OVER THE ASKING

At Gavin Gardiner Ltd's annual auction of Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns on 27 August, an engraved round action single trigger over and under ejector gun by Glasgow gunmaker David McKay Brown sold for £20,000. Expected to sell for £18,000, it went to a private bidder. A pair of 16-bore single trigger sidelock ejector guns were also sold to a private buyer for £30,000, exceeding their £18,000 estimate, while a fine Ken Hunt engraved 12-bore ejector gun sold for £18,750, desipte its £15,000 estimate.