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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.

Scollard’s next sale of arms, armor, and ethnographic antiques features a strong selection of Spanish and Mexican-American arms, many of which played a significant role in the southern and southwestern United States during the 18th and 19th centuries. Highlights include a rare 18th-century Spanish Trabuco military flintlock gun, a Catalan Stock Escopeta Percussion Rifle signed by Pedro G. in 1854, a Spanish Colonial Cup Hilt Rapier, a Spanish Bilbao Sword, a scarce 18th-century regulation Spanish broadsword, and an important Mexican "Armería Americana" sword, circa 1883-1918, featuring a characteristic hilt (pictured). Also featured is a rare Miquelet Flintlock Pistol from Ripoll, dating between 1760-1780.

Additionally, the sale includes Revolutionary War-related items such as a British Grenadier Saber with a basket hilt, a Hudson Valley Fowler flintlock musket, and a fine Hanoverian hilt form sword, circa 1750-1770,  a style used by British colonial regiments during the French & Indian War and by the Tower of London Guard.

Other desirable lots include a rare Moro chainmail cuirass armor, a cased pair of box-lock percussion belt pistols by Richardson, Cork, an Ottoman "Sisana" Miquelet Flintlock Rifle, and an excellent 18th-century flintlock carbine with an expanding stock. Click the image for a link to the sale.

Czerny’s Auctioneers present an unparalleled selection of historic arms, armor, and artifacts on Feb 14^th. Among the antique firearms highlights is an important sporting wheel-lock gun from a noble armoury, dating back to the 16th century and having provenance from the Art Institute of Chicago. This exceptional firearm represents the height of craftsmanship and the traditions of sporting pursuits. Additionally, offered are an unusual  17th-century wheel-lock rifle, with German provenance, a scarce Remington revolving percussion rifle, a beautiful example of American ingenuity, alongside an equally rare Devisme percussion revolver, renowned for its elegance and technical innovation.

Also offered in the sale is an extremely rare breech-loading flintlock sporting gun by Jacob Perret, a piece that highlights the fine engineering of early firearm technology. For collectors of medieval and later weaponry, there is a knightly sword from the 13th-14th century, a 16th-century rapier with Saxon provenance, as well as a 16th-century European broadsword with pierced quillons. A hand-and-a-half or bastard sword from 16th-century Germany will also be available, offering a combination of beauty and utility from the Renaissance period.

Also, a beautiful Bavarian hunting hanger, adorned with finely carved iron mounts and floral motifs depicting deer and hounds on a gilded background, will be a standout piece in the sale. For those with a passion for ancient artifacts, a scarce Celto-Iberian Iron Age dagger from circa 500 BC will cross the block. Click on the image for a link to the sale.

Poulin Auctions January two day sale has many moderately estimated lots and the catalog covers all areas of  sport shooting and collector interest. Among the historical lots that will catch bidders’ attention are a Springfield model 1795 musket dated 1812 and a Fine Viennese flintlock pistol by Anton.  Civil war lots in the catalog include a Colt 1851 revolver, a Colt 2^nd Model Root and an excavated Cook Brothers New Orleans Bayonet.

Among other lots of Interest are a Ruger stainless steel falling brock in .223 (one of several Ruger No1’s), a prewar BRNO Mauser 98 sporting rifle with scope, a Winchester model 23 heavy duck SxS and a rare Kar71 bolt action carbine.

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Rock Island’s timed sale finishes a couple of days after Christmas and is packed with moderately estimated lots, in case the seasonal stocking stuffers were off the mark.  The sale is full of sporting and military collectible arms as well as rare and unusual antique lots like the pictured  19^th C. English surgical amputation field kit by Ferris & Co, a company founded in the 1770’s.

Sporting guns offered include a lovely Winchester model 101 O/U in .410, a CZ rifle model 527 in  17 hornet, a Volquartsen custom Anschutz/Savage in .22 with Leupold scope, a Sako L579 rifle in 220 Swift and a scarce Remington 1100 in 16 Guage with its original box.

Military collectors may be interested in the DMS 1918 Luger, the Rock Island Armory M1 Carbine, one of several in the sale, the US Army model 1911 or the Mauser model 1879 Reichspistol.  Military arms from a wide range of countries, conflicts and epochs are represented in the sale. The sale with 995 lots also includes modern handguns, accessories and optics. Click on the image for a link to the catalog.

Czerny’s Auction in Italy is holding an important two-day sale of fine antique arms and armour starting on December 12th.
Day one features a wide range of 19th-century firearms and edged weapons. Among the highlights are several fine and are kerises. One, from Bali, has a beautiful pamor blade and is embellished with gold silver and rubies. A second, royal example is dated to the 16th century. Other notable swords in this sale include a Russian M1827 sabre with a finely etched Persian blade, a fine French First Empire sword by Fatou, a sabre from the Swiss Guard of Augustus II (circa 1725), a massive 18^th C. Polish or Hungarian Hussar sabre, and a Polish cavalry sabre dated 1791.

