Sale Results: Fine Modern & Vintage Sporting Guns

Auction at Sotheby's, New Bond Street, London

April 20, 2011
GRAND TOTAL: £301,547
LOTS OFFERED: 211
% Sold by lot: 76%
LOT PRICE ESTIMATES BUYER
132 £44,400 £35,000/ 45,000 UK Private
J. Purdey & Sons. A Fine pair of 12-bore self-opening sidelock ejector guns. Built in 1937 for William S
Paley.

203 £37,200 £18,000/24,000 US Private

William Evans. A fine pair of 20-bore sidelock ejector guns. Built for British Arctic Explorer, Augustine
Courtauld in 1955.

049 £17,400 £12,000/15,000 UK Private

Joseph Lang & Son. A fine 7X65R sidelock ejector rifle. Built in 1912

137 £14,640 £8,000/12,000 UK Private

William Evans. A pair of 12-bore sidelock ejector guns. Built for British Arctic Explorer, Augustine
Courtauld in 1925.

136 £11,400 £10,000/15,000 UK Trade

Hussey Ltd. A pair of 12-bore sidelock ejector guns.

148 £10,800 £7,000/9,000 European Private

Joseph Lang & Son. A fine 12-bore single trigger sidelock ejector gun. Built in 1912.

48 £8,400 £7,000/9,000 UK Private

J. Purdey. A .500/.450 hammer rifle, no. 9015, built for HRH the Prince of Wales. Built in 1873.

131 £6,600 £4,000/6,000 European Trade

Cogswell & Harrison. A pair of 12-bore ‘Extra Quality Victor’ sidelock ejector guns. Built in 1912.

212 £6,240 £5,000/8,000 European Trade

P. Beretta. A 12-bore S04 Model sidelock ejector over and under trap gun, No. 309016B, a two barrel
set.

138 £5,760 £4,000/6,000 UK Private

Charles Lancaster. A pair of 12-bore self-opening backlock ejector guns.

Commenting after the sale, Auctioneer and Expert-in-Charge, Gavin Gardiner, said: “I am delighted to have
achieved such a strong result, which continues to show the strength of the market for fine sporting guns. An
exceptional pair of pre-war Purdeys sold especially well and a fine pair of 20-bores by William Evans sold for
double our pre-sale estimate, proof indeed of the continued demand for the best of British! I look forward to my
next auction at the Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland on August 22.”

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