Just looking back at this selection, the time span is interesting - it covers at least two centuries and, apart from the Webley pistols, stops in the early 20th century.

To me that underlines how Webley carried on a long tradition of fine airgun-making right into the 1960s, with the only real concession to economy that I can see being the non-wood moulded grips.

Mr Alm seems to have recognised that continuity, whereas the Myron Kasok collection, also sold by Rock Island in 2003, seems to have concentrated only on 20th century airguns, plus a wide range of firearms. Both were rich men but their interests were quite different and hardly overlapped.