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41st Classic Auction - Live Auction

AT-1220 Wien, Kagraner Platz 9  

Auction on Thursday, May 16, 2024 from 17:00  | Place absentee bids

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Lot: 628

Sidelock-s/s double rifle Le President - Belgium "Flohimont" cal. 9.3 x 74 R #14391 § C +ACC (S 205995)

Starting price 1.000 EUR

Barrel length 62 cm (24.5“), stock length 38 cm (15“), total length 105 cm (41.5“), weight 3.6 kg, year of manufacture unknown, Belgian proof, condition 2-3. Barrels with dovetail joint, in Gold inlaid „Le President“, matted quarter rib inscribed with „Cal. 9.3 x 74R“, express sights, ramp front sight, Purdey nose, ejectors, firing pins inserted from the front, sidelocks with rear springs, cocking indicators, receiver and lock plates extensively engraved with arabesques and floral bouquets, signed „Flohimont“ for the prominent engraver Cecile Flohimont sidelocks in Holland-Holland style, catch rods, color hardening on the inside - also on the barrel flanks of the receiver, slide safety on the stock wrist, disc extended to the comb, color-hardened double trigger with evasive blade, forend with Anson release, buttstock with drop, pistol grip and cut stock end. Solid double rifle Delivered in a leather case with a green lining (2 keys in the inner compartment). Stamped (FA) (HJ) on the inside leaves many guesses. In the early years, Flohimont engraved for Francotte and later produced sensational works for James Purdey & Sons.