AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE PAIR OF 12-BORE LOVENBERG ENGRAVED SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY LEBEAU COURALLY, NOS. 45329 30

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Alain Lovenberg was born in 1950 in the small Belgian Ardennes village of Durbuy, virtually at the gates of Liège, where gunmaking has been practised since the 16th century. As he says himself, "I entered the world of engraving almost inevitably." He has practised the art in his home village since 1972, and is now considered to be one of the top five engravers in the world. He works almost exclusively for the gun makers Lebeau-Courally and Hartmann & Weiss, two makers whose products are of the highest quality. If he accepts a commission to engrave it will take between four and five years from the final design stage to completion of the finished product. He has exhibited examples of his designs and works internationally in Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Sweden and the United States of America. His work has been written of consistently over the years in books and periodicals.

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AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE PAIR OF 12-BORE LOVENBERG ENGRAVED SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY LEBEAU COURALLY, NOS. 45329 30
Rounded action bars, best quality leaf and floret scrollwork carved in relief on a stippled ground, hand detachable locks, gold washed tumblers, automatic safes, articulated front triggers, rolled-edge triggerguards, well figured stocks, Anson pattern forends, the chopper-lump barrels with matt raised rib
Weight 6lbs. 9¼oz., 14 7/8in. stocks, 27 5/8in. barrels, chokes approx. IC & 5/8 (no. 1 gun), 3/8 & ¾ (no. 2 gun), 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof
In Maker's oak and leather case (double), and canvas cover

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These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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Please note that the estimate has changed to £28,000 - £48,000.

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