Arms & Armor:Premier Auction
Arms & Armor:Premier Auction
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Fishtail Matchlock Arquebus
Lot # 1 (Sale Order: 1 of 285)
Condition: Good. Metal with a dull pewter patina and scattered oxidation, showing imperfections as well as tool marks. Some scattered light pitting here and there with a large patch of discolored pitting under the barrel between the forend tip and muzzle. Screws and hardware crudely fashioned, mechanically functional, good bore with moderate oxidation and some pitting. Stock good with numerous handling marks, bumps and dings and some chips out of the butt area of the gun, as well as some splintering along the forend at the ramrod channel.
EST $6000 - 8000
Interesting Flintlock Blunderbuss Marked Nottingham Police with Snap Bayonet
Lot # 2 (Sale Order: 2 of 285)
Provenance: From the collection of Peter Wainwright.
Condition: Very good. Brass with a mellow greenish-golden patina, with clear markings and some minor handling marks. Bore moderately oxidized. Action functional, snap bayonet spring weak and does not fully deploy, but locks in place as it should when fully extended. Stock in good condition with a repaired diagonal crack at right side of forend near the muzzle and another tight crack on the opposite side in the same general location. A small chip of wood is missing behind the breech plug tang above the wrist. Otherwise the stock shows only some scattered minor bumps, dings and small marks.
EST $2000 - 3000
Full-Stock Flintlock Kentucky Rifle
Lot # 3 (Sale Order: 3 of 285)
Condition: Good. Metal with a moderately oxidized brown patina, lock with scattered pitting. Mechanically functional, extremely dirty bore whose condition is impossible to determine without an aggressive cleaning. Stock with scattered bumps and dings but free any significant repairs.
EST $1500 - 3000
Very Rare 15th Century European Bronze European Breechloading Cannon
Lot # 4 (Sale Order: 4 of 285)
Condition: Cannon is patinated throughout and showing its six centuries of age. Cannons of this type are generally found only in museums. This is a rare opportunity for collectors of this type of cannons to acquire one - especially with a breech plug in identical condition.
EST $3000 - 5000
US Model 1822 (1816 Type II) Flintlock Musket by Harpers Ferry
Lot # 5 (Sale Order: 5 of 285)
Condition: Good, in crisp and untouched attic condition. All exposed metal is heavily oxidized with a thick crusty brown patina with even surface roughness. Most markings remain clear and legible. Metal and wood uncleaned, lock functional and in original flint. Bore poor, heavily oxidized and rusted. Stock untouched, dry and dirty with good edges and scattered bumps and dings, as well as a couple of minor surface chips. Bayonet with the same thick, crusty and heavily oxidized patina.
EST $1000 - 1500
Tack Decorated Spencer Model 1860 Rifle
Lot # 6 (Sale Order: 6 of 285)
Condition: Good. Retains no finish with a mottled and oxidized grayish-brown patina showing some scattered surface roughness and light pitting. Receiver markings remain legible, mechanically functional, heavily oxidized bore with evenly distributed light to moderate pitting. Stock with wear and numerous scattered bumps, dings and mars.
EST $1000 - 3000
Post-Civil War Modified US M1860 Spencer Carbine
Lot # 7 (Sale Order: 7 of 285)
Condition: Very good. Retains some nice thinning blue turning plum on the barrel with some traces of case color on the receiver which has a generally mottled gray and brown appearance with scattered light surface oxidation. Markings on top of receiver light but mostly legible. Mechanically functional, fine bore with some scattered light oxidation. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars but remaining fairly crisp and without the usual cracks in the butt associated with the magazine tube. A nice looking Civil War period Spencer that may have been returned to the factory for the magazine cut-off upgrade after the war or have simply been a post-war civilian sale from "new old stock."
EST $2000 - 3000
US Marked Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver
Lot # 8 (Sale Order: 8 of 285)
Condition: Good. Retains no finish with an old cleaning that has aged to a dull pewter patina. Markings in metal remain mostly crisp and sharp and were likely freshened, as was the cylinder scene. Mechanically functional, fair bore with moderate pitting along its entire length. Grip sanded with the brass backstrap proud of the wood, no cartouches present. Both sides of the grip with added wood repairs at the leading edges, also showing some bumps and dings.
