I've just read Mick's account of selling his concentric Westley Richards as a newbie collector and I remember Lakey's sad story of accidentally ruining the etching on a BSA air rifle when he was a young squaddie in barracks...

I have a few regrets too, mainly from the mid-1980s when I sold off most of my 'first collection' to raise badly-needed cash and have regretted it ever since. Among them was the absolutely mint Mk1 Airsporter, the fine condition Hubertus pistol, the Westley Richards Highest Possible, the mint 'patents pending' Webley Mk1 pistol, the Haenel 33 (Schmeisser's patent)...