The results of the first day of the Cowan auction have been posted. The Krag with the Parkhurst Attachment sold for $3525. The 1898 Krag with a Stevens-Pope .22 barrel sold for $2937.50. The Krags that sold brought prices higher than any prices I have seen mentioned on this Forum. Specimens that we would call $300 rifles brought over $1,000.
By my observation, about 40 % of the Krags did not sell. Cowan's site states that they will sell Lots that did not sell for 80 % of the minimum posted catalog value, plus a 17.5 % buyer's premium. There was an 1892 in the listings that did not sell. Someone might want to check that.
The 1898 Enlisted blouse with Wisconsin buttons sold for $558.13. One mills belt sold for $273.75, but there was another (Lot 1148) that did not sell. The Hollifield Dotter device sold for $960.
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