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ROCK ISLAND AUCTION: ARMS & ACCESSORIES. NOV 6Tth

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While warming up for the December Premiere Auction, Rock island continues to hold arms and accessory sales that include many desirable and scarce lots such as the French Manhurin MR73 .357 in the November 6th sale. Among the other revolvers offered in this sale are a Jerry Miculek S&W M 327 in 9mm,  a fully engraved F.LLI Pietta  “Cattlebrand” 1873 Single Action .357 and a S&W M 629-6 bear survuvalist in .44 Magnum.

Also in this catalog is a pre-ban Colt AR 15 with Diemaca style LMG upper receiver, a H&K P7 M13, two Colt 1911’s with Novak custom upgrades and a Beretta M 96 with extended barrel and compensator with case.

Click on the image for a link to these and other fine lots in this sale.

SCOLLARD AUCTIONS: ARMS, ARMOUR & ANTIQUES. OCT 28TH

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Scollard auctions Sale of Oct 28th includes this superb MOP hilted mameluke saber with etched frosted blade and brass scabbard. The sale also includes several suits of armour, and unusual Scottish basket hilted broadsword, crossbow pistol and a scarce Spanish folding flintlock carbine.

Among the many other scarce lots offered are a Malay Istinggar matchlock rifle. A Spanish colonial boar spear, a rare Ripoll miquelet flintlock pistol with characteristic stock, a European riding backsword and a Spanish crab claw backsword.

Click on the image for a link to the sale.

POULINS PREMIERE ARMS SALE:OCTOBER 31st

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Poulin's 4-day sale starts Oct 31st and incide many choice collector lots such as the pictured DMW C93 Borchardt. The sale will appeal to military collectors as well and those interested in Western and American arms and also to sporting enthusiasts. Among the historical military arms in the sale is a rare Czech ZK-420S designed in 1942, a Marine Corps first Issue Springfield gas trap M1 Garand, a Colt 1952 Aircrewman revolver most of which were order destroyed by the Pentagon and a Norwegian Kongsberg produced in 1945.

Sporting guns include a Parker VHE 410, A Winchester Grand American double 3 GA set, a matched pair of William & Powell Sidelocks and a JP Sauer Meisterwork gold inlaid boxlock.

Among the Western and classic American antique guns offered are a pair of 1805 Harpers Ferry Pistols, a Scarce Civil war Lee Firearms single shot carbine, an 1863 Henry rifle with provenance, and a fine Ulrich engraved, gold inlaid Winchester model 1910 self-loading rifle in .410. Click on the image for a link to the sales.

BONHAMS SKINNER: HISTORIC ARMS FROM THE BLANCHARD FOUNDATION : Oct 3rd

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Skinner Boston are selling historic arms from the Blanchard foundation on Oct 3rd. Carrying the highest estimate if the Iconic Nock Volley gun pictured, used  by British the British navy to clear opponents from the rigging  during naval assaults. Other highly estimated lots include a presentation engraved Henry rifle, an Ulrich engraved Winchester 1866 saddle ring carbine and two engraved Volcanic pistols.

Scarce and fine examples of cased Colts offered include an 1849 engraved pocket revolver, a silver plated and engraved Metropolitan Police revolver and an exceptional engraved and nickel-plated Manhattan Navy. Click on the image for a link to the sale.

CZERNYS: RARE AND FINE ARMS & ARMOUR 3-DAY SALE Sept 25th-27th

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Czerny’s fall sale takes place over three days starting on September 25th.  It includes two days of arms and armour and a third day focusing on medals, orders and decorations. The fine south German close helm with Augsburg style engraving circa 1540 pictured is one of several early armour lots in the first day. A spectacular embossed half-armour in the style of Caremolo Modrone and a German full tournament armour C 1600 will also cross the block.

Other offerings in this catalog include a fine Jade hilted Kard, a Prussian Garde Du corps helmet, a tachi signed Kuni Kartachi, several Japanese suits of armour as well as a rare tanegashimi matchlock pistol and rare Japanese flintlock tinder lighter. Rare swords in the sale include a fine Tatar sabre, an ottoman silver hilted shamshir and several Karabela’s.

The second day’s catalog has many fine antique firearms including an extraordinary wheellock tschinke, a puffer pistol form the guard of prince Christian I dated 1564, a Russian flintlock pistol made at Tula in 1787 for General Mikhail Kretchetnikov and an early 18th C  Negroni mad snaphaunce sporting gun. This catalog also includes a selection of fine early European swords. The last day of the sale is made up of orders medals and decorations. Click on the image for a link to the sales.

SCOLLARD AUCTIONS, ANTIQUES, ARMS & ARMOUR: Sept 26th

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Scollard auctions sale of the 36th includes a wide selection of arms and armour along with fine antiques. Many of the arms lots have Mexican, Central and South American associations including the Spanish military flintlock rifle with association to General Bassecout y Dupre pictured. Other Spanish American lots offered include a massive pair of Peruvian silver stirrups, a Spanish Military “Trabuco” rifle, swords including Spanish cup hilt rapiers and regulation 18th C. cavalry swords,  A Catalan stocked escopeta, is also included in this category as is a scarce “Amercia Americano Mexico” C. 1900.

Lots from other periods include a good decorative fluted full armour, a Walloon sword, several crossbows and stone bows, an Ottoman “Sisana” flintlock rifle and a Tibetan longsword. Click on the image for a link to the sale.

GUYETTE & DEETER: FALL FINE SPORTING ARMS SALE: Sept 14th

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Guyette & Deeters Fall Sorting Sale takes place Sept 14th. It includes a range of fine American and English sporting doubles O/U’s and other highly collectible arms in all price ranges.

Among the classic arms offered are over 40 examples of Parker shotguns, including the AAH grade 12 gauge pictured with 31-inch flid steel Whitworth barrels, a 16 gauge CHE grade skeet guns and a handsome DH grade Pigeon gun with Titanic barrels. Parker reproductions offered include a fine DHE 3-barrel set in 28 and .410 gauges and a BHE grade 12 Gauge gun with two sets of barrels.

Among the fine pairs in the sale are A true pair of 32 bore Greener shotguns, a pair of Moretti engraved Famars & a pair of Arietta game guns. Among the other lots are a fine Churchill 28 gauge premiere quality sidelock, an extremely rare factory engraved Winchester model 1886 with matted barrel in 45-90, a Browning superposed  Midas grade .410 and a superb AH Fox  FE grade documented in the double gun journal. Clock on the image for a link to the sale.

ROCK ISLAND'S PREMIERE 3-DAY SALE: AUGUST 23rd

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Rock Island’s August Premiere Sale running 23rd to the 25th includes some of the finest firearms that have come to market this year in the western, sporting, military and antique categories. The sale includes over 1700 hundred lots. Carrying the highest estimate ($275,000-425,000) is the documented “Invictus” Singer 1911 pistol carried by B-24 pilot, Lt Col Thomas Moss of the 765th Bombardment Squadron. This historic Singer is a “Holy Grail” for collectors.

Among the other standouts inthe sale are a gold and silver ornamented wheellock carbine from the cabinet d’armes of Louis XIII, King of France, a Buffalo Bill presented Winchester lever action model 1895, an attic-find mint condition Winchester model 1886, a USN Colt Gatling Gun, a Keith Thompson Engraved P.V. Nelson .410 OU shotgun and a rare US Johnson NFA transferable LMG.

Estimates among the 1700 lots range from $425,000 right down to $1,000 so there are many affordable guns for new collectors in this Premiere sale. Click on the image for a link to the catalog.
 

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