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A Scottish all-metal pistol from the 2^nd quarter of the 19th C is one of the many attractive lots in Cowans online sale of the 18^th. Other lots that will catch the eye of collectors include a Spencer model 1860 rifle with centerfire breechblock, a Sharps new model 1859 altered to cartridge, a percussion converted trade rile with massive 46-inch barrel by A.W. Spies, and a reconverted chief’s grade flintlock trade gun.

The sale also includes several good Winchesters, a range of US percussion revolvers including martially marked examples, as well as edged weapons and a good selection of modern guns. Click on the image for a link to the catalog.

Scollard Auctions Sale of the 28^th includes a good selection of early European Armour including period examples and 19^th C.  examples, a period in which armour was much in demand. Pictured is a 17^th C.  three/quarter blackened cuirassier harness, Swiss or German.  Other armor lots include a 17^th C burgonet close helmet, a lobstertail helmet and a pair of south German mitten gauntlets. Several polearms including partisans, a Swedish halberd and a spontoon will cross the block.
 
Among the edged weapons offered are many fine examples of Russian Kindjals as well as a good Shaska and a scarcer form Black Sea Kindjal Qama. Also among the swords and daggers being sold are an American Eaglehead sabre with blue and gilt blade and scabbard a Spanish cup hit rapier and a fine gilded Keris,
 
A good selection on firearms representing diverse cultures are include a very attractive mother of pearl inlaid matchlock, several north African arms including a mukahla, also and Sindh Indian matchlock and a Lao snap matchlock gun. Click on the image for a link to the sale.

Among the lots crossing the block in Schuler’s Auction House Switzerland is a group of early weapons and militaria.  Pictured is a Landsknecht sword, southern German or Swiss in the style of 1510-1540 one of several swords offered in the sale. Also in the sale is a good Landsknecht dagger and Katzbalger sword.

Elements of armor in the sale include a highly decorative 19^th C breastplate in the mid 16^th C style with a central panel depicting a cavalry battle. A range of polearms includes a morning star as well as early and later halberds as well as war hammers and partisans.

A range of flintlock military pistols and long arms are included as are civilian weapons, among them a colichemarde English smallsword. The sale also includes Japanese and Indo-Persian lots. Click on the image for a link to the sale.

Czerny’s Auction house in Italy are holding two sales on June 15^th and 16^th. The first sale, Militaria Arms & Uniforms includes many spectacular lots including a French An XII general’s sword C 1800, a gold mounted cane belonging to general Franco of Spain, (one of several Franco provenanced lots), a rare Saxon/Polish 17^th C officers sword and many fine and rare uniform pieces as well as medals and decorations.  The second sale, Rare and Fine Antique Arms and Amour from Around the World, includes the important south German Maximilian armour C 1520 pictured. It is one of several armours in the catalog.

This sale also includes many fine early edged weapons, among them an exquisite Italian rapier C 1600, an imposing Saxon broadsword C 1580, an exceptional silver mounted gold inlaid Pala sword inset with stones, a Turkish Tranbzon style Kilij inset with coral and turquoise, a lovely example of a 17^th C Japanese Yoshikado school Katana and a beautiful Lapis Lazuli hilted Kilij.
Among the many fine early firearms is a Cossack  pistols stocked in walrus ivory and inlaid with gold koftgari, and early Austrian wheellock gun with the Von Trapp family crest, a pair of finely chiseled and sculpted early 18^th C Tuscan snaphaunce pistols, a fine percussion double rifle by Gastinne Renette, Paris and a beautiful gold inlaid flintlock  fowler by Manceaux, Paris. Among the many other lots in the sale are fine painted shields, crossbows, polearms and daggers. Click on the image for a link to the sale

Rock Islands Premiere auction of May 19^th includes a stellar selection of museum quality guns, many with significant historical associations. Carrying the highest estimate is an engraved and silver-plated Beaumont-Adams revolver owned by President Jefferson Davis and surrendered to John Hines of the 4^th Michigan cavalry on May 10^th 1865. A second significant lot is the pictured Ulrich engraved and gold inlaid Winchester model 1895 owned by Zane Grey, one of many classic American western guns in the auction.

Star among the military lots is the WWII Class III Kreighoff FG42 paratrooper rifle with a 3-digit serial number.  A Mauser Stg44 will also cross the block. American WWI And II military arms include a rare Singer 1911A1 and a browning BAR 1918.  Several Thompsons will be offered, among them a  law enforcement shipped 1921AC Thompson and example 1921/28 example with navy overstamp.

