FINE SPORTING GUNS BY LONDON MAKERS HIGHLIGHT GAVIN GARDINER DECEMBER AIUCTION
Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 01:00 Written by a2e Friday, 15 October 2010 01:00
A UNIQUE collection of over and under 12-bore Sporting Guns by premier London Gun Maker Boss & Co. will be sold by Gavin Gardiner (in association with Sotheby’s) in a sale of Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns and Rifles on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at Sotheby’s, 34-35 New Bond Street, London.
The collection of six pre-war guns includes two pairs of guns together with two single examples and is expected to fetch in excess of £200,000. Estimates range from £30,000-40,000 for a single example to £80,000-100,000 for a fine pair built in 1927 and retaining much original finish.
As Gavin Gardiner explained: “The Over and Under shotgun was first patented by Boss & Co, London’s most exclusive gunmaker, in 1909 and the guns remain in production today. It is the most rev-erred of all Vintage shotguns and fewer than 500 examples have been built in the 101year history of this gun. While the “Over and Under” gun has become a common sight today, the Boss remains the most influential design and all modern designs built today are based on this original.
He adds: “Boss continue to build a very limited number of examples of this gun, with delivery taking as long as five years, and will cost just under £100,000.”
Elsewhere in the pre-Christmas sale is a scarce Holland & Holland Badminton model 12-bore sidelock ejector gun, built in 1974 as the First Annual Prize gun for W.A.G.B.I., now known as BASC, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation. Estimated at £8,000-12,000, the gun remains little used since being awarded as a prize.
Gavin Gardiner is the only specialist firearms auctioneer holding his auctions in the heart of London’s West End, where he holds two sales each year as well as his prestigious sale at the Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland in August.
The sale will include over 300 lots of fine sporting guns, rifles and shooting accessories including pairs and singles by all of the major makers such as Boss & Co, J. Purdey & Sons, Holland & Holland and J. Woodward & Sons. Numerous single guns, as well as sporting rifles, collector’s firearms and shooting accessories will also be offered.
For further information please contact 01798 875300 or 07831 645551 or visit www.gavingardiner.com
Read The Rest Of This...Sotheby’s to offer Property from the Hascoe Family Collection in 2011
Last Updated on Tuesday, 5 October 2010 03:15 Written by a2e Tuesday, 5 October 2010 03:15
Sotheby’s is pleased to announce that we will offer property from the Hascoe Family Collection, assembled by Norman and Suzanne Hascoe over years of passionate collecting, in a series of sales throughout the first half of 2011. The Collection is highlighted by its important American furniture and Czech modernist art, which [...]
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Natural History An Exceptional Allosaurus: first-ever specimen to be offered at auction A ‘Prehistoric’ Nuit Blanche at Sotheby’s!
Last Updated on Saturday, 24 July 2010 07:58 Written by a2e Saturday, 24 July 2010 07:58
[ October 5, 2010; ] On 5 October 2010 Sotheby’s will stage their first Paris sale devoted to Natural History, comprising 86 lots selected for their quality and rarity, consigned from private collections in Europe and the United States.
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Chatsworth: The Attic Sale
Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 July 2010 04:51 Written by a2e Wednesday, 14 July 2010 04:51
[ October 5, 2010; October 6, 2010; October 7, 2010; ] Sotheby’s announces today the first ever auction sale at Chatsworth, the most magnificent of all England’s stately homes.
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English Silver Cooler Auctioned in London
Last Updated on Friday, 9 July 2010 11:00 Written by a2e Friday, 9 July 2010 11:00
A monumental silver wine cooler, weighing 168 pounds (11 ½ stone or 2597 oz.) and measuring well over a meter across, has been sold at Sotheby’s for £2,505,250, establishing a new record price for English silver.
The spectacular cistern, as “Large as a Small Bathing-Tub”, sold to a private Asian buyer. It was lot 8 in Sotheby’s sale of “Treasures”, a 21-lot sale which has just concluded, realising an above-estimate total of £13,951,250 / $21,177,998 (the pre-sale estimate was £8,790,000 – £13,430,000).
