ROCK ISLAND'S PREMIERE 3-DAY SALE: AUGUST 23rd
posted by editor@armsandarmoruauctions.com at 2024-07-31 12:05:00
Rock Island’s August Premiere Sale running 23rd to the 25th includes some of the finest firearms that have come to market this year in the western, sporting, military and antique categories. The sale includes over 1700 hundred lots. Carrying the highest estimate ($275,000-425,000) is the documented “Invictus” Singer 1911 pistol carried by B-24 pilot, Lt Col Thomas Moss of the 765th Bombardment Squadron. This historic Singer is a “Holy Grail” for collectors.
Among the other standouts inthe sale are a gold and silver ornamented wheellock carbine from the cabinet d’armes of Louis XIII, King of France, a Buffalo Bill presented Winchester lever action model 1895, an attic-find mint condition Winchester model 1886, a USN Colt Gatling Gun, a Keith Thompson Engraved P.V. Nelson .410 OU shotgun and a rare US Johnson NFA transferable LMG.
Estimates among the 1700 lots range from $425,000 right down to $1,000 so there are many affordable guns for new collectors in this Premiere sale. Click on the image for a link to the catalog.
Among the other standouts inthe sale are a gold and silver ornamented wheellock carbine from the cabinet d’armes of Louis XIII, King of France, a Buffalo Bill presented Winchester lever action model 1895, an attic-find mint condition Winchester model 1886, a USN Colt Gatling Gun, a Keith Thompson Engraved P.V. Nelson .410 OU shotgun and a rare US Johnson NFA transferable LMG.
Estimates among the 1700 lots range from $425,000 right down to $1,000 so there are many affordable guns for new collectors in this Premiere sale. Click on the image for a link to the catalog.
posted at: 2024-07-31 12:05:00, last updated: 2024-07-31 12:09:30