Webley Oil Can on that site.

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I did see that Danny and have to say I think he's being a bit ambitious, even if it is one of the hardest boxes to get hold of. I would have thought half the current asking price would be about right for that box in that condition.
In my early days of collecting I knew an auctioneer who would let me know if anything Webley was coming up for auction, and one day he rang me to say there was a boxed Webley pistol coming up in a local household sale. He knew no more about it so I asked him to bid up to £50, which he did and won it. When he turned up at my place with said boxed pistol, I found it was an almost pristine boxed Mk.11 Target.
I've never seen a box or Mk.11 Target like it since, and I've bought and sold several boxed examples, and when a well known collector/dealer was visiting, he saw it in my cabinet and asked me how much I wanted for it. I quoted a ludicrous figure as I had no intention of selling it at that time and to my amazement, he agreed. This same collector told me he often found airgun bargains in local general household sales. I've never been to a sale myself, or even a boot sale, where I believe many a bargain has been found.

At a quick recollection, My boxed BSA Juvenile was from a general sale near Derby, just one other bidder on the phone otherwise I would have paid the opening price (£50 or so), My very crisp Model B was from the Malvern Flea, had walked round once, then saw a late comer piling piles of old stuff on a bench, could have had several gems but the B stood out. I once got a IMD sporting AND a late standard for £70 at Hereford in a household sale, Mk1 Airsporter for £30 and Model 50 match for £30 at the same car boot.

At another car boot I saw an old range box festooned with Eley and the like stickers, There was a 10X jacket and glove and a spotting scope / stand......the guy wanted £100 for the Parker Scope and stand which was very fair as mint, but my attention was drawn to a pile of tobacco tins nearby, as one had "GEHMANN" written on it....I opened the tin, foresight / diopter and elements!.....Quickly collected the rest and asked how much, the guy looked briefly at the contents and said .£2 each!!!!

I came home with 8 tins full to the brim of Parker Hale / other makes 1940's-1960's sights / apertures / eye pieces you name it, one of my best days, also got 2 PH .22 rimfire wooden range boxes for £1 each, shame to see someones stuff dispersed like that, but it all found good new homes over the next few months.

Other good one was a sale in Birmingham where I got the glass cased engraved light pattern on the opening bit.......in my fevered inagination every older guy in the room was a collector, but no interest at all apert from me, opening bid price again.

I won't even bore you with the pellets tins and emphemera

I normally avoid militaria and gun sales as the "names" are their with deep pockets, unless there was something I HAD to have.

Another tip...get friendly with local house clearance guys....that's where the real sleepers are to be found!

ATB, ED