Product Details
VENUS WAFFENWERK, GERMANY
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE BOXED .177 BREAK-BARREL AIR-PISTOL, MODEL 'TELL 3', serial no. 926,
one of only approximately 50 produced between 1936-1940, with round tapering 5 3/8in. barrel marked 'KAL 4 1/2mm' over 'CAL .177' , blued air-chamber stamped 'VENUS WAFFENWERK ZELLA-MEHLIS' on the left hand side, articulated flush-fitting blued cocking link laying along the top of cylinder and stamped 'TELL 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, paint worn to grip medallions, 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 and further embossed 'MADE IN GERMANY' to bottom right hand corner, 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, targets, pellets and cleaning rod (all absent bar last), some small scuffs and wear, together with a card box of period pellets by 'H. UTENDOERFFER, NÜRNBERG' (partial contents only)
Other Notes: For a similar pistol serial number 446, see these rooms, sale number A0916, Lot 610
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Estimate £400-600