EST $3000 - 6000
Colt London Navy WD Marked Percussion Revolver
Lot # 9 (Sale Order: 9 of 285)
With the advent of the Crimean War and the sudden need for modern repeating handguns in the field, the British Ordnance Department placed orders for a total of 23,700 Colt’s “Navy” pistols. These revolvers were delivered between March of 1854 and February of 1856. While many of these were delivered from Colt’s London production facility, additional revolvers were delivered from his US manufactory as well. Of these revolvers, 9,600 were issued to the Royal Navy, 5,000 were issued to the army in the Crimea and 9,000 remained in store at the Tower of London as of February 1856. All of these British military purchased revolvers were marked with London commercial proof marks, as well as the British military ownership mark of a small {broad arrow}/WD mark. The standard procedure for the British military was to keep arms in service for a minimum of 10 years unless they became unserviceable. Typically those arms were marked with opposed {broad arrows} when they were sold out of service. This gun is not so marked. As this revolver bears British War Department ownership markings and the revolver would have remained in British service until circa 1865, there is no realistic possibility that the inscription on the backstrap to a Confederate officer who died in 1863 is legitimate.
Condition: Good. Metal with a dull pewter gray patina with scattered surface oxidation and discoloration, showing some scattered pinpricking and light pitting here and there. Markings remain clear with a mostly visible cylinder scene. Mechanically functional, good bore with scattered oxidation and light pitting. Grips with wear and scattered bumps, dings and mars.
EST $2000 - 3000
Colt Model 1860 Army Percussion Revolver
Lot # 10 (Sale Order: 10 of 285)
Condition: Fine as refinished, retaining most of what appears to be an arsenal applied refinish. Markings remain mostly clear with the cylinder scene somewhat light. Mechanically functional, very good bore with some scattered oxidation and light pitting. Chambers with some surface rust. Right side of muzzle with metal loss due to holster wear. Grip lightly sanded leaving the left cartouche weak and the right one nearly imperceptible.
EST $2000 - 4000
Colt Model 1851 "Army-Navy" Percussion Revolver
Lot # 11 (Sale Order: 11 of 285)
Condition: Very good. Retains flecked traces of flaked blue on the barrel with a mostly even plum brown patina and some scattered surface oxidation and a couple of spots of moderate surface roughness. Frame with minute hints of mottled case coloring, having a mostly tobacco brown patina. Crisp markings throughout on the metal, retaining most of the cylinder scene. Mechanically functional, all safety pins on rear of cylinder battered and essentially missing, bore good with even pitting and moderate oxidation along its length. Grip good, lightly sanded with some scattered bumps and dings and softened cartouches.
EST $5500 - 8000
Extremely Rare Confederate First Model Cofer Revolver - Serial No. 7
Lot # 12 (Sale Order: 12 of 285)
This exact revolver is pictured on page 145 of William Albaugh's Confederate Handguns with the photograph noted as courtesy of the National Rifle Association. When the revolver was discovered it had previously experienced a catastrophic failure that resulted in the forward portion of the topstrap and the top portion of the frame where the barrel screws in being blown away. No barrel was present in the photo. The frame showed a diagonal break through the topstrap that extended from just to the right of the letter "U" in "August" and traversed the letter "R" in "Cofer." For more details on this gun, please go to cowans.com
Provenance: ex-Fred Slaton Collection
Condition: Very good as restored. Retains no finish on the replacement barrel with a lightly oxidized pewter gray patina showing some scattered age discoloration and evenly distributed pin pricking. Barrel marking remains mostly clear and legible with only the letter "M" in "Portsmouth" mostly obscured. Bore extremely dirty, moderately oxidized and evenly pitted. Hammer with traces of case coloring, most visible with the side plate removed. Brass frame and side plate with a wonderful, untouched deep mustard patina with hints of ocher. Side plate shows no remarkable prying or tool marks along the sharp edges. Both the original and restored markings on the repaired topstrap remain very crisp and clear, as does serial number on bottom of grip. The repair itself is all but undetectable. Revolver remains mechanically functional and times, indexes and locks up as it should. Grips remain in about good condition with wear and age and some old repairs. A small piece of reinforcement wood has been inlet into the interior of the left grip around the screw escutcheon and a triangular piece of wood has been repaired on the right grip along the backstrap measuring about 1.5" along the base at the backstrap with the two legs measuring roughly 1" in length and meeting at the grip screw escutcheon. Otherwise the grips show the bumps, dings and handling marks expected on a Civil War period revolver's grips. A wonderful restored example of one of the rarest of all revolvers of the Southern Confederacy.
