Passed
Starting Bid: AU$8,200
Est.
AU$9,000
- AU$11,000
Live Auction
26-27 OCTOBER 2024 AUCTION. AUSTRALIAN FINE ARMS
Live bidding began
Oct 26, 2024 at 10 AM AEDT
Description
CASED HOLLAND & HOLLAND S x S PARADOX BALL & SHOT GUN: 12G, 2 1/2" chambered; 28” steel barrels with exc. bright bores & sharply defined rifling to ‘chokes’; older reblued finish to barrels presents well, honest handling wear & surface marks; round body action & locks with 50% original vivid case colours, grey patina in the difference; sharply defined HOLLAND & HOLLAND 98 NEW BOND STREET LONDON engraved to top of rh barrel, “PARADOX” FOSBERY PATENT to lhs with addition of engraved “NITRO” before; border engraved back action rebounding locks with HOLLAND & HOLLAND engraved to both; original London V & P proofs to barrel flats along with older 1 1/8oz NITRO PROOF, modern proofs; R. CHOKE to both barrels; action locks up tight & on face, crisp lock sears & strong springs; matching flat sided hammers; file cut quarter rib with flip up 50 & 100 yd sights, both with inlaid platinum lines; walnut straight English straight stock in vgc., some light handling marks overall; sharply defined chequering to wrist & splinter forend; vacant silver escutcheon, steel buttplate; 14 1/2" LOP & 7lb 30z weight; comes in period oak & leather case with HOLLAND & HOLLAND paper trade label, charge label & loading “Nitro Paradox label; red baize lining & partitions in g. cond.; comes with ebony cleaning rod (less handle), snap caps & period cleaning tools; ERIC TEICHMAN embossed to lid of case above vacant brass escutcheon; overall in exc. wo & vg. cond. #15602 L/R