Main Sale - March 2011 : Sale A1052 Lot 9
WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO, LONDON, A SCARCE .22 SPRING-PISTON AIR PISTOL, MODEL HIGHEST POSSIBLE, serial no. 507
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WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO, LONDON,
A SCARCE .22 SPRING-PISTON AIR PISTOL, MODEL 'HIGHEST POSSIBLE', serial no. 507
circa 1911, second model, 12in. overall with 9 1/2in. rifled barrel, air cylinder stamped 'WESTLEY RICHARDS "HIGHEST POSSIBLE" AIR PISTOL' on three lines, frame with patent number and date, also marked 'WESTLEY RICHARDS & COY, LONDON W' on two lines, chequered hard-rubber grips, the whole retaining a fair amount of original blued finish
Estimate £800-1,000