Wow, that looks nice. So hard to tell if refinished from pics but looks good to me. I would be more than happy to own that one. They are very hard to find, the hardest of all Tell pistols. I have one and not as nice as that one.
Below is a 1930’s German Tell 3 pistol that had a run of a little over 1000 before WW2 stopped production. A bit of a very rare mechanical masterpiece. Thia example sold very recently on Ebay for $1000 which is a pretty strong price even though it was a great example. I have several of these...
All I do in the airgun space is collect vintage airguns. To me the collectability is the art of blued milled steel made in a time that will never come again. CNC machines have taken a lot of collectability out of current airguns? Bottom line is collectability of modern manufactured airgun...
That to the party. Picked one up last month. Really nice rifles. What getting 11.5 FPE once I got it lubed back into shape. Like many Airguns in the US hardly used. AA sidelevers rarely seen in the US. Way too many pics at link below. Lol https://imgur.com/a/Gmjy1fL