Joe S.
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Post by Joe S. on Sept 3, 2018 22:07:45 GMT -5
My wife and I were going grocery shopping today and decided to get some lunch first. While eating she mentioned she has been wanting to stop by the antique store aross the street for some time. There was an open sign and we weren’t rushed so we decided to walk on over after eating. It was a neat place. Full of ALL KINDS of stuff. Mostly old knick knacks and trinketts but some neat stuff. The store was split up into rooms, each having a sort of theme. I found one room that looked like an outdoorsman room. It had an old saddle and saddle bags, some old skis, boots, etc. I was just kinda taking it all in, amazed at some of the stuff they had in there for sale. As I turned to walk into the next room a revolver on the cover of a book caught my eye. It was a signed, first edition copy of “The Custom Revolver”. I was pretty amazed that I found that book in that shop honestly. I made an offer and she accepted so it came home with us. It is a neat book. You just never know what you’ll find.  |
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Post by win1894s on Sept 3, 2018 22:42:26 GMT -5
Sweet find
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Post by cmh on Sept 3, 2018 23:02:16 GMT -5
Great find!!!
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Post by bula on Sept 4, 2018 6:59:52 GMT -5
A good rescue, congrats.
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Post by ncrobb on Sept 4, 2018 17:30:20 GMT -5
Wow. All I ever find is glass junk and worthless tobacco pipes.
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Post by kings6 on Sept 4, 2018 17:35:54 GMT -5
You just snagged the best thing I’ve heard of at an antique store!
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Post by princeout on Sept 4, 2018 17:59:10 GMT -5
Good grab, Joe!
No matter how little you paid for the book, it will cost you more money than almost any other book you could buy!
Tim
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Joe S.
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Post by Joe S. on Sept 4, 2018 18:47:19 GMT -5
The craving was already bad. But I could definitely feel it getting worse as I flipped through the pages…
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Post by lobo on Sept 4, 2018 19:08:50 GMT -5
Congrats Joe!
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Post by kings6 on Sept 4, 2018 23:20:43 GMT -5
Read it closely page by page and a new and broader appreciation for a custom revolver will be had.
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Post by ezekiel38 on Sept 11, 2018 10:13:46 GMT -5
Interesting, what does that Bowen book usually bring, on the open market?
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Post by kings6 on Sept 11, 2018 10:30:04 GMT -5
I've paid as little as $180 and as high as $525 for the book in the past. I bought one for each of my boys and a back up for myself. That does not include the original one I ordered years ago at Hamilton's list price of what was it - $35?
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Post by oregon45 on Sept 11, 2018 11:21:00 GMT -5
I have a hard copy from Bowen on my shelf, but the copy I read the most is the Kindle edition. Well worth the ten bucks I paid for it.
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Joe S.
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Post by Joe S. on Sept 11, 2018 12:35:13 GMT -5
I’m at the lower end of the price range that Kings6 mentioned.
Like I said, the lady knew what she had, but luckily was not interested in making a killing.
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Post by jfs on Sept 11, 2018 12:37:32 GMT -5
excellent....
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