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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.