1971. Guns at this time were marketed under the name of “L.C. Hunter Arms continued production until 1945 until the assets were sold to the Marlin Fire Arms Co. Smith sold his business to John Hunter of Fulton New York. During this time period the shotguns were marked as L.C. This gun was same gun that became famous as the L.C. In 1884 the Baker guns were replaced by the new hammer shotgun patented by an employee Alexander T. Lyman Smith continued making the Baker designed guns and were marked as “L.C. Leroy Smith and Baker went their separate ways and left Lyman Smith in control of the business. Baker & Co.īy 1880 the partnership had dissolved. The company manufactured three-barrel and side by side guns of Baker’s design. Lyman Smith’s entry into the gun manufacturing business was a partnership with his brother Leroy and W.H. Confusing? First we need to have a little history lesson on L.C. What we have for you this month is a L.C.
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