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Maynard 1882 Creedmoor
Nov 7th, 2014 at 7:18am
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An extremely nice 1882 Maynard Long Range  Creedmoor rifle that apparently passed through the shop of Mr. A.O. Niedner in the summer of 1921.  Could this in fact be the same rifle that Mr. Niedner is photographed holding on his front steps?

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Re: Maynard 1882 Creedmoor
Reply #1 - Nov 8th, 2014 at 4:32pm
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from the Petrov collection.   he was a serious student & collector of Niedner material    if this rifle is the one in the picture I'd be surprised it he did not mention it in one of his books/articles somewhere.
  
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Re: Maynard 1882 Creedmoor
Reply #2 - Nov 8th, 2014 at 4:43pm
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Michael posted an old photo of Niedner's gun cabinet with a Maynard Creedmore included.  He believed this is that rifle.
  
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Re: Maynard 1882 Creedmoor
Reply #3 - Nov 8th, 2014 at 7:59pm
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Michael wrote an article article on this Maynard rifle in the 1997 Gun Digest. There is an extra smooth bore barrel that Michael had for this rifle. 

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Re: Maynard 1882 Creedmoor
Reply #4 - Nov 9th, 2014 at 11:04am
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The only other one I have seen was sold in the John Amber auction back in 1986
  
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Reply #5 - Nov 24th, 2014 at 8:58pm
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The rifle sold for $4250+15%.
  
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Re: Maynard 1882 Creedmoor
Reply #6 - Nov 25th, 2014 at 8:42am
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I'm very familiar with the person who bought this rifle. I'll know more about it when he gets it. The extra barrel was sold separately. It has a modern recoil pad on it that replaced the one Neidner put on it in 1921. If not for this it probably would have brought much more. The new owner is a also shooter so he'll likely try it out.
  
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Reply #7 - Nov 25th, 2014 at 5:14pm
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It certainly is rewarding to see such I fine and distinguished Maynard rifle come to reside in the hands of a worthy beneficiary who will enjoy shooting it as was its intended purpose.

Best wishes to the new owner and I hope you enjoy it in good health and prosperity.

Sincerely,

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Dr. Edward Maynard
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Reply #8 - Nov 28th, 2014 at 8:47am
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The prices raised including the buyers premium  of 15% are now published on the Michael Petrov and John & Jan Wills Collections which were auctioned at the Amoskeag Auctions on the 22nd and 23rd November. There were some very good prices raised yet some I thought were rather low.

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Reply #9 - Dec 1st, 2014 at 9:58am
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Harry,
I agree with you. There were some very nice single shots at seemingly reasonable prices.
  
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Re: Maynard 1882 Creedmoor
Reply #10 - Dec 1st, 2014 at 10:41pm
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I agree and thought a few of the single-shot rifles went for too cheap.  It was all about condition for the bidders that day.  There were a handful of smooth gray rifles with excellent bores that were a great deal. 

The pre-war Colt double-action target revolvers went at the mid point of the estimates and in some cases much higher.

Regarding Michael Petrov's rifles ... Michael had an inventory spreadsheet with a column marked "2104 Estimate" that he must have made when he thought he had months left.  His estimates were very modest and in most cases at or below the low end of Amoskeag's estimate range. Amoskeag did not have the complete sheet so that they could provide their own independent estimates.  Although the bolt action rifles looked like they didn't do very well, the total value of items sold was greater than Michael total estimate.   

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Re: Maynard 1882 Creedmoor
Reply #11 - Dec 1st, 2014 at 10:42pm
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Having spoken to a lot of people before the auction and reading the forums, I think people may have steered clear of the auction thinking the pieces were not affordable.  The bidders were there but in some cases there was no second bidder.
  
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Re: Maynard 1882 Creedmoor
Reply #12 - Dec 2nd, 2014 at 11:41am
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Joe Do

There is a saying. If you are not in the auction room, you are missing out when an item you are interested in goes for less than you were willing to pay for it.

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Re: Maynard 1882 Creedmoor
Reply #13 - Dec 2nd, 2014 at 8:31pm
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ron wrote on Dec 2nd, 2014 at 11:41am:
Joe Do

There is a saying. If you are not in the auction room, you are missing out when an item you are interested in goes for less than you were willing to pay for it.

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Yes, but there is also a temptation to think that if you had only been there, you could have gotten the gun for just one more bid.  That's possible, of course, but the selling price really only tells you what the 2nd highest bidder was willing to pay.  The high bidder himself might not even know what he was willing to pay-- some people can get carried away in the heat of the moment, and keep bidding when they should probably stop.  When two of these people are bidding on the same item, they've just made the auctioneer's day!

I was at the auction, and had my sights set on the Niedner muzzle-loader.  I ran head-long into a buzz-saw, someone who was determined to have that gun, and had the money to back it up.  (The buyer is a nice guy, and I certainly don't begrudge his success.)  Would I have bid on some of the guns that preceded the Niedner ML, had I known that it wasn't going to me?  Sure, but that's part of the fun of an auction!
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