It was brought to my attention that some of Mark Benenson's Krag collection is coming up in a March auction at Amoskeag. Mark collected primarily custom Krags which may or may not interest some people, but I know he was also a sucker for pristine originals too. Regardless, he demanded quality and his collection showed it. The Jerry Fisher Krag sporter is absolutely to die for, IMO.

This was posted on another forum where a custom Krag from Mark Benenson's collection was discussed.

"I think maybe the U.S. Military made a sows ear out of a silk purse when it adopted the Krag. Every one I have shot is slicker than the slickest of custom guns, and most are boringly accurate and reliable for a hunting rifle. A well done sporterized Krag is a thing of beauty, and that one is certainly well done!"

The Amoskeag auction catalog is on line.

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I did not count the Krags in the auction, but there are lots of them.  Maybe 50? Maybe more.  Custom hunting rifles by most of the big name makers; Stoeger, Sedgely, Niedner, etc., etc.  Every kind of Krags you can think of & some you cannot.  There are 2 nice sporters in .35 Winchester and .405 Winchester that I saw & fired a couple of owners back.  The oddest one is a US Krag takedown conversion with 4 barrels, one in .410-3".  A couple of Steyr-Krags, one with interesting provenance.  There is a Danish 1889 military rifle, & another Danish sporter.  Quite a few Norse Krags, some military, most sporters, 2 in 8x57.  US Military Krags in every imaginable state of correctness or incorrectness.  I did not see an unaltered 1892, but there is everything else.  Including something advertised as a Constabulary carbine.

Would be nice if they had a search feature!

Lots of Krags - I did find an original 1892 - but no 26" BoOF.

Estimated prices seemed somewhat inconsistant, at least to me.

Thanks for sharing guys.  You don't see one of these every day!

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The Amoskeag "Silent Auction" catalog is available for download on the website.  The Silent Auctions are sealed bid auctions, with no audience or on-line bidding.  The March catalog has Krag actions (2 or 3), and Krag parts, including issue & after-market sights.  60+ pages of stuff to look at.

Prices (including buyer's premiums) for the Amoskeag Auction have been posted at the site referenced in an earlier post.  Krag prices are all over the place.  The slide-action Krag sold for $460.