The first day of the sale also includes many American guns, such as a cased Colt Dragoon pistol, a brass-framed Henry rifle, a Volcanic lever-action pistol, a martially marked Colt Third Model Dragoon revolver, a selection of S&W and Remington pistols, a Hall flintlock breechloading rifle, and a Spencer repeating rifle.

Day Two of the sale features earlier European arms and armour, as well as Japanese and Persian swords and daggers. Among the top lots are Scottish and German two-handed swords dating to the 17th century, a superb etched morion helmet, and several composite armours. Also offered are a pair of over-and-under flintlock pistols by Borion, a superb Italian snaphaunce carbine, an Austrian wheel-lock rifle, and a fine German 17th-century matchlock rifle.
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Rock Island Auction Company’s premier sale will be held over three days, starting December 6th. Among the world-class classic collectible American firearms to be offered are an outstanding Presentation Cased "Colt Baby Paterson" No.1 Pocket Model Percussion Revolver, a documented factory presentation "JTC" serialized Colt Single Action Army Revolver in .44 Russian, presented to U.S. Sub-Inspector John T. Cleveland, an rare black powder Colt "Pinched Frame" Single Action Army Revolver, an iconic and historically significant C Company No. 81 U.S. Colt Model 1847 Walker Percussion Revolver, and an outstanding historic documented Civil War Presentation Cased Colt Model 1860 Army Percussion Revolver with a factory presentation inscription to Dr. Milhau from Colt Vice President R.W.H. Jarvis.

Outstanding offerings among the sporting shotguns and rifles include a superb trio of Pedretti-signed and engraved J. Purdey & Sons 28 Gauge Round Body Trigger Plate O/U guns, a factory engraved Boss & Co. O/U .410 Bore Assisted-Opening Sidelock, an Anja Dammenhayn signed, relief game scene engraved, and gold-inlaid Westley Richards hand detachable droplock dangerous game double rifle in 500 Nitro Express, and a cased pair of Westley Richards double rifles in .577 Nitro Express.

A fully transferable FN Manufacturing M240 GPMG leads the military collectible arms. This category also includes a U.S. Army Test Trials Serial Number 70 Colt Model 1907, a rare unserialized World War II Singer Manufacturing Co. Prototype/Presentation Model 1911A1, a Cadillac-Gage Stoner 63 Modular LMG, and a scarce Daewoo marked "Maremount" M60. The sale also includes many classic Western, Civil War, and Revolutionary War arms, as well as unusual lots like the "Ultra Set" of consecutively numbered 11 Winchester Model 70 rifles. Click on the image for a link to the sale.

Antikvity Praha's next auction features an exceptional selection of antique arms. Headlining the sale is a late 17th-century Austrian silver-mounted presentation sabre with fitted case, estimated between €22,000 and €30,000. Other notable edged weapons include a late 19th-century Austro-Hungarian presentation sabre with an earlier blade and a Pappenheimer rapier.

The auction also boasts many early firearms, such as a remarkable South German sporting Wheelock rifle, a striking Baby Le Mat two-barreled centerfire pistol, and a rare factory-engraved Volcanic pistol (Smith & Wesson No. 2) with an iron frame.

A wide range of flintlock pistols is available, including a pair by Hans Perztman of Freistadt, a pair of officer's pistols by Nicolas Noël Boutet, a pair of late 18th-century French silver-mounted naval flintlock pistols by Royet Frères, and a pair of Belgian silver-mounted flintlock pistols by H. Meunier (mentioned in Liège in 1764). Also featured is a cased pair of flintlock pistols by Pierre-Nicolas Boutet, made in Versailles.

Among the percussion pistols, the catalog includes a cased pair of English saw-handled percussion dueling pistols by John Blanch, a Bohemian pair by A. Gutwirth of Louň, a cased pair by Houllier Blanchard of Paris, and a pair of very early double-barreled percussion pistols by Boucheron-Pirmet of Paris.

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Probus Auction’s sale of November 25^th includes a wide range of Swedish, European, American and other arms from around the world and from a variety of historical epochs. The auction uses a new platform so bidders will need to create new passwords at www.probusauktioner.se . There are several fine pairs of pistols offered in the sale including the pictured pair by Starbus Stockholm circa 1700 and a second pair with finely chiseled steel barrels and locks by Beckers Maestricht also circa 1700. A pair of very attractive inlaid wheellock pistols are included in the catalog in addition to a later matched pair of formidable flintlock “manstoppers” by Mason, London. A pair of Swedish M 1850 cavalry pistols with detachable stock are also offered.

Among the longarms in the sale are a fine Ottoman gold inlaid and silver clad miquelet rifle, a Colt revolving percussion rifle, a mint Swedish M 1820 carbine,  a late 18^th C. Danish cavalry carbine and an early 18^th C .Austrian wheellock rifle. American percussion revolvers offered include a Rogers and Spencer revolver and a Remington new Model Army.

Early edged weapons include a rare Swedish Cavalry sword M 1717 variant, a near mint French plug-bayonet C 1700, a Swedish/North European sabre C 1640 with perfume bottle pommel. A sliver mounted sword cane and a range of military swords spanning three centuries. Click on the image for a link to the sale.