BUTCH CASSIDY HISTORICAL WEAPONS AUCTION
Sunday, November 6, 2016 | 1:00 PM Central
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BUTCH CASSIDY HISTORICAL WEAPONS AUCTION
Sunday, November 6, 2016 | 1:00 PM Central
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BUTCH CASSIDY & SUNDANCE KID HISTORICAL WEAPONS & RELATED FROM THE 1908 SHOOTOUT IN BOLIVIA FEATURING THEIR .44-40 1892 WINCHESTER CARBINE & BUTCH CASSIDY'S COLT REVOLVER - DOCUMENTED PROVENANCE!!!
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CIVIL WAR RELIC NEW MODEL REMINGTON ARMY REVOLVER
Lot # 1 (Sale Order: 1 of 534)
C.S.A. - CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR RELIC NEW MODEL REMINGTON ARMY REVOLVER - INSCRIBED ON THE BUTT STRAP "JMH 3RD - INF-S..C. PISTOL WAS CARRIED BY CAPT. J. M. HARRIS WHO SERVED IN THE 3RD SOUTH CAROLINA INFANTRY. HE WAS WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG. COMES WITH DOCUMENTATION PROVENANCE. MAJOR BATTLES: WINCHESTER, MALVERNE HILL, SHARPSBURG, FREDERICKSBURG AND GETTYSBURG. PRE AUCTION ESTIMATE $1,000 - $2,000
SCARCE INDIAN BEADED HIGH TOP MOCASSINS
Lot # 2 (Sale Order: 2 of 534)
SCARCE INDIAN BEADED HIGH TOP MOCASSINS - PRE AUCTION ESTIMAT - $400 - $600
PARKER BROS. 12 GA SIDE-BY-SIDE DOUBLE BARREL
Lot # 3 (Sale Order: 3 of 534)
PARKER BROS. 12 GA. SIDE-BY-SIDE DOUBLE BARREL MODEL TROJAN SHOTGUN - SERIAL # 218586 - IT HAS A 30-INCH BARREL AND THE OVERALL CONDITION IS GOOD. PRE AUCTION ESTIMATE - $1,000 - $2,000
RARE INDIAN KNIFE W/ ANTLER HANDLE & SCABBARD
Lot # 4 (Sale Order: 4 of 534)
RARE INDIAN KNIFE WITH ANTLER HANDLE AND SCABBARD - OVERALL LENGTH OF KNIFE IS APPROX. 15 INCHES - PRE AUCTION ESTIMATE - $500 $800
RARE SPENCER BUFFALO RIFLE
Lot # 5 (Sale Order: 5 of 534)
RARE SPENCER BUFFALO RIFLE - STAMPED BACHNER BROS. MPLS, MN - EVIDENCE OF INDIAN USE - STAMPED SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE CO. BOSTON MASS PAT MARCH 6 1860- CANNOT LOCATE A CAL. STAMP - PRE AUCTION ESTIMATE $4,000 - $5,000
TWO PAIR OF PIUTE BEADED BABY INDIAN MOCCASINS
Lot # 6 (Sale Order: 6 of 534)
Quantity: 2
TWO PAIR OF PIUTE BEADED BABY INDIAN MOCCASINS WITH PROVENANCE TO MARIAN LOUI WHO MADE THEM. SHE MARRIED TO JOSEPH LOUI THE LAST PIUTE CHIEF OF HARNEY CO. OREGAN - SOLD PER PAIR TIMES 2 - PRE AUCTION ESTIMATE $450 - $600 EACH
$200.00 x 2 = $400.00 Total
RARE SAVAGE NAVY REVOLVER .36 CAL - MGF 1861
Lot # 6a (Sale Order: 7 of 534)
RARE SAVAGE NAVY REVOLVER .36 CAL - RARE 7 1/8 BARREL, PROOF MARKS. CIVIL WAR CLASSIC, VERY GOOD CONDITION. MFG 1861, VERY GOOD ACTION SERIAL # 1585
RARE SIOUX THREE LEGGED BEADED TOBACCO BAG
Lot # 7 (Sale Order: 8 of 534)
RARE SIOUX THREE LEGGED BEADED TOBACCO BAG - APPROX. OVERALL LENGHT 23 INCHES - PRE AUCTION ESTIMATE $3,000 - $4,000
WINCHESTER MODEL 66 CENTENNIAL LEVER ACTION RIFLE
Lot # 8 (Sale Order: 9 of 534)
WINCHESTER MODEL 66 CENTENNIAL LEVER ACTION REPEATING CARBINE - SERIAL NUMBER 88813, 30-30 CALIBER - REBORN TO CELEBRATE WINCHESTER'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY. GOLD PLATED RECEIVER, CALLED "YELLOW BOY" BY THE PLAINS INDIANS. OCTOGON BARREL, HIGH-GLOSS AMERICAN WALNUT WITH WESTERN SADDLE RING. AS OF DECEMBER 31ST 1966 WINCHESTER WESTERN HAS DISCONTINUED THE MANUFACTURE OF THESE MODELS AND WILL NOT BE MANUFACTURED ANY LONGER, NEVER FIRED, COMES WITH ORIGINAL TAG