EST $75000 - 150000
Confederate Manhattan Cutler Co. Bowie Knife
Lot # 13 (Sale Order: 13 of 285)
Condition: Etching on blade is excellent. Excellent condition.
EST $1500 - 2500
Will and Fink San Francisco Bowie Knife
Lot # 14 (Sale Order: 14 of 285)
Condition: Blade with pitting on both sides with sharpening marks. Good condition.
EST $1500 - 2500
Rare Large D-Guard Bowie Knife
Lot # 15 (Sale Order: 15 of 285)
Condition: Guard, ferrule and grip collar ring are all heavily pitted with oxidation forming. Good.
EST $2000 - 4000
Confederate Bowie Knife from Antietam Battlefield
Lot # 16 (Sale Order: 16 of 285)
Condition: Blade is in relic condition with deep brown pitting. Brass handle with nice patina.
EST $1500 - 2500
Horstmann U.S. Model 1840 Cavalry Saber
Lot # 17 (Sale Order: 17 of 285)
Condition: Good. Blade is mostly bright with some scattered oxidation and staining. Guard has a dull patination with grip retaining its original wire and minimal leather loss. Scabbard and blade have some evidence of past cleaning.
EST $700 - 1000
Rare W. Clauberg Coast Guard Statue Hilt Dress Officers Sword
Lot # 18 (Sale Order: 18 of 285)
Condition: Fair. Blade has some scattered oxidation and scratching with some dark red rust in scratches with some additional rust on gilt wash, possibly from moisture in the scabbard. Cutting edge has no major imperfections. Scabbard has some scattered spots of oxidation and some dulling of luster of mounts.
EST $2000 - 3000
Civil War Belt Holster for a Colt Dragoon
Lot # 19 (Sale Order: 19 of 285)
Condition: Excellent overall.
EST $1000 - 1500
Museum Quality Reproduction U.S. Model 1858 Dress Hat for Cavalry
Lot # 20 (Sale Order: 20 of 285)
Condition: Blank likely a reproduction. Fittings appear to be original. Some tarnishing to fittings and fading to hat cord. An excellent museum quality reproduction.
EST $800 - 1200
Civil War-Era 36-Star American Flag
Lot # 21 (Sale Order: 21 of 285)
The 36-star flag became official after the admission of Nevada into the Union. It lasted for two short years. Ca 1865-1867.
Condition: Some scattered stains, minor holes. Toning to flag. Some corners reinforced with additional fabric.
EST $1000 - 1500
Civil War Flag
Lot # 22 (Sale Order: 22 of 285)
Reportedly associated with Hancock's Veteran Legion.
Condition: Not removed from frame for examination and confirmation of materials.
EST $2000 - 4000
Springfield Model 1873 Carbine Marked to the 9th US Cavalry
Lot # 23 (Sale Order: 23 of 285)
Condition: Very good. Barrel with some thinning blue, mixed with a mostly smooth plum brown patina. Metal with some scattered surface oxidation and some minor roughness on the barrel near the muzzle. Receiver with some dull mottled color. Markings clear, cartouche appears to be re-stamped, mechanically functional, very good bore with scattered oxidation and some dirt and dust. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars, as well as a few tiny surface chips forward of the sling bar mounts.
EST $2500 - 5000
Springfield Model 1877 Trapdoor Carbine
Lot # 24 (Sale Order: 24 of 285)
Condition: Fine. Retains much of the blued finish on the barrel with some mottled gray case color remaining on the receiver. Clear markings, mechanically functional, very good bore bright and shiny. Rear sight loose. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars.
EST $2500 - 4000
Rare Early Model 1873 Springfield Trapdoor Carbine
Lot # 25 (Sale Order: 25 of 285)
Condition: Fine. Retains a significant amount of thinned blue on the barrel with some scattered patches of surface oxidation and a thumb sized patch of minor surface roughness near the muzzle. Receiver and breech block with strong traces of the dull blacked case colors typical of these pre-1877 production Trapdoors. All markings clear and crisp, fine cartouche and firing proof. Mechanically functional, very good to excellent bore, bright and shiny. Stock with scattered bumps, dings, minor marks and bruises. A really wonderful early production 1873 carbine with a fine short-comb stock.
EST $3500 - 6500