There's been some debate on here about the best way to sell a collection of air guns - auction, on the net or at an arms fair. Having looked at some of the weird prices fetched at the recent Wallis & Wallis auction I would certainly not risk my valued items at auction. For example, while a common push-barrel Dolla pistol sold for £60, two Acvokes only made £40 and £60 each and a nice Warrior fetched only £100. Similarly in the rifles, whereas two Gems made £130 and £120, a BSA Improved Model D made only £70 and a 1908 Lincoln Jeffries BSA underlever only £60. A Webley Service Mark II fetched £180 and a Webley Mark 3 went for £70. And remember, if you were selling you would have to pay the auctioneers their commission.

Was this a one-off phenomenon, or are vintage British air guns becoming less collectable than German guns for some reason? I started collecting about 20 years ago, and even back then I would have been happy to pick up an Acvoke for under a ton.