Guys, I hate to be dampening anyone's procession, but the going rate for ANY H&H hammerless in very good condition today is going to be far more than $40,000. The ones in the 30s have been altered or rebarreled, rechambered to odd calibers not used in a British double (45/70) or total rats. Hell, the price of ANY sidelock from a better British maker these days even in the medium calibers -- assuming not rebarreled and assuming a good factory reblue and re-cased (not a home redo) from Rigby, WR, Cogswell, Jeffery, etc is going to start at the $26,000 that was mentioned here in the US. Decent H&Hs are bringing $50,000 and up, and yes, some are not selling but most are. Watch the sites that list them, and watch them disapper once they are sold.
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It is easy to say somethning is overpriced, and you may be right, but the market is what they can be sold for, 'overpriced' or not. And if these are real world selling prices, then they are not overpriced by any definition other than some of us may not want to pay the prices being asked.

"Doubles are hot" according to several of my friends who are dealers in the US that I know and respect. Prices reflect that 'heat.' Dave