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  1. 22-06-2017, 12:17 PM #1
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    I just watched the Holts auction online and the big surprise was when an internet bidder jumped in with a very high £550 bid for this nice but ordinary looking Walther LP53! There was no other interest and they probably could have had it for £250...

    The Brown pistol sold for £3,000 hammer.

    The Clair Freres made £1,000 hammer

    The magazine-fed BSA underlever made £650 hammer

    The John Zuendorff gallery gun made £1,000 hammer

    The Giffard in-line pump was unsold

    The ether-charged BSA underlever sold for £500 hammer
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    Quote Originally Posted by Garvin View Post
    I just watched the Holts auction online and the big surprise was when an internet bidder jumped in with a very high £500 bid (IIRC) for this nice but ordinary looking Walther LP53!

    The Brown pistol sold for £3000 hammer.
    Hi Danny,

    I thought the Brown pistol did well and noted the Tell 1 sold for a reasonable £500 hammer.

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    Thought i had missed another LP52 for a moment there Danny!...
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    The Tell 1 went for £550 hammer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmieDee View Post
    The Tell 1 went for £550 hammer.
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    Oooooooooops ! Sorry my mistake, still quite a reasonable price though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Abasmajor View Post
    Hi,

    Oooooooooops ! Sorry my mistake, still quite a reasonable price though.

    Brian
    It should go nicely with my Tell II and III

    Mind you, with fees, it doesn't half sting. The same pistol sold 2 years ago for £200 at auction from the David Swan collection.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmieDee View Post
    It should go nicely with my Tell II and III

    Mind you, with fees, it doesn't half sting. The same pistol sold 2 years ago for £200 at auction from the David Swan collection.
    Bet there's a few of us wish we could go back in time to that auction, Jim. I bought a couple then, but if I could do it again I'd probably get into serious debt.
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    Any idea what the John Walker converted CO2 LP53 made ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmieDee View Post
    It should go nicely with my Tell II and III

    Mind you, with fees, it doesn't half sting. The same pistol sold 2 years ago for £200 at auction from the David Swan collection.
    Apparently David paid almost £1000 for it, quite a few years ago. He was obviously very keen to add one to his collection and there had been very few on the market for some years at the time. So the sting isn't as bad it might have been.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Epicyclic View Post
    Thought i had missed another LP52 for a moment there Danny!...
    Yes, in fact I paid a lot less for that LP52 Richard!

    Must've been a Bond fanatic...
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