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Amoskeag auction
Feb 24th, 2015 at 7:43pm
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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.
  
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Re: Amoskeag auction
Reply #1 - Feb 25th, 2015 at 7:57am
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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!"
  
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Re: Amoskeag auction
Reply #2 - Feb 28th, 2015 at 8:56am
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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.
  
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Reply #3 - Feb 28th, 2015 at 3:08pm
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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.
  
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Reply #4 - Feb 28th, 2015 at 3:24pm
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Thanks for sharing guys.  You don't see one of these every day!
  
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Reply #5 - Mar 15th, 2015 at 7:20am
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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.
  
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Re: Amoskeag auction
Reply #6 - Apr 12th, 2015 at 6:02am
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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.
  
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