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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: 834

Sidelock-s/s shotgun James Purdey & Sons - London cal. 12/65 #23274 § C +ACC

Starting price 7.000 EUR

Barrel length 76 cm (30“), stock length 37 cm (14.5“), total length 118 cm (46.5“), choke cylinder & 1/2 & (C & M), weight 3.1 kg, built in 1928, English proof, condition 2. Demibloc barrels, concave rib marked „J. Purdey & Sons, Audley House, South Audley Street, London, Made of Sir Joseph Withworths Fluid Pressed Steel“, ejectors, receiver with beautifully preserved hardening colors, fine arabesque and rose bouquet engraving, fences decorated with floral bouquets, self-opening side locks with Beesley type springs, cocking indicators, catch rods, firing pins inserted from the front, automatic slide tang safety, gold inlaid with „Safe“, double trigger, rich and evenly grained walnut stock, forend with Anson release, buttstock with straight grip and teardrop, stock monogram plate with an „R“ engraved. Extended leather-covered buttplate, numbered „2“ on the lever, rail and forend as part of a former pair, in a leather-covered wooden case with brass corners, trade label, weapon configuration, cleaning rod and buffer cartridges.