Product Details
** A RARE BOXED .177 VENUS WAFFENWERK 'TELL 3' AIR-PISTOL, serial no. 179,
one of only a small number produced circa 1937, with round tapering 5 3/8in. barrel marked 'KAL 4 1/2mm' over 'CAL .177' (slight upwards bend), blued air-chamber stamped 'VENUS WAFFENWERK ZELLA-MEHLIS' on the left hand side, articulated flush-fitting blued cocking link lying along the top of cylinder and stamped 'TELL MOD 3', together with a depiction of a man holding a break-barrel air-rifle above an apple, dove-tailed blade fore-sight, elevating rear-sight, blued frame with brown mottled chequered bakelite one-piece grip, both sides of grip inlet with red and gold 'TELL' trademark medallions (small corrosion patches to blued finish from storage, bluing gone on back-strap), complete with its makers black crocodile skin effect card carton, the lid embossed with the Tell trademark, a silhouette of the pistol and the wording 'TELL 3' in gothic script, all picked out in gilt wash, the interior of box lid with pink pasted instruction label in German, English and French, the tray with pale blue card compartments for the pistol, pellets and cleaning rod, one corner gone to tray, two gone to lid, together with two paper envelopes for sample air-darts (opened and torn, some contents), a duster and a probable replacement wire cleaning brush
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Estimate £800-1,000
Pre-1939