Alderfer Auction are holding three sales over two days starting on the Feb 17^th. The firearms offered include a good selection of sporting arms as well as interesting and scarce early collectible guns.

In the latter group are a cased pair of continental percussion dueling pistols, a Jenks Mule ear percussion navy carbine, a London Colt 1851 Navy revolver, one of several early Colts offered a Webley & Scott RIC revolver, a Stanton & co Pryse pattern revolver and a gasser 1879 revolver.

Among the Collectible military guns in the catalog are a JP Sauer & Sohn 38H semi auto pistol, a German Mauser model 1834 pistol & an M1 Garand. Sporting and modern collector guns include the pair of Ruger NRA 2009 Vaqueros single action revolvers pictured, a scarce Unique/DGR Sparks T66 match rifle, a Browning Grade 6 Citori O/U shotgun and a selection of Blaser bolt action rifles. Click on the image for a link to the sale.

In addition to their upcoming 2-day sale Centurion auctions are holding a fine militaria sale at the end of the month. Top lots in the scale include the Japanese sword pictured. Carrying an estimate of $10-15000 this 14^th C.  Nanbokucho period example is by Tokubetsu Hozon Token of the Tegai School.

The sale includes may American military and custom fighting knives including a scarce WWII M.H. Cole 9-point knuckle fighting knife. Only 50-75 examples of the Cole 9-point knuckles are known. Among the other examples offered are an Al Mar and William Harsey collaboration Shiva fighter knife, 1 of 40 made, and a WWII US Warther made fighting knife. Named to Lt. L. E. Casner on one grip, with his service number 0-1183484 on the other.  Also in the sale, are rare swords, dress daggers and bayonets. Click on the image for a link to the catalog.

Among the lots offered in Morphy’s upcoming sale is the exceedingly rare American silver hilted sword Joseph Bailey pictured. Only a handful of swords by Bailey are known, one being the example carried by George Washington.

Other antique arms lots on the second day  of the sale include a 4^th Virginia Jon Miles flintlock pistol C. 1801, a 1779 S-type Brown Bess, British officers war silver mounted flintlock pistols, a selection of Americana long rifles and pistols and Viking era sword. Day one of the sale includes a fine selection of sporting arms. Among these lots is a four-gun set of Kreighoff Essencias and two Rizzini matched pairs. Rare military collectibles include a pre-war Japanese type 5 Garand, amd a Gustoff Werke Volkssturmngewehr VG1-5 semi-automatic rifle. Collectors of Western arms will like the Ulrich Engraved Winchester model 18966 or the New Haven Arms 1860 Henry presentation engraved, or the RAC inspected Colt cavalry single action dated 1890.

Day three of the sale includes edged weapons. Militaria and moderately estimated guns.

Day one of Czerny’s upcoming tow day sale includes a comprehensive selection or rare and early Austrian military arms including the double barreled over and under flintlock M1795 rifle pictured.

Other rare military arms in the sale include a Crespi breechloading carbine, a rare 1759/81 musketoon with oval muzzle and a model very rare 1759 Jaegerstutzen rifle. Other rare lots on the first day include an Italian model 1864 cavalry saber incorporating a 9mm Brevete revolver and a Girandoni model 1779 military air rifle. Day one also includes a wide selection of fine Italian and French military edged weapons as well as a pickelhaube collection.

The second day of the sale includes ancient arms with a black and white eastern European half armour etched with the virgin Mary C. 1630 carrying the highest estimate (22-26000 EU). Also offered are many very decorative lots such as the half armor in Pisan style, the Nuremberg Zischagge in ottoman style C 1530, the rare lever action Carbine by Venditti or Carluccio, or the beautifully craved tachi blade signed Hizen no kuni Dewa no kami Yuki Hero. These are just some of the 419 lots offered on day two in a range of prose estimates.

Antikvity Praha's next auction on Dec 6^th includes an attractive selection of collectible antique arms. Among the highly collectible edged weapons are a German combined hunting sword and flintlock pistol, several presentation quality Austro Hungarian gift sabres in silver mountings, one in a fine leather case, a very rare Hungarian M54 cavalry officers sabre, and an English M 1827 naval pipeback sword in case with presentation inscription. A Bavarian officers sabre from the reign of Maximillian Josph will cross the block as will as fine shamshir in silver gilt mounts.
 
Pistols offered  include a cased Remington Rider pistol. Other cased revolvers including a Morres front loading revolver, a pinfire gun cased with dagger by Bayer Freres, and a very rare Maynard primed revolver. Other rare handguns include a breech loading single shot by William Walker Marston and three examples of English swivel quad barrel flintlock guns. A good selection of Cased target percussion pistols are offered. Among the long guns are an Italian Naval flintlock blunderbuss and rage of fine sporting guns, wheellock, flintlock percussion and contemporary examples. Click on the image for a link to the sale.

Probus Auktion in Stockholm are holding their winter antique arms sale on November 17^th.  Among the fine early firearms offered is the pair of flintlock breech-loading pistols C. 1680 by Lamarre in Vienna. Other fine pistols include a Swedish pair by Anders Sjoberg that we made for the future King Charles Johan, an early Dutch pair of flintlock pistols with brass locks, a very attractive pair of silver-mounted and gold decorated Greek or Ottoman miquelet pistols as well as several cased English revolvers. American examples including a Colt Army revolver are also offered.

Also among the lots crossing the block, are fine edged weapons form around the works including a rare Swedish naval presentation sword, one of several Swedish military sidearms, a mid-17^th C. Swedish broadsword, three fine Ottoman and Balkan yataghans, a Saxon miner’s axe and a selection of fine smallswords. Among other lots in the sale are a fine flintlock double sporting gun by Robsahm in Stockholm dated 1808, a Viennese flintlock rifle by Ris, eastern sword in including Shamshirs, Kindjals and Kilic, Indo-Persian and Ottomans armour a well as a selection of orders and militaria.
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A Turnbull restored Winchester model 1866 with Cody letter is one of the many fine examples of lever action Winchesters offered in Alderfer’s 2-day firearms and militaria sale starting on Oct 28^th. The sale includes a wide selection of fine sporting & military guns. Include in the former category are a Winchester model 1894 carbines and rifles, several 1866 saddle ring carbines, model 71’s and a Winchester 1886 deluxe takedown rifle.  Among the other sporting arms offered is an Ithaca SKB model 280 side by side in 20 GA. Civil war guns in the catalog include a rare Green’s patent bolt action percussion rifle and A spencer 1860 carbine. A separate catalog on October 28^th focuses on ammunition and collectible ammunition boxes and a third catalog on the 29^th includes firearms accessories and taxidermy. Click  the image for a link to the sales.

Sometimes a single lot in a general sale is worthy of comment. Such is the case here with Adams Dublin selling a rare and important Naval award sword. The 300-guinea sword was presented by the Honorable East India Company to Lieutenant-Colonel Barry Close (later Major-General Sir Barry Close, Bt., 1756–1813). It is a dress small-sword of stirrup-hilt form, crafted in 18-carat gold, finely enameled and set with diamonds, bearing London hallmarks for 1800–01.It was ade by John Ray and James Montague, and commissioned by Green & Ward, London,  The inner face is engraved within a laurel border with a presentation inscription recognizing Close’s ability, zeal, and energy as Adjutant General during the brilliant and successful Mysore campaign of 1799, under Lieutenant General Harris. It carries and estimate of 300,00-400,000 Euros