I have just been following the Bonington auction online and one of the most interesting airgun items was a Webley spring-clip Mark 1 pistol. The hammer price was £400, quite reasonable even including the 23% commission. Unfortunately the auctioneers gave no details about the pistol in their catalogue (you would only have known it was the spring-clip model if you studied the poor catalogue picture very closely) , so I was wondering if anyone had been able to attend the auction and make a note of the serial number? This first version of the Mark 1 is extremely rare, and very few serial numbers are on record. One more for the data base would be great.

Incidentally, among the vast array of Webleys a smooth grip Abas went for £500 and a cased Pope pistol for £260. I missed what a Lincoln and a long-barrel Titan went for.

It was hard to hold back on some things, but I ended up not bidding on anything.