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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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