RARE BOWIE KNIFE AND ORIGINAL BEADED SCABBARD
Lot # 9 (Sale Order: 10 of 534)
RARE BOWIE KNIFE WITH COFFIN HANDLE AND ORIGINAL BEADED SCABBARD - 9 INCH POINTED BLADE - APPROX. OVERALL LENGTH OF BOWIE KNIFE 14 INCHES - PRE AUCTION ESTIMATE $1800 - $2,500
BUTCH CASSIDY .44-40 WINCHESTER MOD. 1892 CARBINE
Lot # 10 (Sale Order: 11 of 534)
THIS IS THE .44-40 CALIBER WINCHESTER MODEL 1892 CARBINE, SERIAL NUMBER 88433, THAT WAS USED BY BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID. IT WAS RECOVERED AT THE SCENCE OF THE SHOOTOUT ALONG WITH OTHER ITEMS AND PERSONAL EFFECTS OF BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID. THE PROVENANCE OF THIS RIFLE IS AS FOLLOWS: 1. A COPY OF A WARRANT FOR THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN JUSTO D. CONCHA DATED 11 NOVEMBER 1908. CONCHA HAD ABSCONDED WITH THE ITEMS THAT HAD BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE SCENE . LISTED IS A "WINCHESTER 88433 1892 RIFLE. 2. A COPY OF A DOCUMENT ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF CDNTRAL ARCHIVES, MINSTRY OF GOVERNENT BOLIVIA, THAT CERRTIFIES THAT THE PREVIOUS DOCUMENT WAS A OFFICAL COPY MADE BY THE ARCHIVE OF NOVEMBER 8, 2004, LAPAZ. 3. A COPY OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL ARCHIVES DOCUMENT. 4. A COPY OF A DOCUMENT THAT DISMISSES THE WARRANT FOR CAPTAIN JUSTO D. CONCHA. 5. COPY OF A LETTER WRITTEN BY A MOTHER TO HER SON DATED 24 APRIL 1975. IT MENTIONS LEATHER TRUNKS, TO INCLUDE GUNS AND PAPERS, AND THE WRITER SAID THAT THESE WERE IMPORTANT KEEPSAKES FORM HIS LAST MILITARY INTERVENTION WHEN HE WAS IN THE ARMY.6. ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE PREVIOUSLY LISTED MOTHERS LETTER TO HER SON. 7. A COPY OF A STAMPED AND SIGNED BOLIVIAN DOCUMENT THAT GIVES MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OF JUSTO D. CONCHA APPROVAL TO SELL HIS ANTIQUITIES DATE JUNE 1975. 8. A COPY OF A BILL OF SALE SIGNED ANTIONIO J CONCHA AND DATED 6 JULY 1984 IN LAPAZ. IT LISTS ONE RIFLE WINCHESTER (SIC) 88433 1892 9. A COPY OF THE BILL OF SALE SIGNED BY ANTONIO J. CONCHA AND DATED 6 JULY 1984 THAT WAS NOTARIZED AND CERTIFIED AS AN ORIGINAL DATED 7 SEPTEMBER 2004. 10. A SIGNED AND NOTARIZED AFFIDAVIT OF MICHAEL RONALD ZOMBER PREPARED FOR THE PRESENT OWNER. HE ADVISED THAT MR. HANS WOLFGANG SCHEMKE PURCHASED WINCHESTER 1892 SADDLE RING CARBINE, SERIAL NUMBER 88433, ALONG WITH OTHER OBJECTS EMANATING FROM THE CONCHA FAMILY. MR. ZOMBER CERTIFIES THAT HE ACQUIRED THE WINCHESTER AND THE OTHER ITEMS FROM DR. SCHEMKE. MR. ZOMBER IS A RECOGNIZED EXPERT IN THE AREA OF EUROPEAN, JAPANESE, ISLAMIC AND AMERICAN ARMS AND ARMOR FROM THE 16TH CENTURY THROUGH THE 19TH CENTURY. HE IS ALSO A WRITER OF BOOKS AND SCREEN PLAYS AND HAS APPEARED AS A GUEST HISTORIAN ON HISTORY CHANNELS "TALE OF THE GUN SERIES". HE HAS BEEN A COLLECTOR FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. 11. THE ORIGINAL WINCHESTER LETTER FOR WINCHESTER MODEL 1892, SERIAL NUMBER 88433.
