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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

Active | Physical auction
Lot: 831

Sidelock-s/s shotgun J. P. Sauer & Sohn - Suhl self-cocking system cal. 12/65 #55071 § C

Starting price 1.200 EUR

Barrel length 75 cm (29.5“), stock length 35.5 cm (14“), total length 116 cm (45.5“), choke 3/4 & cylinder (IM & C), weight 2.9 kg, year of manufacture around 1895?, without proof, condition 3. Barrels reblued, engraved with „self-cocking system J. P. Sauer & Sohn, Suhl“, bead front sight, auxiliary front sight, wide concave matted rib, doll‘s head, extractor, edge engraving, patented self-cocking system from Sauer with cocking indicator, color-hardened inside lockplates, sidelocks with rear springs and catch rods, firing pins that can be removed from the front, extensively engraved receiver, tendrils and floral motifs on the case, a vignette of a rose finely engraved on the lock plates and the underside, automatic slide tang safety, double trigger, trigger guard with engraved rose , sling swivel eyelets, richly grained walnut stock with repair area and checkering, forend with Deeley release and ebony schnabel, buttstock with pistol grip, oval cheek piece and blended wooden buttplate. Probably old German proof - on the barrels, signs badly faded, not completely recognizable, not valid. Collector‘s weapon without (valid) proof, provided for storage due to its art or collector‘s value.