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SCOLLARD AUCTIONS: FINE ARMS, ARMOUR & ANTIQUITUES, MARCH 26TH


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Scollard auctions are holding a sale on the 26th that includes many fine and rare lots of arms and amour as well as a range of rare antiquities. Pictured is an Italian double wheellock carbine one the guns in the sale.  Other fine guns in the sale include a pair of Spanish miquelet pistols, an Italian cased miquelet pair by Greco dated 1813, a cased Pritish percussion pistol carbine by Fenton London and a cased London pocket Colt 1849 revolver.
A 15th C style “houndskull” type full amour is also in the sale as is a Japanese Edo period suit. Other good lots include an Georgian Khmali sword, an English mortuary sword, a continental rapier C 1640, a chiseled Italian linstock, and Austrian model 1848 civil service sword, and a stone inlid kindjal. Among the African and Indo-Persian offering are a rare south Indian lance curved head, a very early south Indian cobra tipped sword, a brass inlaid tegha, an Ethiopian emperors guard shotel, a fine silver copper and iron Tuareg lance and a sliver hilted kaskara. Click on the image for a link to the sale.



CZERNYS: FINE ARMS AND ARMOUR FROM AROUND THE WORLD: MARCH 21-22nd


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Pictured is a superb German infantry officers full armour C. 1585 on of the leading lots in Czerny’s two day sale starting March 21st. Lots on day one include many fine Japanese, among them a fine katana with Shinogi-zukuri blade, beautiful wakizashi in coeval koshirae and a complete Yukinoshita-style samurai armor, Anong the Persian and an Indian arms offered is an important tulwar from the property of the emperor Jahangir, a superb Moghul Kandshar dagger with rubies and sapphires, and a Pesh Kabz with striking lapis lazuli grip scales. Day one also includes important European militaria such as the Russian Garde du Corps parade helmet.

The Second day includes the pictured armour, one of several that will cross the block, early medieval swords and fine 17thC rapiers, broadswords and a superb estoc. A fine pair of flintlock pistols by Daneil Thiermay leads the antique gun lots which also include highly chiseled Italian snaphaunce examples as well as wheellocks, fine sporting guns and a rare Winchester Spanish model 1873. Click on the image for a link to the sale.




COLLECTION JEAN LOUIS NOISIEZ : OSENAT AUCTION: MARCH 3rd


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Early firearms and weapons from the collection of Jean Luis Noisiez are being sold on March 3rd by Osenat auction House in France. This is superb offering that includes many early wheellocks, cased French dueling pistols and combination weapons. One of the outstanding lots is an S&W No3 Russian revolver, gilt engraved with Indian motifs. A selection of percussion and Pinfire LeMat weapons, including pistols and carbines will also cross the block as will a rare Webley Fosbery semi-automatic revolver.  
Among the earliest guns in  the sale are a German iron wheellock grenade launcher C. 1570 and rare Bourbon crested French 16th C Hagbut. Two superb pairs of cased flintlock officers pistols by Boutet, among the most sought after of all French gunmakers, will be offered. A Nock volley gun, a days Patent Truncheon and a Harmonic pistol are among the many other choice lots in the sale.  Click on the image for a link to the catalogue.



REATA PASS ANNUAL COWBOY & INDIAN 3 DAY SALE: Feb 3rd


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Reata Pass auction are holding a three-day sale starting Feb3rd. One of the star lots included is an 1892 Winchester in 44-40 owned by John Wayne, one of two guns offered with a John Wayne association. Other superb western guns in the sale include a Winchester model 1886 deluxe in 40-82, a similar deluxe model in 45-90, a Colt 1973 SAA “Cavalry”, a Marlin Model 1889 Deluxe in 38-40 and a Colt model 1878 in 44-40.

Among the sporting guns offered in the sale are a Perazzi MX8 Deluxe in 20 ga, a Wells and Wells Mauser in .416 Rigby, a Wincheter Model 21 12GA Skeet, a browning superposed lighting in 20GA, a Kreighoff Model 32 Trap with multiple barrels and a custom Martini Cadet in 219 zipper.

The sale also includes a great selection of early bowie knives, WW2 uniforms and related military lots, a good Edo period Japanese amour as well as scopes, saddles and western jewelry. Click on the image for a link to the sale.



SCHULER AUKTION SWITZERLAND: ARMS, ARMOUR & ANTIQUES: Dec 13th


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Schuler’s Auction House in Switzerland are holding  a sale December 13th with a wide selection of early weapons and militaria in addition to antiques.  Pictured is a fabulous Bavarian arquebus with the Kurpfalz coat of arms C. 1720 one of the top lots in the sale. Other guns in the sale include a fine French flintlock fowler, likely made for the Ottoman market and a fine and scarce flintlock jailer’s key pistol.

Among the swords offered is a dramatic north Italian two-hand broadsword C. 1480, an Italian crabclaw broadsword with scabbard C.1500, a 15th C baselard and a range of Swiss and European sabers.  Other edged weapons include a superb copy of a ceremonial saber by Hans Peter Oeri (1637 -92) and several fine shamshirs, one with silver enameled hilt and scabbard.

