Gleneagles Hosts The World Famous Sporting Gun Auction

AUCHTERARDER, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 21: Gavin Gardiner holds a 16-bore sidelock ejector gun by London makers J. Woodward & Sons, which is being sold with a fascinating file of correspondence relating to the ordering of the gun during a preview of his annual auction of Modern & Vintage Sporting Guns being held at Gleneagles Hotel on August 21, 2015 in Auchterarder, Scotland. The auction which takes place on August 24 is now in its 48th year. It includes over 200 lots of fine sporting guns, rifles and shooting accessories dating from 1860 to the present day by world class makers such as Purdey, Holland & Holland, Boss & Co and Westley Richards, as well as many by Scotlands finest makers. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)