Gavin Gardiner Limited


Hardham Mill Business Park, Mill Lane, Pulborough, West Sussex, United Kingdom RH20 1LA
+44 0-1798-875300

About Auction House

Offering Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns, Rifles and shooting accessories, dating from 1860 to the present day, Gavin Gardiner Limited, in association with Sotheby’s, offers items by the best British and European makers. From the earliest breech loading hammer guns dating from the 1860s to the finest hammerless game guns of the Edwardian era through to the present day. Shooting accessories, gunmaking tools, place finders, cases and cartridge magazines are always popular with collectors and add to the diverse selection of items that we deal with.

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  • Two important guns by Purdey to be sold in aid of Gunmaker's Charitable Trust
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    Two important guns by Purdey to be sold in aid of Gunmaker’s Charitable Trust

    A scarce 12-bore top lever bar-in-wood hammer live pigeon gun, also by J. Purdey & Sons, built in 1884 for the Compte de Casserta who won the Grand Prix du Casino, Monte Carlo in 1884, most likely with this gun. It is expected to fetch £12,000 – 15,000. LONDON.-Gavin Gardiner Ltd’s auction of Modern & Vintage Sporting Guns, which is now going to be a Live/Online Auction on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 2pm will include two important guns by prestigous London-gunmaker James Purdey & Son, which is being sold in aid of the Gunmakers’ Charitable Trust. The Gunmakers' Charitable Trust exists to promote the skills, both ancient and modern, required for the future of the guntrade. This includes a bursary scheme for educating those entering the trade, as well as allying modern skills with those possessed by bench trained gunmakers, and craftsmen and women in associated trades. The first of two Purdey’s is an exceptional 12-bore self-opening sidelock ejector gun, built in 1922 – the heyday of British gunmaking, which retains much of its original finish and is estimated to fetch £12,000-18,000. Purdey confirm that the gun was completed in 1923 for Abercrombie & Fitch with 2 5/8-inch chambers for the American market. It was stocked by Deane and the barrels were filed by Charlie Aston, two of Purdey's best men at this time. The gun was owned by Mark Barty-King, the dynamic publisher who nurtured the careers of Frederick Forsyth, Jilly Cooper and Catherine Cookson as well as being responsible for the UK publication of Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time". The additional barrels were fitted by the maker in 1974 and were filed by Jack Aldous who was Purdey's highest paid barrel maker at this time. The second which is being sold on behalf of the Gunmakers' Charitable Trust is a scarce 12-bore top lever bar-in-wood hammer live pigeon gun, also by J. Purdey & Sons, built in 1884 for the Compte de Casserta who won the Grand Prix du Casino, Monte Carlo in 1884, most likely with this gun. It is expected to fetch £12,000…

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  • Gavin Gardiner Ltd's April Auction of Modern & Vintage Sporting Guns will be an online only auction
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    Gavin Gardiner Ltd’s April Auction of Modern & Vintage Sporting Guns will be an online only auction

    The sale will include a good selection of fine English and European sporting guns PULBOROUGH.- The catalogue for Gavin Gardiner Limited’s sale of Modern & Vintage Sporting Guns on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 is now available and can be viewed online at Gavingardiner.com or will be arriving with subscribers very soon. However due to the current Covid-19 situation, the auction will be held as a live online auction from their own premises. Prospective bidders are encouraged to request condition reports for the lots that they are interested in, as it will not be possible to view the items in person. Bidding can be done either live online with their partner Invaluable.com or as written commission bids. The sale will start at 2pm. Auctioneer Gavin Gardiner said; “Already 80% of our bidders and buyers participate in the auction remotely, either by online bidding, or by written commission bidding. We respond to more condition report requests than ever before as the Online world evolves, and more and more of our clients prefer to bid remotely rather than travel to the saleroom to participate in person. The current situation with Covid-19 prevents travel for a traditional auction and we are already ideally placed to respond by presenting the auction exclusively online for the first time. We value our customer feedback and look forward to a successful auction on April 22.” This is Gavin Gardiner’s first sale of the year, it will include a good selection of fine English and European sporting guns and among the notable items is a fine pair of Ken Preater game scene engraved 12-bore “Royal de Luxe” model self opening sidelock ejector guns, built in 1975 by Holland & Holland. The guns have 28-inch chopper lump barrels and retain much of their original finish. They are expected to fetch £30,000- £40,000. Elsewhere a pair of 12-bore sidelever sidelock ejector guns by Stephen Grant & Sons is estimated at £5,000-£7,000, and a pair of 12-bore “Utility” model boxlock ejector guns, built with 25-inch barrels and retaining some original finish by E.J. Churchill, carry an estimate of £3,000-£5,000. Also of note is a fine…

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