Arms and Armour Auctions | Blog | April 2020 Archive

CZERNY'S AUCTION 100, IMPORTANT MILITARIA : May 2nd

posted by editor@armsandarmoruauctions.com at 2020-04-23 12:18:00

Czerny’s are holding their Militaria and Arms and Amour sales on March 27^th and 28^th . Pictured is a rare form of Indian polouar sword, gold inlaid with its original scabbard. The top lots in the sale include an exquisitely decorated flintlock double French sporting gun and a south German late 17^th C rifle, highly decorated, with historical provenance. Also in this category is an extraordinary 19^th C shotgun by Gastinne Renette with extensive decorative gold elements and Egyptian motifs.

A Japanese katana signed by Masatsuga carries the highest starting bid of the sale at 32000 EU. Other highly decorative lost include Kilij and Shamshirs, European armour and a superb matching set of 2 Brescian pistols and a fowler. Click on the image for a link to the sale.

PROBUS AUCTION, STOCKHOLM: ARMS & ARMOUR APRIL 20TH

posted by editor@armsandarmoruauctions.com at 2020-04-06 12:24:00

Probus Auctioner are holding their spring sale on April 20th. The fully illustrated catalog with online bidding is now available. The sale includes a wide variety of fine arms and amour from around the world spanning different historic epochs and diverse cultures.

Pictured is a fine Nuremberg wheelock puffer pistol C 1580, one of several wheelock sin the sale. Other top lots include rare Swedish and Russian swords, a fine German rapier and Eastern Europeans early war hammer, a selection of fine Japanese edged weapons.

Among the lots of Eastern interest are an Ottoman miquelet lock gun and a very good cased Persian Khanjar dagger. For American buers the sale includes a Colt Navy owned by Johhny Cash.

Click on the image for a link to the sale.