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S&W Collectors Assn. Life- Member Charles Duffy is an 87 year-old retired master gunsmith who, other than in wartime, has spent almost his entire life in the Hudson River Valley of New York State. Charlie enlisted in the U.S. Navy at age 18 and served as a torpedoman aboard the submarine, U.S.S. Sea Wolf, in the South Pacific Theater during World War II. He has been an avid collector of S&W’s for over 60 years, beginning with a 38/44 Outdoorsman in 1947 and continuing until just a few years ago. We were recently selected by Mr. Duffy to sell for him, on consignment, his collection of S&W’s and we are featuring them in our catalogs this month and in the months ahead. Charlie has been a long-time friend and we are proud that he chose us to handle the sale of his collection. Special note: Many of the S&W’s from the Duffy collection are pictured in the well-known book, “Smith & Wesson, 1857 - 1945”, by Bob Neal and Roy Jinks (1966, revised 1975). The guns attributed to Charlie were photographed by Bob Neal in 1963-1964 and have remained in his collection until the present time. |
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