7-inch round barrel ofNapoleonic style, with steel bore, and touch hole, to allow for firing. The carriage castwith spokes of mid-19th century style. Unmarked. Overall length including carriage,9 1/4-inches, height of 6 1/4-inches, width of 4 1/4-inches. Condition: Fine. File marks, plus pitting, latter from castingprocess. Mellow patina Estimate: $300 / 400...more

10-inch round barrel ofexaggerated Napoleonic style, with relief star motif in circle on topof breech of each barrel. 15/16-inch smooth bore. The barrelsand carriages cast simulating Texas War of Independence style.Unmarked. Overall length including carriage, 12 1/4-inches, height of 53/16-inches, width of 6 1/2-inches. Condition: Fine. File marks, plus pitting, latter from casting process. Dark brown patina. Touch holes not bored through. Estimate: $300 / 400...more

Contained in an original19th-century wood frame and milk glass corner rosettes. Size15-inches x 19-inches. Condition: Fine with some significant foxing at bottom and lightage wear overall. Lower right-side frame cross repaired. Estimate: $500 / 750...more

Contained in an original19th-century wood frame and milk glass corner rosettes. Size15-inches x 19-inches. Condition: Fine with some significant foxing at bottom and lightage wear overall. Estimate: $500 / 750...more

Signed by National CashRegister Co., Dayton Ohio U.S.A. on top of center panel of roll-top style top-hinged front. To left,panel with no. “488254,” and to right, what appears to be the model no., “47 1/4.” Bronze,richly cast, curved front, with Renaissance revival relief scroll and floralmotifs. Matching cast decoratedside panels, with metal box to spew out paper receipts from roll, on right end panel, with small glassviewing plate. Matching cast back panel, with shield in which is relief cast company name andaddress. Glass plate top, front and back to show rising plates marked with amounts keyed in with eachcharge. White marble panel above wood cash drawer, the drawer with nine compartments, threefor bills. Two rows of numbered keys and red “NO/SALE” key.Decorated cast front panel todrawers, with banner and cast “NATIONAL.” Keysmarked in nickel increments up to $1, then $2, $3, $3,$4, $5, $6 and $7. Measuring 19 1/2-inches wide, x 16-inches deep x 17- inches in height, on oakbase. Fine. Wear, patina. Three small chips to top glass panel overrising plates indicating each charge, one small chip to front glass panel. Key missing from round castbronze face, but is unlocked, allowing lifting for examination of interior. Worn remains of paper patent lists intwo of bill drawer compartments. Estimate: $700 / 1,000...more

Of rosewood, with brasshinge and mounts, marked by hinge of one mount inoval contour stamping “J.H.Schintz/San Francisco.” Measuring 10 1/4- inches in length, and 31/4-inches at widest point. 1 7/8-inch thickess. Condition: Fine. Light wear, nicks. Made by San Franciscoknifemakers for use in the Barbary Coast saloons tomake Pisco Punch. Estimate: $300 / 500...more

The brown oval tin withorange-color pigment lining, measuring 61/2-inches in length. Legend imprinted in gold-pigmenton lid reading: “Miners Gold Scale./ManufacturedExpressly for California” with federal eagle and shieldmotif. Tin contains a set of handheld brassbalance scales with separate compartment containing fourcounter weights. With skeleton metal standfor display. Condition: Very good. Dents and wear to case. Mellow patina to brass. Old replacement chord attachments. Used by the Gold Rushminers of California to weigh gold dust andnuggets. Estimate: $800 / 1,200...more

Measuring 31 3/8-inches inheight x 19 1/4-inches wide x 21-inches front to back (including dial),on wheels. Painted black with pin-stripe maroon panels, with pin-stripedecorations. Hall’s Company maker name painted on door, with Americaneagle motif. Obverse of door with painted 1906 patent, company name,Cincinnati, Ohio, and floral decorations. Matching decorated lockableinterior door, protecting shelves, lockbox and lockable dr awerinterior. Dial lock system, with combination, three keys for interior locks. Condition: Fine. Some touch-up to paint. Estimate: $700 / 1,000...more

Measuring 25 1/2-inches inheight x 15 3/4-inches wide x 17-inches front to back (including dial andhandle), on wheels. Painted two shades of green, with pin-stripedecorations, and scrolled corner motifs on door and front. Mountain sceneon door, and Hall’s factory scene on back. Shelves and lockboxinterior, with flat key. Floral motif on reverse of door. Dial lock system,with combination. Condition: Fine. Some touch-up to paint. Estimate: $700 / 1,000...more

Serial no. 63. .22 longcaliber, total of ten 13 1/2-inch octagon steel barrels, cast brass disk on top of breech withGatling Battery Gun and Colt markings, including patent dates. Each breech boltstamped with individual numbers, from 1 to 10. Steel parts bright. Brass with highpolish. Varnished select walnut spokes to wheels and frame parts to carriage. Condition: Fine. Minor signs of handling, light scratches,primarily on brass-rims to wheels. Though no maker markingswere observed, this miniature, one of a limited variety of models, is attributed tothe Tippmann Arms Co. Estimate: $1,750 / 2,250...more

