Tell 3 pistol enigma

[Jerry Cornelius]

I see these each went for £800, so north of £1000 after commission and tax

Kind of a weird price. Obviously the bidders were suspicious, because that’s some way under par I would say. But it’s still chunky money and not a “what the hell it’s still largely a tell3 I’ll see what some monkey has done to it it’ll be something to talk about in the pub” sort of bid (I confess I put in a very low bid for one on that basis myself)

I wonder if we’ll see them back up for sale soon. Maybe they’ll be .303s by then

[Garvin]

I see these each went for £800, so north of £1000 after commission and tax

Kind of a weird price. Obviously the bidders were suspicious, because that’s some way under par I would say. But it’s still chunky money and not a “what the hell it’s still largely a tell3 I’ll see what some monkey has done to it it’ll be something to talk about in the pub” sort of bid (I confess I put in a very low bid for one on that basis myself)

I wonder if we’ll see them back up for sale soon. Maybe they’ll be .303s by then

Blimey!

[Mobiasstrip]

I recall they both had a guide price of £1000 to £1500. Our local auction house uses the reserve as the lower of these numbers.
If Stroud have same approach then the single bids of £800 may both have been below the reserve and they did not sell?

[Abasmajor]

I recall they both had a guide price of £1000 to £1500. Our local auction house uses the reserve as the lower of these numbers.
If Stroud have same approach then the single bids of £800 may both have been below the reserve and they did not sell?

I just checked the results on the Stroud Auction website and both pistols are listed as sold, but without the hammer price displayed.

Brian

[JimmieDee]

I just checked the results on the Stroud Auction website and both pistols are listed as sold, but without the hammer price displayed.

Brian

There was only one bidder for both and both sold at £800 in the room.

[Jerry Cornelius]

There was only one bidder for both and both sold at £800 in the room.

I see these dodgy Tells have reappeared at Holts, with estimates below the Stroud hammer price. Draw your own conclusions…

[micky2]

I see these dodgy Tells have reappeared at Holts, with estimates below the Stroud hammer price. Draw your own conclusions…

It is what auctioneers do, they put the hammer down as sold to the room when in fact they are unsold. it is what they call in house buying. as it looks better from there point of view than unsold. they were way over with their price guides.