That's absolutely not the case the sellers fee is much less and covers the costs as aboveOriginally Posted by nurek
The Bulletproof Monk
That's absolutely not the case the sellers fee is much less and covers the costs as above
A man can always use more alcohol, tobacco and firearms.
The Bulletproof Monk
Everything depends on the hammer price, we have a lot of buyers in a lot of countries, if you look at what quality collections of airguns make on sale day its often double what you would get selling privately and massively more than trying to sell a collection to an RFD in one hit.I have asked about selling some of my gear and was told 15% + VAT on the first £1000 and 10% + VAT on the remaining amount...
Ok, you're right the seller does pay less, the total fee to the seller would be £300 if the gun sold for 2k... the buyer pays 600 extra, which still means that the gun is effectively 50% more expensive
As long as you can agree a reserve that your comfortable with, all the risk is with us to sell it at a good price?
A man can always use more alcohol, tobacco and firearms.
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A good few people think nothing of paying £2K-£3K, even £6K on a shotgun. What price a pretty fab air rifle? The better, more sophisticated, ones have as much engineering as any shotgun.
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Apologies for straying a bit off thread, but I notice Holts also have a refinished Webley Mk2 Service on offer in the rarer .25 calibre with matching Ser No to the barrel.
The refinish will no doubt put many off, but it will be interesting to see if it reaches anything close to the estimate.
http://auctions.holtsauctioneers.com...4559&saletype=
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Brian
The Bulletproof Monk
If its not pitted its straightforward to strip the enamel and polish and reblack to the original finish spec...
Might have a punt myself if it goes for the lower estimate
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Are you allowed to bid at an auctioneers you work for?If its not pitted its straightforward to strip the enamel and polish and reblack to the original finish spec...
Might have a punt myself if it goes for the lower estimate
Dave
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The Bulletproof Monk
Of course, why wouldn't we be I'm not the actual auctioneer?
There's no special treatment though I'm stood in the room just like you and have to pay the same commissions etc
Having to be at every sale its very hard not to impulse buy every bargain
A man can always use more alcohol, tobacco and firearms.
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Hello Richard,
I agree, but it will have been refinished which would be major turn off for some collectors.
Regards
Brian
The Bulletproof Monk
We have ways of making a new finish match the original exactly and even distress it to look original and worn in line with the woodwork, I'll bring a couple of examples to Kempton
Unscrupulous folk have passed off some of these as original but we wouldn't condone that
A man can always use more alcohol, tobacco and firearms.
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The .25 calibre Mk2 Service sold for £600 hammer (£780 with costs.) Still a good price for a refinished example.
Brian
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Considering the rarity, considering the high profile these rifles have, considering its a good looker, then I'm not surprised at all. There are cars that cost more than that to get serviced.
Someone has a lovely rifle.
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Unsold lot!
The Bulletproof Monk
Looks like it sold
https://auctions.holtsauctioneers.co...6165&saletype=
Looks like someone wanted it quite badly
That or the price paid is a mistake?
A man can always use more alcohol, tobacco and firearms.
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Agreed. The Whizzers I can sort of understand, but a total price of something over £700 for an HW55T is indeed silly.
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