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Easy enough to see how someone (or at least two people) with little knowledge about the evolution of the Model 1911 could miss the changes that occurred over a two year period. The slide and the receiver were good matches in finish. People have and still pay big prices for total fakes. The person buying the gun has some responsibility in finding out about what they are bidding on rather than put all their trust in an auction company's description.
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Johnny,
I would change one word in your post. The person buying the gun has MOST of the responsibility in determining the originality and correctness of any given piece. There has been a lot of good information available for years (tons of it from you and others) for which I am grateful. Buyer beware!Comment
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I AGREE THE BUYER HAS THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY. I do know that my dealings with Amoskeag are completely different. I have had them call me before an auction and after a I placed an absentee bid to correct some misinformation in their description.
I personally asked the RIA manager at the Tulsa about the slide/frame mismatch and he just shrugged and walked away. Huge difference in my trust between these two auction houses.
All this is just FYI. Doubt anyone is going to change attitudes about representation to potential customers.Comment
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If everyone was an expert on collectible firearms it would certainly be their responsibility to determine whether what they bought was authentic or not, but as been evidenced on numerous forums everyone is not an expert. They must rely on someone else to tell them whether something is correct or not. Knowing that, people still persist in buying fakes.Comment
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Maybe the buyer has a 1912 Navy frame with a 1914 Navy slide.Comment
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