Shotguns marked 'T BARKER' were sold by various hardware store and catalog stores in c.1880-1910 (or so). They were generally imported from Belgium and distributed by the H&D Folsom Co. Look for the telltale Belgian proofmark underneath the barrels and on the water table (flat part of the frame where the barrels meet the frame). The proofmark is the letter 'E' over 'LG' in an oval or variant thereof. These shotguns were designed to be utility shotguns and were low priced when they were new. Nothing has changed today, and their value is strictly whatever somebody will pay to have something hanging on the wall. Under no circumstances should a T BARKER shotgun be fired. The barrel construction is almost certainly a twisted-wire construction and the pressure curve of modern shells (even "low-brass") can certainly cause the barrels to come apart. We see them listed at auction constantly with price tags from $200-$300, but they never sell. Realistically, that's about $100 high. There are some nutballs out there like me who collect hardware store guns, though... == ==
T Barker double barrel shotgun value ?
Less than $200.
Less than $200.
If it is really mint (unfired, practically untouched since it was manufactured), it might bring over $200.
Walnut, beech, birch, ash
A small brass plate inlaid for engraving of initials.
$100 to $150. A little more if it is in excellent like-new condition. A lot less if it is broken or rusty.
estimated value of a double-barrel J T randall shotgun
gun shop, gun show, e-gunparts.com
In a word, no. In two words, absolutely not. www.countrygunsmith.net
Royal Damascus was a mark used by Ancien Etablisment Pieper of Herstal, Belgium, c. 1890-1914. T Barker is usually dismissed as "just another Belgian clunker", but with a silver escution and engraving, yours is probably better than the average utility shotgun from the period. I have heard that T Barker was a hardware outlet in California, but have no proof of that.
T. Barker has written: 'Transport in Great Yarmouth'