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    Pine BSA box

    Well to appease my wife I am in the process of clearing out our box bedroom aka my gun room, so I can clear the overspill that has ‘accidentally crept into our main bedroom

    I’ve sold a few pieces to some amazing people……is it me or are all shooting people reasonable and friendly folk.

    In the corner of our bedroom has sat a pine box for the last 7.5 years since I lost my father.

    This afternoon I dusted it down and moved it back into the gun room

    The box itself is obviously old, and very simply made, I remember Dad buying it with an old BSA inside

    When the light is better I’ll take some pictures of it and add to this post

    I just tried to search and found very little information on it, it doesn’t have BSA written on it, it’s just a simple pine box with very simple catch/ hinge

    Given that some Airgun packaging has as much value as the contents any idea what it may be worth ( bit mercenary/ money grabbing question- sorry)

    Appreciate replies made need to wait until I post pictures but it’s a Sunday evening and a bit bored





    No sign of BSA on it so although clearly vintage maybe not genuine, based on Gavin’s advice
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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael View Post
    Well to appease my wife I am in the process of clearing out our box bedroom aka my gun room, so I can clear the overspill that has ‘accidentally crept into our main bedroom

    I’ve sold a few pieces to some amazing people……is it me or are all shooting people reasonable and friendly folk.

    In the corner of our bedroom has sat a pine box for the last 7.5 years since I lost my father.

    This afternoon I dusted it down and moved it back into the gun room

    The box itself is obviously old, and very simply made, I remember Dad buying it with an old BSA inside

    When the light is better I’ll take some pictures of it and add to this post

    I just tried to search and found very little information on it, it doesn’t have BSA written on it, it’s just a simple pine box with very simple catch/ hinge

    Given that some Airgun packaging has as much value as the contents any idea what it may be worth ( bit mercenary/ money grabbing question- sorry)

    Appreciate replies made need to wait until I post pictures but it’s a Sunday evening and a bit bored
    I don't think I have ever seen an original BSA box without BSA written on it.
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    I have only seen one purporting to be a BSA case and photographs of others and they had box locks on them. Obviously I’m not sure if the lock was a standard fixture.

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    Hi Michael,

    The box has some age to it and at first glance, looks like a BSA No1 box.

    I'll quote a brief passage on the No 1 case from my book on the BSA air rifle below:

    The No 1, being the cheapest at 4/ was
    described as a plain varnished case. BSA’s
    1909 catalogue description suggested there
    was no carrying handle and not all
    examples appear to have had the words
    BSA RIFLE stencilled on the inside of the
    lid. The lid was simply hinged to the base
    of the case by three pairs of interlocking
    screw eyes. Three hook and eye fasteners
    on the opposite side of the base and lid then
    secured the lid in the closed position.

    Hope this helps.

    Kind regards,

    John
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    Prefer boxed or cased but will consider loose examples too.

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    Me thinks I should have absorbed your book more thoroughly John

    Regards

    Melv

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chippendale View Post
    Me thinks I should have absorbed your book more thoroughly John

    Regards

    Melv

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    LOL. In fairness, I had to look it up in the book Melv as I couldn't remember how many loops and eyes were present!

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    Prefer boxed or cased but will consider loose examples too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Josie & John View Post
    LOL. In fairness, I had to look it up in the book Melv as I couldn't remember how many loops and eyes were present!

    John
    Thats very tactful of you John, thank you.

    See you on the seventh of next month hopefully.

    Regards

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    Quote Originally Posted by Josie & John View Post
    Hi Michael,

    The box has some age to it and at first glance, looks like a BSA No1 box.

    I'll quote a brief passage on the No 1 case from my book on the BSA air rifle below:

    The No 1, being the cheapest at 4/ was
    described as a plain varnished case. BSA’s
    1909 catalogue description suggested there
    was no carrying handle and not all
    examples appear to have had the words
    BSA RIFLE stencilled on the inside of the
    lid. The lid was simply hinged to the base
    of the case by three pairs of interlocking
    screw eyes. Three hook and eye fasteners
    on the opposite side of the base and lid then
    secured the lid in the closed position.

    Hope this helps.

    Kind regards,

    John
    John, very grateful and it now has a new owner from the forum. Cheers. Michael
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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael View Post
    John, very grateful and it now has a new owner from the forum. Cheers. Michael
    Isn’t against forum rules to buy off the back of a valuation thread?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ptdunk View Post
    Isn’t against forum rules to buy off the back of a valuation thread?
    Dunk. Just to confirm I didn’t sell it from this link. I already had a friend interested and I just wanted to make sure it was genuine as I would of hated to let them down. I just wanted to make sure my late fathers treasure found a good new home

    I love this forum and would not want to fall fowl of its rule

    If you check out my posts I do advertise items for sale on the Sale forum.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael View Post
    Dunk. Just to confirm I didn’t sell it from this link. I already had a friend interested and I just wanted to make sure it was genuine as I would of hated to let them down. I just wanted to make sure my late fathers treasure found a good new home

    I love this forum and would not want to fall fowl of its rule

    If you check out my posts I do advertise items for sale on the Sale forum.

    Michael
    My mistake Michael, you didn’t mention you had an interested party so your post made it sound like a forum member had possibly PM’d you an offer after hearing Johns evaluation. Glad to hear that wasn’t the case.

    I wasn’t in the market myself but I’m guessing a few collectors would have been very disappointed if that had happened, I believe that case is very rare. Thanks for clarifying.

    All the best,
    Matt

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