£850 hammer at Mitchell’s!!!
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/a...e-adb100d07df2 (Ignore the price, it went for the 850 just now)
I mean, they’re rare and as far as you can see from the picture it’s in good nick, maybe too good, but is this really a £1000+ item?
Morally flawed
Loading port been a bit mangled? To me not in that great a shape for a collector. Collecting is funny I bought 3 of these in one year a few years back and now I rarely see them. Given 3000+ made and to me a bit of a Hugo masterpiece it’s a must have? I hold them in higher regard than my Tell 3 pistols? Haenel just can’t be beat for quality in that era. But I guess my emoji gives me away? I have seen several 1930’s brochures from different company’s in the US with these. May be the US imported more of them?
Last edited by 45flint; 06-10-2021 at 12:37 PM.
I saw a boxed 28R fetch a grand at August's Kempton and while it was honest, there was some wear to the finish, so certainly not mint.
John
Currently looking for Baikal Makarov pistols with the following prefixes to the serial number: 98, T01, T09, T21, T22
Prefer boxed or cased but will consider loose examples too.
I stopped bidding well before hammer. Was not worth that to me, but was to someone...
So still looking :-)
Steve