The sale includes many superb sporting guns. Fine engraved guns by  Purdey, Rizzini, Watson Brothers, and Holland & Holland will be offered. In addition to collectible guns the catalog includes a rare Austro Hungarian Montigny Mitrailleuse 1851/65 37 shot volley gun and a pair of Dahlgren 12 pounder Bronze boat howitzers and 2256 lots in total over three days. Click on the image for a link to the sale.

Antikvity Praha’s sale of June 3rd includes a fine selection of early guns, among them many of US interest. Carrying an estimate 24,000 euro is an engraved iron framed Smith & Wesson No. 2 Volcanic pistol. A Volcanic No. 1 pocket pistol by New Haven arms is also offered. Also among the many American guns in the sale are a factory engraved Manhattan Navy revolver and a S&W new model No. 3 Russian.

European guns offered include a a long barrel flintlock pistol by Jan Ceule Utrech C 1660, a fine flintlock rifle by Hanl, Falkenau, a French 18^th C naval swivel gun or grenade launcher by Carrier Du Molard (1735-83), a luxury cased pair of pocket pistols by Beringer Paris and a 17^th C German or Austrian wheelock pistol. English guns include a cased 54 cal. Tranter apparently exported to Japan, an Adams revolver made under license by Pirlot in liege and a cased pair of double-barreled pistols by Roper Halifax.
Among the swords are a museum quality Ottoman sabre inscribed with the owner’s name, Al-Hajj Ibrahim. Also offered is a Russian presentation sabre in niello silver mounts hallmarked for 1897.  Also offer is an Austro-Hungarian sabre with rococo hilt, a Finley chiseled cup hilt rapier, The sale includes a range of other edged weapons, a silver mounted yataghan among them, as well as several hunting swords.

Other lots in the sale include a presentation silver mounted drinking horn, a combination hunting sword and flintlock pistol and a percussion pistol hidden in a secret clock case. Click on the image for a link to the sale.

Probus Auction, Stockholm, are holding a sale of arms, armour, militaria & decorations on April 17^th.  Among the fine guns offered is the rare Colt revolving Carbine pictured.  Other rare longarms include a fine Turkish silver inlaid miquelet rifle, a Russian 18^th C. flintlock musket converted to percussion by the Swedish Navy and a Swedish model 1815-20 carbine. Fine pistols include a fine cased percussion pair of dueling arms by Felice Ploner a Trieste, a third model Colt Dragoon, a cased Volcanic pistol, a Swedish jailers double barreled combination pistol dagger, a fine early 18^th C Flemish pistol by Penterman Utrecht, and a Danish 1841 breech loading percussion pistol.
 
The sale includes a wide range of edged weapons. Among the swords offered are a fine Russian Award shaska, several early Swedish officers swords C 1640, a personalized French restoration period dragoon saber C 1815, a large Ottoman Kilij and a good Kindjal dated 1891. Other lots include Russian hunting dagger, a late 16^th C Burgonet an Oder of the Vasa badge and a circular 17^th C Powder flask. Click on the image for a link to the sale.

Helios Auctions are holding a spring sale of arms & armour on April 2^nd .  The sale includes this fabulous pair of silver and coral decorated flintlock pistols, made for Eastern market. Other spectacular firearms in the sale include several fine German Wheelock hunting rifles, wheellock pistols, a German flintlock pistol with removeable stock, a tap-action four barreled flintlock pistol, a Turkish Miguel rifle and a Catalan miquelet pistol.

Swords in the sale include several fine ottoman kilij, a fine Turkish shaska with gold inlaid wootz blade, several good katana and a fine Italian cup hilt rapier, 17^th, C. The sale also includes uniforms orders and decorations. Click on the image for a link to the catalog.

Milestone Auction house in Ohio is holding a two-day sale on March 11^th and 12^th.  The sale includes many fine cased pistols including this fabulous pair of Brevette Colt Navy revolvers. Others include a cased pair of Colt Navy 1851 squareguard revolvers, a cased pair of engraved and gold pated Adams revolvers, a cased pair of Delvigne percussion Mouse pistols an engraved New Haven Volcanic No2 pistol, a desirable Pre-war Polish Radom eagle pistol and several Mauser Broom handles with shoulder stocks.

Long guns in the sale include a fine Germanic Wheelock, a Winchester 1866 saddlering carbine. A rare Éclair automatic shotgun, a high condition large frame Bullard rifle and a museum quality British Sharps carbine. Click on the image for a link to the sale.