Bonhams, one of the oldest and most successful auction houses in the country, has closed its modern sporting guns department, making the staff within it redundant.
The move has come as a surprise to many in the gun trade. Bonham’s Global Director of Communications told our auctions correspondent, Diggory Hadoke; “ Bonham’s is streamlining the Arms & Armour department and will continue to offer the finest sporting guns within the existing sales of Arms & Armour.”
Diggory commented: “This closure of the Modern Sporting Guns Department brings to an end dedicated sporting gun sales in London. All the other major and minor sellers are now in the provinces. This really does mark the end of an era and takes London off the map as a major centre of commerce for gun collectors and the trade.”
Diggory writes extensively about the closure in the next issue of Gun Trade News, out digitally at the ned of the month. To make sure of your copy subscribe here.
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