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Annual Auction of Modern & Vintage Sporting Guns at Gleneagles Fetches £375,063

PERTHSHIRE, SCOTLAND.- A gun built for Scottish Politician, the Rt. Hon Richard Haldane, who was noted for forming the Territorial Army in 1907 sold for £15,600, yesterday in Gavin Gardiner Ltd’s annual auction of Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns, which was held in association with Sotheby’s at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland. Bought by the UK Trade, the fine 12-bore ‘Royal’ model sidelock ejector gun by Holland & Holland, was built in 1904 and presented as a 21st Birthday present to James C. Kemp, D.S.O., M.C. It had been estimated to fetch £10,000-15,000 and was sold with it’s original case, bill of sale for £74.14.0 and accessories [Lot 118]. Also included in the sale was a magnificent pair of 12-bore self-opening sidelock ejector guns by James Purdey & Sons, which were built