Rare George Grazier The Allegheny Wood Turkey Call Earl Mickel Micks Pick Mixed

Description: This Auction is for the following item you will receive exactly what is described and what is pictured any objects in the pictures not described are not included I recently had the pleasure of purchasing a rare collection of George Grazier Turkey Calls, from the gentleman that bought the Grazier Company and entire remaining stock of turkey calls when George passed away at 79 in 1981 the following is from Earl Mickels Book: Turkey Callmakers Past and Present the rest of the bestGeorge Applied and received a patent for his Turkey Calls in 1953 patent # 2,702,054 for the Allegheny Turkey Call , he started production in 1954 and made approximately 400 of the Allegheny calls a cedar scratch box design with a picture of a turkey and woods scene stamped on each box, the call is enclosed in a 4" x 2 3/4" x 1 1/4" box with folding top, the slate striker is glued to the inside of the top the box is beautifully built with dovetail corners, when not in use the call is placed in the box and the top is fastened with a small brass hasp, George was an excellent craftsman and even built the carboard boxes that each call came in.George also built the Sunrise turkey call , this call measured 3 5/8" x 2" x 1" this call is designed so the cedar scratch box slides into and forms the bottom of the dovetail cornered box the 1" slate striker is embedded in the other end of the top, and a very very few had a narrow slate that protruded from the top, fewer than 100 sunrise cedar scratch boxes all with Sassafras Cases were ever built This Auction is for 1 of those rare George Grazier Allegheny Mixed Wood Maple finish Turkey Calls, and is the last mixed wood call I have. only 225 mixed wood calls were ever made this is unused only tune tested by George himself price tag of 20.00 still on the side of the box, this call is mint condition was never used, only tuned by George himself, also in the one pic you see a black line in the wood on the outside of the box , the mark is actually the grain color, I have addition pics with a circle and an arrow to show you there are no issues with this call, the last one sold for 375.00 dont wait make an offer please read the above information, and see all the photos including pics from the book and the special thanks in the book to Mr Terry Hyde, these calls were purchased by me from Terry himself, and Terry Purchased the company and back stock from George Grazier, so this call has only ever been in the hands of George, then Terry, to me And Now to you!this call is in beautiful pristine condition, in the original box with all paperwork and original chalk placed in by George himself! all measurement of the calls I will be selling are in the article above you get the item described in the pictures the actual weight of this item, shipped to your zip code, generated by the shipping company I am using, shipping can not be too high as the bidder should take the shipping into consideration when bidding, if your willing to pay 50.00 for something and shipping is 15.00 then you only bid up to 35.00 if shipping is 5.00 then you can bid up to 45.00, if shipping is 50.00 you just don't do it, pretty simple. not everyone needs this tutorial but believe it or not a lot of people do, so I include this wisdom free of charge any questions feel free to askIf you have any issues after you receive your item, PLEASE contact me first, I stand behind every Item I sell Payment Must Be Received After Auction EndsPayment must be made within 3 days of auctions end, if you need an extension due to vacation or traveling, or emergencies just message me and it will be no issue. if payment isn't made and I have no contact from the buyer within 3 days of auctions end , the buyer will be in breech of agreement and voluntarily forfeits any and all auction rights, by Bidding you agree to these terms.

Price: 249.99 USD

Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2024-09-25T13:05:11.000Z

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