Mario Tavella, Sotheby’s Deputy Chairman Europe and the specialist in charge of the sale said: “Today’s very successful results represent a fantastic achievement in the field of decorative arts. These extraordinarily rare Treasures with highly desirable aristocratic provenance sparked competition from private collectors and institutional buyers alike as well as the trade and there was bidding and buying from Europe, the United States, Russia, Asia and the Middle East.”
Many remarkable prices were achieved in this evening’s sale. Most notably:
• An Italian Engraved Ivory Inlaid Rosewood Centre Table, made for the Duke of Urbino Francesco Maria II Della Rovere (1549-1631), c 1596-7, and subsequently part of the collection of the Medici family, sold for £937,250. Known, but previously misunderstood, the same table sold for £6,000 at auction in 1989. Its Medici provenance, recently revealed thanks to the discovery of contemporary documents, was no doubt behind the strong competition generated in the salesroom this evening.
• An amber casket bearing the arms of Prince William IV of Orange and Anne, Princess Royal of Great Britain, North German, Probably made in Danzig, 1734, realised £657,250 – well beyond its pre-sale estimate of £200,000-300,000. This extraordinarily rare and beautifully crafted box was probably made to celebrate the union of Prince William IV of Orange and Anne, Princess Royal, the eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain. They married at St James’ Palace in 1734, further reaffirming the strong ties between Great Britain and the Netherlands.
• A Magnificent Pair of Imperial Porcelain Vases, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St Petersburg, Period of Nicholas I (1825-1855), dated 1842, sold for £1,945,250 (est: £1.4 – 1.8 million)
• A set of three ivory painted and parcel-gilt Royal Pliants by Jean-Baptiste-Claude Séné (1748-1803) made for Queen Marie Antoinette’s Salon des Jeux at the Châteaux of Compiègne and Fontainebleau, Louis XVI, circa 1786-87, commanded £541,250 against an estimate of £150,000-250,000.
Sotheby’s sale of “Treasures”, Aristocratic Heirlooms, was one of 6 sales held at Sotheby’s London today. Together, they made a combined total of £27,488,438 / $41,727,450
Sotheby’s: Regards sur l’Orient: Orientalist Paintings and Sculptures Islamic Art
Last Updated on Friday, 4 June 2010 05:20 Written by a2e Friday, 4 June 2010 05:20
Regards sur l’Orient: Orientalist Paintings and Sculptures Islamic Art
Jun 23, 2010
Sotheby’s: Paris, France
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Sotheby’s: Old Masters and 19th Century Paintings and Drawings
Last Updated on Friday, 4 June 2010 05:20 Written by a2e Friday, 4 June 2010 05:20
Old Masters and 19th Century Paintings and Drawings
Jun 22, 2010
Sotheby’s: Paris, France
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Sotheby’s: 19th C. Paintings, Furniture, Maiolica, Silver and Rare Books
Last Updated on Friday, 4 June 2010 03:20 Written by a2e Friday, 4 June 2010 03:20
19th C. Paintings, Furniture, Maiolica, Silver and Rare Books
Jun 16, 2010
Sotheby’s: Milan, Italy
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Sotheby’s: An Exceptional Eye: A Private British Collection
Last Updated on Saturday, 29 May 2010 04:20 Written by a2e Saturday, 29 May 2010 04:20
An Exceptional Eye: A Private British Collection
Jul 14, 2010
Sotheby’s: London, UK
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Sotheby’s: THE JAMES S. COPLEY LIBRARY: A JULY 1776 BROADSIDE PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Last Updated on Friday, 28 May 2010 04:40 Written by a2e Friday, 28 May 2010 04:40
THE JAMES S. COPLEY LIBRARY: A JULY 1776 BROADSIDE PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Jun 17, 2010, 3:30 PM EST
Sotheby’s: New York, NY, US
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