A rare Automatic Shooting Range no. 157

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A rare Automatic Shooting Range no. 157
with brass pistol, painted target, sloping top with glass panel and enamel top-flash with instructions Automatic Shooting Range 1d. Instructions, place a penny in the pistol and shoot it through the slot in the target when the penny will be returned, in cast iron case with lion's paw feet, the front and sides cast with foliate scrolls and flowers - 22in. (56cm.) high, (repainted and with replacement front door)

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The Automatic Shooting Range was patented by the Mechanical Trading Co. in 1891, and produced by Matthewson in limited quantities alongside a 'Try Your Grip' and 'Try your Twist' machine.

Two other shooting ranges, numbers 118 and 132, were sold in Mechanical Music, Technical Apparatus, Advertising and Amusement Machines on 12 April 2001, lots 117 and 118. Both machines had been painted red and were reputedly purchased from Chessington Zoo in the 1950's. Automatic Shooting Range no. 157 has the remains of the same red paint on the inside and was acquired from Chessington by the vendor.

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