When the fellow at the Las Vegas Show walked up to my table and showed me the gun my eyes popped out that here was a cased Hyde & Goodrich and I did not stop to analyze it. From the contour of the gun and the French type casing, I should have realized that it was not an American gun. It was reasonably priced and I shelled out the money within about thirty seconds after looking at the gun. Then that night up in the hotel room I got to looking at the gun and remembered that I had seen the same gun at the Disneyland Show six months before and it was not marked at that time. Then I examined the barrel stampings closer and realized that they were new stampings. Upon my arrival home I compared this stamping with other guns in our collection and found that this was a good facsimile but the spacing of the letters was not the same as on the original. And then, there were other minute differences in the letters that showed it was new. As in most of these cases, the fellow I bought it from refused to refund my money and I got stuck with it. But it is a good lesson to not buy anything too quick or that is rare or at a high price unless you study it out first to be sure it is not faked or altered. F. H. CLARK #251 This derringer is one of a matched pair manufactured by Henry Deringer of Philadelphia. The furniture is German silver and the stock is made without ramrod. Two silver bands at the breech of the barrel add to their value. This pair is in exceptionally fine condition retaining nearly all of the varnish and the original smooth brown finish of the barrels. A desirable small style of an ideal shape. Has pineapple trigger guard finial. Silver tear shaped inlay at butt. Caliber is .38. Marked on the top barrel flat in four lines with one hand stamp as follows: Man^d for F. H. Clark & Co. Memphis, Tenn. Agents F. H. CLARK #276 A very fine F. H. Clark genuine Henry Derringer pistol with two silver bands at the breech. Typical trigger guard has pineapple finial. Made without ramrod. This is a desirable small size gun. .43 caliber. Marked on the barrel in four lines as follows: Man^d for F. H. Clark & Co. Memphis, Tenn. Agents F. H. CLARK #273 Same description as #276 with the exception that this stock is a little smaller and the grip is slightly different in shape. In general, a more slender gun. A high quality gun with double silver banded breech and the same marking on the barrel. Made without ramrod and with a tear drop for a butt cap. German silver mounted. Caliber is .410. Apparently one hand stamp was used to mark the four lines on the barrel as follows: