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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.
POULIN AUCTIONS ONLINE SALE: Jan 27-28th

Among other lots of Interest are a Ruger stainless steel falling brock in .223 (one of several Ruger No1’s), a prewar BRNO Mauser 98 sporting rifle with scope, a Winchester model 23 heavy duck SxS and a rare Kar71 bolt action carbine.
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ROCK ISLAND AUCTION: TIMED SALE: DECEMBER 27th

Sporting guns offered include a lovely Winchester model 101 O/U in .410, a CZ rifle model 527 in 17 hornet, a Volquartsen custom Anschutz/Savage in .22 with Leupold scope, a Sako L579 rifle in 220 Swift and a scarce Remington 1100 in 16 Guage with its original box.
Military collectors may be interested in the DMS 1918 Luger, the Rock Island Armory M1 Carbine, one of several in the sale, the US Army model 1911 or the Mauser model 1879 Reichspistol. Military arms from a wide range of countries, conflicts and epochs are represented in the sale. The sale with 995 lots also includes modern handguns, accessories and optics. Click on the image for a link to the catalog.