Condition: Good to very good. Brass with light patina, rear sightelevation with bend. Estimate: $5,000 / 6,000...more

2 5/8-inch barrel. Metal inthe white with engraving on lock. Inlays through out wood stock. Gun withintricately constructed mechanisms designed to function like a full scalecounterpart. Velvet lined walnut case. Condition: Excellent. Case with marks. Estimate: $1,000 / 1,500...more

4-inch barrel, bluedfinish, walnut grips. Gun intricately constructed mechanisms designed tofunction like a full scale counterpart. Walnut case with leather lining,cleaning rod. Condition: Good with wear and light patina. $800 / 1,200...more

20 caliber. 4 1/4-inchbarrel with patent breech, top flat engraved “Cogswell,224 Strand, London.” Lockplate engraved “Cogswell.” Integralrear sight on barrel tang, and brass pin front sight. Decorative engraving on barrelincluding sunburst motif near center, and on upper tang, lock, triggerguard, buttplate and major screws.Steel mountings and ramrod, the cock with double neck and the triggerguard squareback.Pineapple finial to forward triggerguard tang. Varnished and checkered walnut halfstock.Functioning action. Overall length, 7 1/2-inches. Condition: Very good. Gray patina to steel, with light surfacepitting. Believed made as miniature of 4-bore big game rifle for hunting Africa and India early in the19th century. Steel cleaned. Estimate: $4,000 / 6,000...more

Serial no. 101. 7 7/8-inchbarrel, blued finish, walnut stock. Gun with intricately constructedmechanisms designed to function like a full scale counterpart. Condition: Very good with light handling marks. Estimate: $800 / 1,200...more

4 7/8-inch barrel, bluedfinish. Walnut stock. Gun with intricately constructed mechanismsdesigned to function like a full scale counterpart. Condition: Excellent. Estimate: $1,000 / 1,500...more

19 caliber. 3/4-inchoctagon smoothbore screwbarrels, scroll and leaf engraved on top. Germansilver frames with matching engraving, inscribed “Blissett” on leftside and “London” on right. Proofmarks of crown over V and crown over GP on bottomangle flats of each frame, beneath maker and city markings. Engraved Germansilver buttcaps. Gold thumbpiece escutcheon inlays on checkered selectwalnut stocks with German silver inlaid pins. Blued fold down triggers andscrews. Overall length of each pistol, 2 5/8-inches. Varnished select mahoganycase with circular brass escutcheon inlay on lid, brass hinges and lock andkeyplate. Lining in burgundy velvet, bone pull to compartment lid.Accessories of steel bullet mold marked “No. 500” and “WD,”ivory-handled screwdriver with German silver mounts, German silver powder flask with brassspout, key and one round ball. Case measuring 4 5/8- x 3 7/16- x 1 1/4-inches. Condition: Very good to fine. Gray patina to steel, minor,miniature degree pitting. Mellow patina to German silver. Minor wear, two bends inlockplate. Case shows some nicks and marks. Minor pitting on steel key andbullet mold. Small chip to compartment lid and missing lid to one compartment.J. Tralins Estimate: $5,000 / 7,000...more

14 1/2-inch brass barrelwith molded rings. Steel tang. Illegible lettering on top rear barrel flat and on lockplate below pan.Engraved brass backplate and triggerguard. Bayonet release forward of triggerbow. Figured walnutstock with vertical brass tip. Unmarked brass escutcheon on top of wrist. Brass topped wooden ramrod.Brass buttplate with engraved tang. Condition: Fine. Brass barrel, triggerguard and findings showinguniform tarnish. Steel tang and bayonet with light surface rust. Minor dings and blemishes tostock finish. Estimate: $1,500 / 2,500...more

.50 caliber, 6-inchoctagonal barrels, walnut full-stocked to muzzle, with ramrods (one replaced). Condition: Good to very good. Lightly engraved screws with Standof Arms on triggerguard, as well as pineapple finial. Both actions inworking condition. Light pitting and toning to barrels. Stocks show lightto moderate use, with one repair at ramrod holder. Estimate: $1,200 / 1,500...more

6 15/16-inch clipped pointblade marked on left side “B4*ANY.” Ricasso stamped “B4 *A NY/F. WARD & SOS/CUTLERY/SHEFFIELD.” Bone grip panels with Germansilver crossguard and escutcheon panel. Overall length, 11 1/8-inches. Condition: Good to very good. Gray patina, pitting, wear. Grippanels with wear and mellow patina, and right side chipped. Estimate: $600 / 800...more

Approx. .68 caliber, 7-inchbarrel, brass frame, steel barrel, walnut grips. Condition: Good to very good. Showing light pitting anddiscoloration, with a professional repair to left side of grip. Ramrod present. Estimate: $1,000 / 1,500...more

