12ga CE with hang tag

Post by **fox-admin** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:28 pm

Here is a 12ga CE with the original hang tag. Circa 1924 Gun and Circa 1924 Mason Challenge Drake Mallard. It is hard to believe some of this stuff survives in nice condition.

birdawg · Post by **birdawg** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:40 pm

Craig, That is a nice tag and gun. C grades are my favorite.
Do you have any idea how many 12 gauge C grades were produced?

jolly bill · Post by **jolly bill** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:32 pm

A pair that's hard to beat.

Jolly

George Lander · Post by **George Lander** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:24 am

That is one gorgeous CE, Craig. What length barrels? How did the tag remain with the gun?

Best Regards, George

eightbore · Post by **eightbore** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:13 am

George, the gun letters to a lady named Minnie Pearl. That may be a clue to the presence of the tag.

George Lander · Post by **George Lander** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:56 pm

Bill: I guess that we all know who she was if she was the same as the Gran Old Opry star.

Best Regards, George

George Lander · Post by **George Lander** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:58 pm

Bill: I wonder if that's the tag that used to hang off her hat?

Best regards, George

loggy · Post by **loggy** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:35 pm

Great photos. Thanks for sharing.

spyder · Post by **spyder** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:16 pm

Mrs. Henry Cannon (AKA Minnie Pearl) was born Sarah Colley in 1912. Although probably not a Fox owner at the age of 12 (nor yet having assumed her stage name), she was a wonderful and gracious woman whom we miss here in Tennessee.

George Lander · Post by **George Lander** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:41 pm

Spyder: I loved to hear her "HOWDEEEEE!"

George