can anyone help me value an old shotgun?

[gazzer 1]

hi guys, i have recently been given a shotgun,its been in my family a fair while but originall belonged to my uncle,my good friend has just handed it back to me....we spoke about the value (if any)of the gun,he took it to a few shops but we all know they aint gonna offer full whack, this gun is not for sale but i was just curious if it did hold any value other than sentimental.

its a 20 bore belgium game gun

engravings as follows

underside it has "jos defourny....fabricant a.herstal belgique"

behind the trigger is the number 9699 (i presume serial no)?

on the top of the barrels (its a side by side)..one has joseph defourny engraved in and the other has ...fabricant a herstal.

i found a little info on j defourny via google but have no idea on value.....this is purely curiosity but would very much appreciate any info/knowledge you guys may have to share.many thanks.

[JonathanKent 16]

Hi,

 

It doesn't have any values, but I found a website that has a bit of info about the manufacturer which might help in your search:

 

http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20d/a%20defourny%20a%20j%20gb.htm

 

I have also found a few sites which have guns from the same manufacturer for sale as well:

 

http://www.champlinarms.com/Default.aspx?tabid=30&ctl=GunsDetails&mid=409&StyleID=10&GunID=1556

 

Bonhams sold two defourny guns in the march auctions (see lots 216 and 217)but these were both o/u

 

http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=catalogue&iSaleNo=17943&iSaleLotNo=214

 

An american website has one for sale and its a SBS

 

http://rock-island-auction.ammoland.com/1467.html

 

I hope that the above is usefull. If you need an accurate valuation if you take it to an auction house which specialises in guns (bonhams etc) they will give you an independant valuation, but remember that will be an 'auction' value and may be significantly lower than you might buy it for in a gunshop. Of course if you sell it to a shop they are going to offer you less as they have to make something out of selling it.

 

ATB

 

Jonno

[gazzer 1]

thanks fella, very helpfull,it seems its quite an average gun then,altho it is pretty worn and could do with a clean up or service i reckon maybe worth a few hundred tops....its similar to the link at the bottom of your reply but not with the fancy inlay.