Approximate 11 gauge smoothbore, 37-inch barrel. Front 22 1/8-inch of barrel is round.Remainder is octagonal. An engraved and gold-inlaid molded ring separates thetwo barrel sections. Additional gold-inlaid engravings 4 1/4-inchesforward of engraved tang. Blade front sight set in silver inlay. Undatedlockplate engraved: Asannloza. Lock mechanism engraved with scrollpatterns and borders. Engraved steel backplate and triggerguard. Walnuthalf-stock with carving around barrel tang. Steel barrel band and partialsteel buttplate with engraved tang. Wooden ramrod. Provenance on4-inch by 2-inch paper attached to left side of buttstock and varnishedover. Provenance states that the rifle is the property of H. F. Mustainof Kentucky and that “This Spanish Fowling Piece was willed to me byCol William Piatt of the U.S. Army in 1832. It was presented to him byGen. Riano at the Battle of New Orleans.” This statement was sworn to byWilliam Piatt on Nov 26. 1892 in Woodland Station, Hart CountyKentucky. Attested to by W. P. Mustain, Notary Public. Condition: Fine. Barrel showing uniform dark patina. Bruises totwo barrel-flat edges foreward of tang. Stock showing relatively minordings, impressions and age discolorations. Open crack in toe of stock1-inch deep. Colonel William Piattserved on the staff of General Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812. Estimate: $8,000 / 12,000...more

.78 caliber, 38 1/4-inchbarrel of bright steel, the top marked: Freeman London. British proofs. Bandedbreech. Lock marked: Freeman. Standard relief-carved, varnished English walnutstock with brass furniture and vacant oval wrist escutcheon. Marked: HIbehind lower tang. Sling mounts. Steel ramrod marked SGS. Together with correcttriangular bayonet, marked “2” at base.Twist-lock collar. Original blackleather scabbard with brass belt hook and tip. Condition: Excellent, unfired. Metal bright with scattered lightwear overall. Stock excellent with light worming overall. Bayonet very good toexcellent with light wear overall. Scabbard showing wear and light scuffing. Belthook wired to scabbard. Rare shorter version of theBrown Bess of the period. Believed only four of this barrel length currentlyknown to collectors. Estimate: $12,000 / 15,000...more

Famed Edward Marshall .60 caliber smoothbore, 477/8-inch unmarked part-round part octagonbarrel with brass blade front sight at muzzle andmade without rear sight. Lock with cartouchestamping inside of lockmaker “HVE.”Relief-carved walnut stock with floral motifs bordering tang and floralscrolls to rear of long cheekpiece consistent withBucks County guns of the period. Elegant lowrelief curve extended from main scroll and continuedbeneath up to left edge of cheekpiece. Low reliefsemi-floral border to rear ramrod ferrule, continuedparallel to ramrod as groove on each side up tofore-end. Fine, handsomely and elegantly semi-reliefengraved brass mountings with rococo flower andborder motifs, the Germanic triggerguard and sideplatetypical of parts of the period shipped in fromGermany. Bottom of foreend with 5 1/16-inch long and 11/8-inch wide brass escutcheon withlengthy engraved inscription: “Purchasedby H.B. Harmer/Near/Marshall’s Island/ on the Delaware River/fromElizabeth F. Hinkle daughter of PhilipHinkle/The Son of Joseph Hinkle and Becky Marshall-hiswife/who was the daughter of Edward Marshall.” Condition: Very good. Metal showing mellow age patina throughout with light pitting around breech and on lock. Fine hairline crack repair on buttstock including around heel of buttplate. Minor losses of wood near breech and repairs around lock. Short crack from left side of barrel breech to sideplate screw. Wood repair in region of middle ramrod ferrule. Remaining wood with light wear and minor marks. Replacement ramrod. Citations to EdwardMarshall and the Historic Walk of 1737 appear in various works, including Captain John G.W.Dillin, The Kentucky Rifle (pages 3-6), in Henry J. Kauffman, The Pennsylvania-KentuckyRifle (page 48), and in George Shumway, Rifles of Colonial America (volume I, rifleno. 41, pages 178-181). Quoting from Shumway (p. 178), in describing Marshall’s ownrifle: “The Bucks County Historical Society at Doylestown, Pa., acquired this rifle fromdescendent...more

.58 caliber, 40-inchbarrel, marked “V/P/[eagle head]” on breech, and withfolding leaf rear sight and blade front. Top of barrelbreech stamped “1862.” Humpback lockplate dated “1862” at tail,the front end stamped “C.S./RICHMOND,VA.” Steel mountings. “U” stampedon right side of each of three barrel bands and on top ofheel of buttplate. Oil-finished walnut stock, with escalloped brass plaque measuring 2 5/8- x 19/16-inches, secured by two brass screws, neatly stamped: “ANTIETAM/1862.” Initials “TI” carvedon left side of stock at butt. With socket bayonet, unmarked. Condition: Very good to fine for the type. 50% case-hardening on lock andhammer. Brown and gray patina, pitting, wear. Appears some corrosion from blood on barrel. Stock withwear, nicks and mars. Moderate pitting in bore. Mellow patina to brass plaque. Gray patina, pitting onbayonet. Overall handsome patina andcondition suggests use early in Civil War, and probable capture from Confederate soldier atAntietam, thus the memorial brass plaque. Estimate: $20,000 / 30,000...more