Guns made for royalty and nobility will be offered in specialist firearms auctioneer Gavin Gardiner Limited’s sale of modern & vintage sporting guns & rifles at Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London.

On 1 December 2015, the auction of more than 300 lots of vintage sporting guns, rifles and shooting accessories is the only sale of sporting guns to be held in Mayfair, and will have a strong section of 12-bore sporting guns by makers from England and Scotland including Purdey, Holland & Holland and Boss & Co.

Among 65 lots from the John Bunney Collection is a rare 15-bore doubl...