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CZERNYS: ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOUR, MILITARIA AND HISTORICAL MEMORABILIA: JUNE 24-25TH

Firearms in the sale include a presentation pair of Colt 1861 Nacy revolvers, an important Italian petronel with 16th C elements, an engraved Winchester model 1872 musket, a pair of French over and under flintlock pistols by Boiron C. 1700 and a rare pair of tanegashima Matchlock Japanese pistols signed Matsumoto Uhyoe Saku.
This catalogue has a particularly strong selection of fine armour lots and carrying the highest estimate is an Eastern European half-armour with an effigy of the virgin Mary. Also offered is a fascinating ottoman style helmet made in Nuremberg C. 1560, a superb 16th c French Shield embossed with Lapiths and Centaurs in battle, a theme represented Michelangelo’s works, an Augsburg close helm attributed to Anton Peffenhauser and a good south -German black and white close helmet.
A non-armour lot of historical importance in the sale is a chair from the Island of Elba, used during Napoleons detention, Clock on the image for a link to the sale.
ANTIKVITY PRAHA : FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ART: JUNE 7th

Among the long arms in the sale is a very rare revolving shotgun by Cesare Rosaglio in Venice. Also offered are a Colt 1855 revolving rifle and a carbine, a fine sporting rifle by Johann Haberda in Frauenberg C. 1890, and several English blunderbusses with spring bayonets.
Edged weapons in the sale include a superb 18th C. silver mounted hussar sabre, an Austro-Hungarian presentation sword in case, late 19th C., and a silver mounted Karabela. Click on the image for a link to the sale.
CZERNYS ONLINE: ARMS & ARMOUR SALE: MAY 18th

Eastern Weapons in the sale include an Arabic gold Saif, an Afghan Polouar as well as shamshirs and tulwars. Eastern guns include two all metal Albanian muskets and a matchlock toradora in addition to several Greek all-brass pistols. There is good selection of European military swords including Italian states, Austrian, and Sardinian examples.
A Swiss Baselard is the oldest of the daggers offered, among the others are an Italian stiletto, Argentinian Gaucho knives as well as two fine Nepalese Kukri knives. Military rifles offered include French Austrian and English examples from the 18th to the late 19th century. Civilian long arms in the sale include a rare folding blunderbuss as well as a rare brass framed target air rifle and several Winchester lever action rifles.
SCOLLARD AUCTIONS: ARMS, ARMOUR & ANTIQUES: MAY 6th

The sale also includes, both German and Japanese suits of amour, European swords, mameluke, Spanish and 17th C Dutch among them. A selection of Japanese swords is offered, as is a range of eastern and tribal swords and edged weapons including a Kalinga axe, a Moro Pira Sword, a Moro Panabas, Several Moro Kris, Indian and Afghani Pulowars and a Visayan Talibon Sword.
Among the other lots are early daggers plug bayonet a Tibetan shield and several fine Tribal shields. Click on the image for a link to the sale.
PROBUS AUKTION STOCKHOLM: ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOUR & MILITARIA: APRIL 22nd

Early edged weapons include fine rapiers of the Pappenheimer type as well as 17th and 18th C. cavalry swords and Military hangers. Spontoons and halberds are among the early lot offered as is an attractive early 17th century knee-length cuirassier armour.
Firearms in the catalogue include a late 17th C pair of Dutch flintlock pistols by Finspang, an early 17th century wheellock carbine from Dresden, a composite wheellock axe-pistol, a superb pair of chiseled French flintlock pistols by Charlot in Lyon And an attractive Italian Wheellock carbine American Firearms in the sale include a Rogers and Spencer revolver and a fine cased New Haven Volcanic pistol. English arms include a cased pair of percussion pistols with captive ramrods by Blisset, two lots of cased percussion Adams revolvers and Tower musket dated 1811. Click on the image for a link to the sale
LANDSCHUTER RUSTKAMMER: FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR: March 28-29th

Landshuter Rüstkammer is holding a two-day auction at the end of March that includes 1400 lots of fine and rare antique European and eastern arms and armor, medals and militaria as well as first and second World War collectibles from private German and Austrian estates.
For collectors of early antique edged weapons, there is a large selection of daggers, early swords, rare rapiers and fine smallswords of all kinds, dating from 900 to 1750. Pictured is a fine silver mounted German or Italian rapier C, 1600 one of several superb early swords in the sale. A good selection of European closed helmets, shields, two suits of armor and other pieces of armor are included in the sale as well as hunting swords, early crossbows and several wheellock pistols and rifles. Included in the guns is a rare Augsburg breech loading wheellock rifle C. 1630. One of the very attractive earlier lots in the catalog is an original and very rare Pavese circa 1470 from Klausen Südtirol.
In addition to Western European edged weapons and firearms and armor, Japanese and oriental weapons and armor are also on offer, among them a fine Edo-period Japanese suit of armour. Bidding is available at the website and at Antiquesearch.com Click on the mage for a link to the sale.
SCOLLARD AUCTIONS: ANTIQUE ARMS & ETHNOGRAPHICA, FEB 27th

Additionally, the sale includes Revolutionary War-related items such as a British Grenadier Saber with a basket hilt, a Hudson Valley Fowler flintlock musket, and a fine Hanoverian hilt form sword, circa 1750-1770, a style used by British colonial regiments during the French & Indian War and by the Tower of London Guard.
Other desirable lots include a rare Moro chainmail cuirass armor, a cased pair of box-lock percussion belt pistols by Richardson, Cork, an Ottoman "Sisana" Miquelet Flintlock Rifle, and an excellent 18th-century flintlock carbine with an expanding stock. Click the image for a link to the sale.
CZERNY'S FINE ANTIQUE ARMS: INTERNATIONAL SALE: Feb 14th

Also offered in the sale is an extremely rare breech-loading flintlock sporting gun by Jacob Perret, a piece that highlights the fine engineering of early firearm technology. For collectors of medieval and later weaponry, there is a knightly sword from the 13th-14th century, a 16th-century rapier with Saxon provenance, as well as a 16th-century European broadsword with pierced quillons. A hand-and-a-half or bastard sword from 16th-century Germany will also be available, offering a combination of beauty and utility from the Renaissance period.
Also, a beautiful Bavarian hunting hanger, adorned with finely carved iron mounts and floral motifs depicting deer and hounds on a gilded background, will be a standout piece in the sale. For those with a passion for ancient artifacts, a scarce Celto-Iberian Iron Age dagger from circa 500 BC will cross the block. Click on the image for a link to the sale.