Posted by David W on November 25, 2008, 3:39 pm, in reply to "L.C. Smith value"
Joe, You listed most of the important features. However I would find out what the bores are. They could be from .725-.729. In a lot of the older guns it was closer to the .725-.726. Next would be to find out what the chokes are, and not with a brass tapered type choke gage, with a Skeet's type gage. Because of black powder shooting back then, if the guns weren't cleaned right away, the salts in the primers pitted the barrels, so some very light pitting would be acceptable, in my opinion.
Close up pictures, showing wood, barrels, receivers water table and barrels water table, and also close up pictures of side plates where wood comes in contact. (people want to see no cracks), and the forend both bottom and top showing ejectors.
Fair price, cannot tell you with out seeing pictures and having gun in hand, but we're not at liberty to say so here. Gun Broker, Auction Arms, Guns International are good places and will be see by a lot of people. If you have an idea in your head what you think it is worth, use that for a starting price. You will be surprised/not at what it might go for. On some of the sites you can re-list it for free until it is sold and then pay a fee. Pictures are the most important thing. Having the ejectors is a very nice option also. I believe yours has the first style ejectors with the "clam shell" release, if so they should be working fine and eject the empties a few feet. There are no parts for this style ejector.
This is just my opinion, and I'm sure you will get others.