Ruger 21 Lithographs

[fishhuntnut]

One of my gun shop haunts has what he says is a full set of the 21 Lithograph series that Ruger put out a while back. I know nothing much other than what I could find doing a search of past auctions that had either 1 or several for sale.. I know that there were supposedly 950 sets sold by ruger, and I think they were to tie in with the engraving of the ‘21’ series of #1s, but I don’t know if that is true…

Can someone enlighten me on what their significance is and value, as I may try to convince him to pull them out of his safe and let me see them, maybe even buy them…. Thanks in advance, Tom

[twriggen]

I'm sure that someone will chime in if I'm wrong, but I believe there were two sets of 21. There was a book shop in Wyoming that had both sets that had both sets on ebay and were asking $1000 for them. I communicated back and forth but ultimately did not purchase them. They were just the prints and none of them had been framed yet. I probably should have bought them, but the timing was off as I was in the process of giving the Machine Gunner in Nebraska a couple of big checks.

[Brass Frame]

Tom, my set is packed and in secure storage. From memory I believe it only includes long guns by Ruger;
No.1 rifle, Red Label shotgun, Model 96 rifle, Gold Label shotgun, Model 77 rifle, 10/22 and .44 Carbine. Please do not hold me to this list as it has been some time since I reviewed them. They are very well done and came in a large heavy duty envelope.
Brass Frame/Lee