Outside contractors cannot be used as pickup agents. If an FFL dealer is sending an “agent” to pick up items, that person must be a bona fide, paid employee of the company with a W4 on file. FFL holders may take possession of any firearm on day of sale (excluding Class III) when they present a signed copy of their Federal Firearms License.All Federal, State and Local firearms laws will be strictly adhered to.
No items are to be removed from our facility until paid for in full by the purchaser.Buyers who pay after the 25th day following the auction forfeit this discount regardless of payment form. This premium is to be paid as part of the purchase price. A 17.5% Buyer’s Premium will be added to all purchases regardless of price with a 2.5% discount when paid with check, cash or wire transfer.There will be a $35.00 charge for all returned checks. reserves the right to demand cash or hold merchandise until funds are collected in full. Credit card purchases are limited to $50,000.00 per customer, per auction.Bidders who fail to pay their invoices in full by the 25th day following the sale agree to have their total invoice amount charged to the credit card listed on file and therefore forfeit any cash discount they may have previously been entitled to.Online payment is available for buyers directly through the online invoicing process. will accept cash, check, wire transfer, MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express as payment for items purchased. All invoices are payable upon receipt.reserves the right to reject any bid in order to protect our consignor’s interests. All requests for refunds received after 30 days of the sale date will not be considered. Therefore, it is important that absentee bidders pay for their items in a timely fashion. All requests for refunds must be made within 30 days of the sale date.If a customer is unhappy with a purchase, we will be happy to discuss a remedy with them. We recommend that the bidders view the items in person and form their own opinions as to condition, originality, origin, etc. Although we believe everything in the descriptions to be true, we do not guarantee any part of any description. has taken great care in the preparation of the descriptions in this catalog. Bidding on any item in the sale indicates the bidder’s full acceptance and understanding of all terms and conditions of sale.
The following paragraphs represent the terms under which all sales by Amoskeag Auction Company, Inc. The gun seems to function as designed and may make a good “knockabout” gun (pardon the pun). The gun is sighted with dual ivory beads and seems to lockup tight on face with no discernible light, the top lever drifting just slightly left of center. The length of pull to the solid red Noshok pad is 14 5/8” with drops of 1 5/8” and 2 1/2. The splinter forend is completely devoid of checkering and is likely a good quality replacement from the period of use.
The checkered European walnut straight grip buttstock rates very good with the expected light dings and handling marks that come from the years, showing a small hole along the toeline where a swivel was once installed, now nicely plugged. It features tight scroll in perhaps 40% coverage with “Surette” inlaid in gold. The boxlock frame remains quite nice and is primarily a silvery mottled case-hardened patina with some toning to pewter on the right radius at the natural carry point. The left barrel is neatly hand engraved “August Francotte a Liège”, there are however no other Francotte markings nor stampings on the gun anywhere, this engraving clearly “later-added”. An interesting and quality-made shotgun but certainly not the work of August Francotte, the barrels show a nice contrasting brown and pewter Damascus star pattern their full length, with some sparsely scattered spots of oxidation staining here and there, the left tube with a couple of very nicely raised dings, one more on the right tube halfway down its length. (2 1/2”), 28” barrels, both choked about improved cylinder, with bright excellent bores.