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Originally Posted by mc
What would that purdey be worth with new barrels?


It was worth a hammer price of £15,000 on the day because there were at least 2 bidders willing to go to £14.5 K but only one who went to £15K.

At 3 times top estimate the bidders were probably attracted by the provenance and the whiff of scandal attached to a delightful if not very practical gun to shoot doves or driven partridge, and a rare if not totally original gun for the specialist Purdey collector.

It does not seem the sleeved barrels harmed the price, but if you paid Purdey to fit a set of new barrels (£30K ?) intrinsically it would be worth more but put back into auction you would be unlikely to recover any part of the cost of those new barrels.

Last edited by Parabola; 07/31/23 05:03 PM.