Lot 663AS2
A trio of 12-bore 'Model Garbi-Arribas' self-opening sidelock ejector guns by Armas Garbi, no. 17581/2/3 With an Armas Garbi quadruple leather motorcase
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29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £6,250 inc. premium
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A trio of 12-bore 'Model Garbi-Arribas' self-opening sidelock ejector guns by Armas Garbi, no. 17581/2/3
No.s 2 and 3 with extra barrels
The guns numbered '1', '2' and '3' in gold, the extra barrels numbered '2+' and '3+' in gold, the action-bodies with bouquet and foliate-scroll engraving, the undersides engraved Garbi Arribas, articulated front-triggers, rolled-edge trigger-guards, finely-figured stocks (No. 2 cracked and repaired at hand and left horn) with recoil-pads, the Cromoniquel chopper-lump barrels engraved Armas Garbi Spain, Arribas Madrid with Holland & Holland system self-opening compressors and game-ribs
Weights 6lb. 13oz. (approx.), 14¾in. pulls (13⅞in. stocks), 27¾in. barrels, chokes approx. cyl. & ¼ (No. 1), cyl. & ¼ (No. 2), ½ & ¾ (No. 2+), cyl. & ¼ (No. 3), ½ & ¾ (No. 3+), 2¾in. chambers, Spanish nitro proof (No. 3 right barrel-thickness at 20 thou)
With an Armas Garbi quadruple leather motorcase
The guns numbered '1', '2' and '3' in gold, the extra barrels numbered '2+' and '3+' in gold, the action-bodies with bouquet and foliate-scroll engraving, the undersides engraved Garbi Arribas, articulated front-triggers, rolled-edge trigger-guards, finely-figured stocks (No. 2 cracked and repaired at hand and left horn) with recoil-pads, the Cromoniquel chopper-lump barrels engraved Armas Garbi Spain, Arribas Madrid with Holland & Holland system self-opening compressors and game-ribs
Weights 6lb. 13oz. (approx.), 14¾in. pulls (13⅞in. stocks), 27¾in. barrels, chokes approx. cyl. & ¼ (No. 1), cyl. & ¼ (No. 2), ½ & ¾ (No. 2+), cyl. & ¼ (No. 3), ½ & ¾ (No. 3+), 2¾in. chambers, Spanish nitro proof (No. 3 right barrel-thickness at 20 thou)
With an Armas Garbi quadruple leather motorcase
Footnotes
The makers have kindly confirmed that the Model Garbi-Arribas is the same as the Model Garbi De Luxe, but manufactured specifically for the Armeria Castellana in Madrid
Saleroom notices
Extra Lot: A trio of 12-bore 'Model Garbi-Arribas' self-opening sidelock ejector guns by Armas Garbi, no. 17581/2/3 £5,000-7,000