Other fine lots in the sale include a fine cinquedea dagger, a fine Italian powderflask C. 1580, a 13/14th C. central European helmet and a range of polearms, elements of armour as well as Japanese and Indo-Persian lots. Click on the image for a link to the sale.



SCOLLARD AUCTIONS: FINE ARMS, ARMOUR, ETHNOGRAHIC AND ASIAN: Nov 29th


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Scollard auction's next sale is on Nov. 29th and features a diverse broad range of arms and armor from around the world as well as a good selection of antiquities and fossils.  Among the lots offered is the fine pair of late 18th C. Spanish miquelet pistols pictured. A fine pair of silver-mounted Balkan pistols is also in the catalog as are a pair of silver-mounted Roman-style flintlock pistols.

 Among the edged weapons is a very interesting early Scottish broadsword having an unusual broad tapering blade with a pronounced medial ridge. Other swords include a German Garde Du Corps Pallasch, a German Damascus pipe-backed artillery offices sword, an American eagle head sword with blue and gilt blade, several fine Russian shaska’s, and Kindjals, some with silver niello decoration.
Other desirable lots include a Moro mail and plate armour, several part and full European armours, polearms, including an Italian linstock and an articulated locking fist gauntlet in the 17th C style. Click on the image for a link to the sale.



ANTIKVITY PRAHA: ARMS ARMOUR AND ANTIQUES: Dec 2nd


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Antikvity Praha’s sale of December 2nd  includes a fine selection of Arms and Antiques, in addition to a superb replica of an Auburn boat tail speedster. Among the fine guns offered are a highly unusual and spectacular nine-barrelled flintlock pepperbox by John Twigg,  a luxury cased double-barreled sporting gun by Bauerfield in Heidelberg extensively chiseled and engraved,  an early Saxon wheellock rifle and a rare Swedish 17th C snaphaunce hunting rifle. Among the cased pistols in the catalog are a Mass. Arms Maynard primed revolver, a pair of percussion pistols by Day London and a Gasser 1870 revolver retailed by Westley Richard London.

Swords in the sale include a very attractive chiseled iron German officer’s degen C 1640, a 19th C. Austro-Hungarian magnates sabre, a German sword of justice, an 18th C Austrian Hussars sabre, and a scare Danish-Norwegian Napoleonic saber. Other lots include an 18th C. silver mounted hunting horn, a 16th C Iron war hammer, and an early Iron cuirass, Dresden, C. 1600.
 
Click on the image for a link to the sale.



PROBUS AUCTION: ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR: Nov 20th


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Probus Auction, Stockholm, are holding a sale of Arms, Armour, Militaria & Decorations on Nov 20thth.  Among the fine edged weapons offered is the superb jeweled Mughal shamshir, probably Kutch. Among the other eastern and ethnographic edged weapons offered are a fine 19th C Khanjar dagger with flamboyant gold inlaid blade, a fine Parang Nabur and an early hooded Katar. European swords in the catalog include a good selection of Scandinavian military swords, an especially selection of fine Napoleonic swords and a range of continental hunting an small swords.
 
Early guns offered include Greek, Maghrib and Caucasian examples as well as several fine pairs of European flintlock and percussion pistols. Colt revolvers, among them a cased example, will cross the block as well as a range of early sporting and military guns.
Click on the image for a link to the sale.



AUCTIONS IMPERIAL: FINE ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR : November 25th


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One of the top lots In Auctions Imperial’s sake of November 25th is the very desirable Safavid era shamshir with the green-stained hilt. The sword is superbly chiseled with Nastaliq verse. The robust blade is wrought of superb, actively-grained Persian black wootz, and chiseled with a pair of polygonal cartouches.  Other fine swords in the sale include a rare Georgian Khmali, a Hungarian hussars officers sabre with 17th C blade and a very scarce Philippines constabulary sword C 1900.

The sale includes a Victorian full amour in the Maximillian style, a fine Indian mail amour and a fine 13th C. medieval sallet with analytic report by the Roya Armouries. As usual, Auction imperial’s sale contain a wide variety of objects in all price ranges from diverse historical and cultural contexts. Click on the image for a link to the sale.



Morphy Auctions Oct 25th. The Paul Friedrich Collection Of Firearms & Gold Rush related Antiques


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Morphy auctions will present an extraordinary selection of western gold rush era guns and related lots on October 25th .

Among the standout lots are the pictured factory engraved Colt Sheriff's Model Single Action Revolver shipped to Houston, Texas in 1892, an exceptionally rare Winchester "1 of 1000" 1876 lever action rifle, in outstanding condition, a factory engraved Colt .38 Super Match semi-automatic pistol, accompanied by its original factory box and a superlative Helfricht engraved Colt Single Action Army Revolver dated  1912, with remarkable craftsmanship and accompanied by its original factory box.
 
Also offered is a highly desirable Will & Finck "100 Pin" San Francisco knife, a true gem for collectors and enthusiasts, an historic cased and engraved Colt 1851 Navy Revolver, inscribed to Major James F. Curtis, and a rare factory engraved and silver-plated Colt Model 1878 Double Action Revolver with striking mother of pearl grips. Click on the image for a link to the sale.



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