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Guyette & Deeter are holding an extraordinary two-day auction on a on September 11th and 12th  showcasing some of the finest sporting arms and collectibles recently offered. Day one features a spectacular array of rare shotguns and sporting atms, including an exceptionally rare Parker A1 Special 12 gauge—one of only two ever made—complete with original 34" barrels. Collectors will also have the opportunity to bid on an incredible 28 bore Beretta SO10 EELL, masterfully engraved by Beretta’s own engraver, Trentini, as well as a Armi Desenzani 20 bore O/U and a Parker GH Grade 16 gauge with original 40" barrels and documented provenance from Walter Chrysler Jr. Additional highlights include a true pair of Perugini & Visini 20 bores engraved in a fantasy theme by Tomosani, a magnificent James Purdey & Sons 20 bore O/U game gun, and a rare heavy proof Holland & Holland Royal Hammerless Ejector pair.

Day two shifts focus to antique arms and fine sporting art, including  a museum-quality matching pair of rifles by Josef Fruwirth of Vienna, circa 1770, and a remarkable 1670-dated German wheellock rifle. Also crossing the block is a powerful 4-gauge by John Lovell and Hitchcock & Muzzey, certain to interest collectors of large-bore firearms. Rounding out the sale is a curated offering of decoys and sporting art. Click on the image for a link to the sale
 

Poulin Auctioneers three-day sale is taking place from August 8^th to the 10^th and the third day of the sale includes this rare British retailed Volcanic pistol pictured, one of several examples. Other fine lots in the sale include a civil war era brass framed Henry rifle, several fine Winchester model 1866 rifles, a range of confederate arms as well as a rare civil war surgeons grouping including surgical instruments, surgeon epaulettes and related accoutrements.

The second day of the sale includes many fine sporting gum, among them a fine English Stensby 20-gauge boxlock, a custom engraved BRNO VZ24 in 300 Winchester magnum from the collection of Lewis Drake and a desirable Ithaca 28 Gauge side by side made in 1933 with custom upgrades. The first day of the sale has many affordable lots with a focus on militaria and collectible military arms. Choice lots on this day include a pre-war commercial 1906 navy Luger and a 10^th air force A2 flight jacket made in 1941. Click on the image for a link to the sale.

Czerny’s sale of June 24^th includes a superb selection of historic arms, armor, and militaria. Among the edged weapon highlights is a French basket-hilt early 18^th C. saber with gilt decoration. It is from the estate of Compte Claude Alexandre de Bonneval a French soldier whose colorful trajectory included his role as an officer and Pasha for the Ottoman Empire. Other museum quality swords include a fabulous Japanese Kuirkara Ken, an e exceptional gold decorated Kindjal and two superb Russian presentation sabers C. 1800.

Firearms in the sale include a presentation pair of Colt 1861 Nacy revolvers, an important Italian petronel with 16^th C elements, an engraved Winchester model 1872 musket, a pair of French over and under flintlock pistols by Boiron C. 1700 and a rare pair of tanegashima Matchlock Japanese pistols signed Matsumoto Uhyoe Saku.

This catalogue has a particularly strong selection of fine armour lots and carrying the highest estimate is an Eastern European half-armour with an effigy of the virgin Mary. Also offered is a fascinating ottoman style helmet made in Nuremberg C. 1560, a superb 16^th c French Shield embossed with Lapiths and Centaurs in battle, a theme represented Michelangelo’s works, an Augsburg close helm attributed to Anton Peffenhauser and a good south -German black and white close helmet.
A non-armour lot of historical importance in the sale is a chair from the Island of Elba, used during Napoleons detention, Clock on the image for a link to the sale.

Antikvity Praha's next auction on June 7th includes a wide selection of antique arms in addition to fine art. Among the highly collectible pistols offered is a Baby Le Mat revolver by Rocour Delsa & Cie in Liege with a nine-shot revolver cylinder as well as the shot barrel. Several pairs of pistols, French, Austrian and Belgian from the 18^th and 19^th centuries are also offered, among them a beautiful, cased set of target guns by L. Collombert C. 1850. Other handguns of note include an iron-framed S&W Volcanic #2 pistol, a flintlock breech loader with Lorenzoni mechanism by H W Mortimer, and an pair of French officer’s flintlock pistols by Nicholas Noel Boutet.
Among the long arms in the sale is a very rare revolving shotgun by Cesare Rosaglio in Venice. Also offered are a Colt 1855 revolving rifle and a carbine, a fine sporting rifle by Johann Haberda in Frauenberg C. 1890, and several English blunderbusses with spring bayonets.
Edged weapons in the sale include a superb 18^th C. silver mounted hussar sabre, an Austro-Hungarian presentation sword in case, late 19^th C., and a silver mounted Karabela. Click on the image for a link to the sale.

Czerny’s online sale is taking place on May 18^th. There is a good selection of military pistols in the sale including many French and English flintlock and percussion examples, among them a scarce English model 1738 pistol by Jordan. East India Company examples are also included.  In the selection of civilian pistols offered are two Italian examples with long barrels, one with a Roman lock, the second, by Zugno, with a chiseled and inlaid lockplate. An all-steel Scottish example with a silver inlaid barrel is also offered. Pairs of pistols in the sale include a French pair by Perrin and a pair by Roge at Claremont. Several multi barreled pistols will also cross the block as will a cased pair of Belgian percussion pistols by Micheloni.

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 sale of May 6^th includes the pictured  fine pair of cased flintlock silver mounted pistols by Probin. They are hallmarked for 1790 by the London silversmith Charles Freeth One pistol is engraved "Angel" and the other "Tookie", likely the names given to each pistol. This is one of several pairs of cased pistols in the catalogue.

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 Auction are holding a spring sale on April 22nd. The sale includes a spectacular selection of antique arms armor and Militaria. Swedish and Scandinavian arms are, of course, well represented in the sale. Among these are a fine Cavalry officer's sword dated 1711 With the arms of Charles the XII of Sweden, A Swedish horse pistol by Nussbaum Circa 1761, a scarce Swedish Jager Bayonet with Scabbard and a spectacular early 18th C.  Bohemian flintlock sporting gun owned by admiral Carl Tersmeden (1715 -1797).

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
 

 

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.