1st Series Briton, .22 Warrior and a few Diana Mod 2's
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2017 10:02 pm
Hi,
As I said in my introduction I've recently purchased a collection of vintage Air pistols, the vast majority of them at I'll sell at Kempton Park and I'll be keeping my favorites....
One For Brian....
I recently picked up a Briton, it has quite an elaborate sprung pellet insertor:
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Also a small hole in front of the trigger, I wonder if this was one of the ones with a trigger guard originally added?
Related to the Warrior apparently.
Interesting little pistol. Not much blueing left but works well with a good strong spring. I was thinking of asking around £150-£200 for it.
Also a .22 Warrior:
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Sn: 4062
Nice old homemade box.
Cocking arm's a bit warped but the seal lines up perfectly at the back and it fires nicely.
Judging by an AirgunBBs thread .22 examples aren't quite as rare as was thought!
Mr Hiller thought they were quite scarce, but that was pre internet.
I was going to ask £350 for it.
Then there are a few Diana model 2's, two of which are in excellent condition. (1948 + 1949, wood handles) I was going to ask £70 for the good ones and £40 for the shabbier ones.
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Around £50 for the tinplate ones as I believe they are early models.
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And finally a nice boxed Diana Mark IV in really nice condition. not sure on value of this.
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Apologies for bombarding you with valuation requests, I'm not a trader and want to price these so they are affordable to collectors, but not so low that they get snapped up by dealers then put online for inflated prices to sit there for years not getting used. I've researched my Webley prices and will be pricing them relatively low.
I also feel a bit bad about breaking up someones collection but apparently he never used them and it would be nice to see them enjoyed by other collectors and maybe even get some use. I'm only keeping ones I'd be keen to shoot regularly.
I'll endevour to submit posts of all the pistols I keep along with my existing collection soon, if it would be of interest.
Thanks,
Matt.
As I said in my introduction I've recently purchased a collection of vintage Air pistols, the vast majority of them at I'll sell at Kempton Park and I'll be keeping my favorites....
One For Brian....
I recently picked up a Briton, it has quite an elaborate sprung pellet insertor:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/158270726@N07/795p4V" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.flickr.com/photos/158270726 ... res/u4yKz1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Also a small hole in front of the trigger, I wonder if this was one of the ones with a trigger guard originally added?
Related to the Warrior apparently.
Interesting little pistol. Not much blueing left but works well with a good strong spring. I was thinking of asking around £150-£200 for it.
Also a .22 Warrior:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/158270726@N07/ijwW0D" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Sn: 4062
Nice old homemade box.
Cocking arm's a bit warped but the seal lines up perfectly at the back and it fires nicely.
Judging by an AirgunBBs thread .22 examples aren't quite as rare as was thought!
Mr Hiller thought they were quite scarce, but that was pre internet.
I was going to ask £350 for it.
Then there are a few Diana model 2's, two of which are in excellent condition. (1948 + 1949, wood handles) I was going to ask £70 for the good ones and £40 for the shabbier ones.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/158270726 ... res/02rt1U" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.flickr.com/photos/158270726 ... res/0s95V3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Around £50 for the tinplate ones as I believe they are early models.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/158270726 ... res/315EU0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And finally a nice boxed Diana Mark IV in really nice condition. not sure on value of this.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/158270726 ... res/1T2672" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Apologies for bombarding you with valuation requests, I'm not a trader and want to price these so they are affordable to collectors, but not so low that they get snapped up by dealers then put online for inflated prices to sit there for years not getting used. I've researched my Webley prices and will be pricing them relatively low.
I also feel a bit bad about breaking up someones collection but apparently he never used them and it would be nice to see them enjoyed by other collectors and maybe even get some use. I'm only keeping ones I'd be keen to shoot regularly.
I'll endevour to submit posts of all the pistols I keep along with my existing collection soon, if it would be of interest.
Thanks,
Matt.