Boss & Co gun from the heyday of the English gun fetches £40,000 in Gavin Gardiner Ltd s auction
A fine 12-bore sidelock ejector over and under gun fetched £40,000.
LONDON
.- A fine 12-bore sidelock ejector over and under gun by the Gunmakers Gunmaker Boss & Co fetched £40,000 in Gavin Gardiner Ltds Live/Online Auction of Modern & Vintage Sporting Guns on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. Dating from 1927, the gun, which had been built for von Lengerke & Detwold, New York, carried an estimate of £30,000-40,000 and was sold to a Private Collector [lot 244].
Another 12-bore sidelock ejector gun by Boss & Co achieved £10,625. This two-barrel set from 1915 was expected to fetch £8,000-10,000 and was bought by a Private buyer in the US [lot 176].