Quote Originally Posted by RichardH View Post
That learned friends is the power of a proper international auction

Selling privately that’s a £2000 gun and you would have to wait months for the right buyer.

Suddenly the sellers premium looks cheap
How much did the seller have to pay Holts, I wonder? And maybe it's a £2,500 gun privately these days.

Not such a great deal, I suspect, although in this instance Holts would seem to have been a reasonable choice. Pot luck really. Some Holts sales don't make a decent return at all.