Well, the joke's on you guys, I reckon!

Someone has wandered off with a Wilkes .475 #2 in 'fantastic' shootable condition (VG bores!), for maybe $15grand. The fact that it has been reblued once in its 100-year life (what gun hasn't?), or has evidence of a few tiny pits under the blueing, is entirely immaterial in a working double. A 'collector' would be a different story, of course, but the Wilkes was never put up as that, and the price reflects it. Sure we all want to find bargains at under 10 grand, but that Wilkes will knock any Searcy/Merkel/CalRigby into a cocked hat!

Good luck to the bugger who ended up with it!

BTW, I agree with you about the description Griz, words like 'fantastic' (derived from 'fantasy') have no place in the description of a gun, unless they are describing bulino with coloured inlays maybe, or Accuracy International's Chassis System gunstock!