To my mind the two most significant values of the 21 Sep 2021 auction are Lot nos. 1470 and 1471. Alex Henry 12 bore best quality London pattern SLE of 1936 (Birmingham made IMO) and Cogswells & Harrison 12 bore SLE "Extra Quality Victor" of 1926. If these two guns sell within the Holt's estimate some buyer is going to be very pleased.
At each Holt's sale I try to pick out guns and rifles to watch that are indicators to me of what the market is doing and what the buyers know and do not know about quality guns and rifles today. Very, very few gun fanciers know the value of a Extra Quality Victor or for that matter have ever even heard of one.
The subject Alex Henry is a superb gun and its workmanship appears to be the highest quality that Birmingham could produce---which is equal to what London could. It is like new.
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