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** THE PROPERTY OF NIGEL MANSELL CBE
P. BERETTA
A PAIR OF 20-BORE (3IN.) 'MOD. 687EELL' SIDEPLATED SINGLE-TRIGGER OVER AND UNDER EJECTORS, serial no. L75504B / L75505B,
for 1995, 28in. nitro barrels with 6mm ventilated matt top-ribs, gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends, 3in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, hold-open toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, gold-washed triggers, floral and acanthus scroll engraving, the decorative sideplates with game scenes of pheasant and woodcock in wooded landscapes, triggerplates signed 'Bottega C. Giovanelli', 14 1/2in. pistolgrip stocks including wooden buttplates and with gold oval escutcheons initialled 'LJM', chip at toe No.1, weight 6lb. 2oz., in their individual universal cases
Provenance: Nigel Ernest James Mansell CBE needs little introduction. Formula One World Champion in 1992 and CART Indy Car World Series Champion in 1993 (in his first season there - making him to this day, the only driver in the world to simultaneously hold both championships). He still ranks in the top ten most successful race winners of all time in the Formula One.
He raced for Lotus, Williams, Ferrari and then again for Williams, securing with them the drivers World Championship in 1992 with a dominant display of racing prowess that also set a number of records, winning the first five races and never finishing lower than second (which crowned him as champion with six races of the season still to go). He set records for race wins in a season, highest number of pole positions in a season - and to this day still holds the record for highest percentage of pole positions in a season (at 88%).
1992 also saw him winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the year - for the second time (one of only four people to have won twice).
He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2005, The Motorsports Hall of Fame in America in 2006 and the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2013
Other Notes: We are kindly informed that a signed and personalised copy of Nigel Mansell's Autobiography 'Staying On Track' will be provided to the buyer of this Lot
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Estimate £3,000-5,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act