Arms and armour: Prized pistols tempt collectors at auction

Pistols remain one of the most popular of all categories among gun collectors and the winter sales in London proved a bumper season for handguns, from the earliest wheel-locks of the late 16th century to the semi-automatics which ushered in the modern age at the end of the 19th century.

Chief contributors to this great buying opportunity were two private collections offered in separa…

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