Sold by the estate to a phone caller
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Proper care for the gun will likely occur in the hands of a serious collector, rather than a half-assed, chronically short of funds museum.
Besides, there already is one in a museum, for those who give a crap, of which there are few.
Here's my guess....
35 million people in Canada.
10,000 with a passing interest if they saw it in a museum or a buddy owned it.
100 who seriously care and would know what they are looking at.
5 that might buy it.
Think any of the five will be buying it and donating it to a museum? LOL
Not in Canada. This is the place that thought it was a good idea to elect Trudeau Jr. Once wasn't enough....we had to go back to the well!
Besides, there already is one in a museum, for those who give a crap, of which there are few.
Here's my guess....
35 million people in Canada.
10,000 with a passing interest if they saw it in a museum or a buddy owned it.
100 who seriously care and would know what they are looking at.
5 that might buy it.
Think any of the five will be buying it and donating it to a museum? LOL
Not in Canada. This is the place that thought it was a good idea to elect Trudeau Jr. Once wasn't enough....we had to go back to the well!
As others have said WOW I myself even living in Ontario have never seen a Tobin like that ever. I don't know if it was the checkering in the stock just below the safety but the wood looked dark in the picture. not to be a kill joy but sometimes people over oil guns and when they are stored standing up the stock gets oil soaked and it becomes dark and weak . it might just be the photo and my old lookers .
Guns don't belong in museums.
They belong in the hands of collectors who will lovingly care for them and use them. When a collector ages out or dies, or finds another interest, they can belong to the next person willing to pay for it.
Museums are dead holes for many fine things, that restrict access to ordinary people who would love to cherish the item.
Only a small fraction of museum collections are on display, with large holdings warehoused out of sight.
They belong in the hands of collectors who will lovingly care for them and use them. When a collector ages out or dies, or finds another interest, they can belong to the next person willing to pay for it.
Museums are dead holes for many fine things, that restrict access to ordinary people who would love to cherish the item.
Only a small fraction of museum collections are on display, with large holdings warehoused out of sight.
Right on.
fishslinger
CGN Regular
- Location
- southern ontario
Will be interesting to hear what the final sale price will be. I imagine somewhere between $5,000 and $10,000.
Willy Tincup
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Owen Sound
My drone has returned home flashing the # 5.000 and showing a map outlining the province of AB. Has anyone else heard anything?
Yes, but experts can get access to those things to make YouTube videos (forgotten weapons) or write books (Vickers),ect.
Museums are also largely immune to changes in law that prohibit civilian ownership of certain things. For instance, the pattern room in England has a whole pile of stuff that a private collector wouldn't be allowed to possess, as well as a bunch of stuff that wouldn't have been considered collectible in the past and would have ended up in a smelter if not for museums and government cataloging.
