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LOT 524
Factory Engraved Belgian Browning Grade III .22 Semi-Automatic Rifle with Case and Scope - Serial no. T15605, 22 LR
cal., 19 3/8 inch round bbl., blue/coin finish, walnut stock. Manufactured in Belgium in 1957 with blade front and flip-up rear sights and a scope mount behind the rear sight
holding a 4x Browning scope. Standard masterfully executed engraved game scenes on the receiver including a setter flushing pheasants on the left, setter flushing ducks on the
right, and portrait of a setter with a rabbit in his mouth on the top. Mounted in beautifully figured fancy skip-line checkered stock and forearm. Includes a Browning leatherette takedown case. CONDITION: Excellent overall, retaining 99% original blue and coin finishes with limited handling evidence and sharp checkering on the stock and forend. The scope optics are clear. The case is excellent. Mechanically excellent. Provenance: The Tom Selleck Collection. Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000
LOT 525
Master Angelo Bee Signed, Game Scene Engraved, and Gold Inlaid Belgian Browning .22 Auto Semi-Automatic Rifle with Case - Serial no. 112935, 22 LR cal., 19 3/8 inch round bbl., blue/gold finish, walnut stock. Manufactured
in Belgium prior to 1956. Blued barrel with blade
front and flip-up rear sights as well as a gold band at the muzzle and two at
the breech with a small wedge of floral scrollwork. The blued receiver displays attractive scroll engraving over a matted background surrounding relief gold inlaid game scenes showing a fox and hares on the left, a bobcat flushing out
a mouse and quail, and a raptor in mid strike on quail on the top all encompassed by gold inlaid line borders. The piece is signed on the left side game scene “ABEE” for Master Engraved Angelo Bee. Mounted in beautifully figured fancy skip-line checkered stock and forearm. Includes a canvas bound takedown case.
CONDITION: Very fine overall as masterfully embellished by Angelo Bee, retaining 99% blue and gold finishes with minimal minor handling evidence, a ding on the stock near the toe, and sharp checkering on the wood. The case has a broken latch but is otherwise very fine. Mechanically excellent. Provenance: The Tom Selleck Collection. Estimate: 4,500 - 7,500
LOT 526
Factory Engraved Belgian Browning
Grade II .22 Semi-
Automatic Rifle with Case - Serial no. T24437, 22 LR cal., 19 3/8 inch
round bbl., blue/coin finish, walnut stock. Manufactured in Belgium in 1957. Blued barrel with blade front and elevation adjustable rear sights as well as standard factory markings. Standard well-executed engraved game scenes on the receiver including a pair of squirrels in a tree on the left, a pair of prairie dogs on the right, and a single mallard on
the top. Mounted in beautifully figured fancy skip-line checkered stock and forend. Includes a Browning leatherette takedown case. CONDITION: Excellent overall, retaining 99% original blue and coin finishes with some minor discoloration in the coin finish, minimal minor handling evidence, and sharp checkering on
the stock and forend. The case is excellent. Mechanically excellent.
Provenance: The Tom Selleck Collection.
Estimate: 2,500 - 4,000