Holts

[Garvin]

I just watched the Holts auction online and the big surprise was when an internet bidder jumped in with a very high £550 bid for this nice but ordinary looking Walther LP53! There was no other interest and they probably could have had it for £250...

The Brown pistol sold for £3,000 hammer.

The Clair Freres made £1,000 hammer

The magazine-fed BSA underlever made £650 hammer

The John Zuendorff gallery gun made £1,000 hammer

The Giffard in-line pump was unsold

The ether-charged BSA underlever sold for £500 hammer

[Abasmajor]

I just watched the Holts auction online and the big surprise was when an internet bidder jumped in with a very high £500 bid (IIRC) for this nice but ordinary looking Walther LP53!

The Brown pistol sold for £3000 hammer.

Hi Danny,

I thought the Brown pistol did well and noted the Tell 1 sold for a reasonable £500 hammer.

Regards

Brian

[Epicyclic]

Thought i had missed another LP52 for a moment there Danny!...

[JimmieDee]

The Tell 1 went for £550 hammer.

[Garvin]

Thought i had missed another LP52 for a moment there Danny!...

Yes, in fact I paid a lot less for that LP52 Richard!

Must've been a Bond fanatic...

[Abasmajor]

The Tell 1 went for £550 hammer.

Hi,

Oooooooooops ! Sorry my mistake, still quite a reasonable price though.

Brian

[JimmieDee]

Hi,

Oooooooooops ! Sorry my mistake, still quite a reasonable price though.

Brian

It should go nicely with my Tell II and III

Mind you, with fees, it doesn't half sting. The same pistol sold 2 years ago for £200 at auction from the David Swan collection.

[Garvin]

It should go nicely with my Tell II and III

Mind you, with fees, it doesn't half sting. The same pistol sold 2 years ago for £200 at auction from the David Swan collection.

Bet there's a few of us wish we could go back in time to that auction, Jim. I bought a couple then, but if I could do it again I'd probably get into serious debt.

[Troubledshooter]

Any idea what the John Walker converted CO2 LP53 made ?

[Garvin]

Any idea what the John Walker converted CO2 LP53 made ?

I think it was £300 or a bit more, David, from memory.

[ccdjg]

It should go nicely with my Tell II and III

Mind you, with fees, it doesn't half sting. The same pistol sold 2 years ago for £200 at auction from the David Swan collection.

Apparently David paid almost £1000 for it, quite a few years ago. He was obviously very keen to add one to his collection and there had been very few on the market for some years at the time. So the sting isn't as bad it might have been.

[JimmieDee]

Apparently David paid almost £1000 for it, quite a few years ago. He was obviously very keen to add one to his collection and there had been very few on the market for some years at the time. So the sting isn't as bad it might have been.

It's all down to how much you want one. Just like that Tell 3 that went for £3000 in one of the recent Holt's auctions. I bet he would have turned in his grave knowing his pistol was sold off for £200. Or maybe that's what he told his wife he paid for it

[JimmieDee]

I think it was £300 or a bit more, David, from memory.

It was £300 Danny. Plus the 30% ish fees on top of course. So about £390 all in.

[Binners]

No commission at KP

[JimmieDee]

No commission at KP

Sure there is. It's factored into the price and hidden. I don't really get worked up over auction fees. I factor it into the cost and work back to what my upper hammer price is.