Haenel Model 28R Price

[Jerry Cornelius]

£850 hammer at Mitchell’s!!!

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/a...e-adb100d07df2 (Ignore the price, it went for the 850 just now)

I mean, they’re rare and as far as you can see from the picture it’s in good nick, maybe too good, but is this really a £1000+ item?

[slug-gun]

£850 hammer at Mitchell’s!!!

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/a...e-adb100d07df2 (Ignore the price, it went for the 850 just now)

I mean, they’re rare and as far as you can see from the picture it’s in good nick, maybe too good, but is this really a £1000+ item?

It is now! The price gap between the ordinary & average and the rare & mint seems to be getting wider all the time?

[Jerry Cornelius]

It is now! The price gap between the ordinary & average and the rare & mint seems to be getting wider all the time?

True, condition is all, but even so there must have been a healthy dose of auction fever

Without seeing it in the flesh I wasn’t sure it might not have been refinished either

[micky2]

True, condition is all, but even so there must have been a healthy dose of auction fever

Without seeing it in the flesh I wasn’t sure it might not have been refinished either

Yes it looked refinished to me as well. and it didn't say if it was in working order or not. l sold mine which just needed a little adjustment on the magazine tube at Kempton 2018 for £425. the ABAS Major went for high price as well.

[45flint]

Loading port been a bit mangled? To me not in that great a shape for a collector. Collecting is funny I bought 3 of these in one year a few years back and now I rarely see them. Given 3000+ made and to me a bit of a Hugo masterpiece it’s a must have? I hold them in higher regard than my Tell 3 pistols? Haenel just can’t be beat for quality in that era. But I guess my emoji gives me away? I have seen several 1930’s brochures from different company’s in the US with these. May be the US imported more of them?

[Josie & John]

I saw a boxed 28R fetch a grand at August's Kempton and while it was honest, there was some wear to the finish, so certainly not mint.

John

[Mobiasstrip]

I stopped bidding well before hammer. Was not worth that to me, but was to someone...
So still looking :-)
Steve