NOTE: IN MY 47 YEAR CAREER, THIS WINCHESTER HAS THE MOST COMPLETE COMPREHENSIVE PROVENANCE DOCUMENTATION OF ANY FIREARM I'VE EVER SOLD!
RARE EASTERN LAKOTA PATCH KNIFE AND SCABBARD
Lot # 11 (Sale Order: 12 of 534)
RARE LATE 19TH CENTURY EASTERN LAKOTA PATCH KNIFE AND AND ORIGINAL MULEDEER SCABBARD - SHEATH OF MONTANA MULE DEER BRAIN TANED HIDE WITH ELK RAWHIDE LINER. WOOL NECK, ELK SINEW SEWN TIN CONES, VENETIAN GLASS BEADS - 1850 TO 1880 WITH RARE EARLIER COLOR SOWN ON EDGE. THE KNIFE IS MARKED W. WEBSTER - SHEFFIELD - THE GRIPS ARE MADE OF BONE - PRE AUCTION ESTIMATE - $1,750 TO $2,500. RARE!!!!
RARE COLT MODEL 1860 ARMY - .44 CAL REVOLVER
Lot # 11a (Sale Order: 13 of 534)
RARE COLT MODEL 1860 ARMY - .44 CAL REVOLVER - EXCELLENT CONDITION, ROLL ENGRAVED CYLINDER, 2ND GENERATION COLT, MFG BY COLT - SERIAL # 205143
RARE "HOOF HANDLE" KNIFE - WESTERN CUTLERY CO
Lot # 12 (Sale Order: 14 of 534)
RARE "HOOF HANDLE" KNIFE - WESTERN CUTLERY CO.
MULE SADDLE WITH OFFICIAL BOLIVIAN ARMY SEALS
Lot # 13 (Sale Order: 15 of 534)
THE MULE SADDLE BEARING A PAPER LABEL WITH OFFICIAL BOLIVIAN ARMY SEALS DATED 7 NOVIEMBRE de 1908 #16 IS ONE OF TWO "2 MONTURA" LISTED IN THE INVENTORY TAKEN BY COLONEL PASTOR BALDIVIESO ON 11 NOVEMBER 1908- FOLLOWING THE SHOOTOUT BETWEEN CAPTAIN JUSTO D. CONCHA AND HIS COMMAND WITH THE BANDITS COMMONLY KNOWN AS BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID FOLLOWING THE ROBBERY OF THE ARAMAYO, FRANKE, YCIA MINING COMPANY PAYROLL COMES WITH THE DOCUMENTATION. THE DOCUMENTATION OF THE CASSIDY/SUNDANCE #16 IS IMPECCABLE AND IS SO RECORDED IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE ARMY OF BOLIVIA AS WELL AS THE CONCHA FAMILY. PRE AUCTION ESTIMATE - $2,000 - $4000. "HARD TO PUT A VALUE ON HISTORY"
RARE "HOOF HANDLE" DAGGER WITH SCABBARD
Lot # 14 (Sale Order: 16 of 534)
RARE "HOOF HANDLE" DAGGER WITH SCABBARD - CROWN CUTLERY AUSTRIA
M1891 ARGENTINE MAUSER CARBINE - BOLIVIA SHOOTOUT
Lot # 15 (Sale Order: 17 of 534)
THE M1891 ARGENTINE MAUSER CARBINE SERIAL NUMBER A5581 IS THE "1 FUSIL MAUSER A5581" LISTED IN THE INVENTORY TAKEN BY COLONEL PASTOR BALDIVIESO ON 11 NOVEMBER 1908 FOLLOWING THE SHOOTOUT BETWEEN CAPTAIN JUSTO D. CONCHA AND HIS COMMAND WITH THE BANDITS COMMONLY KNOWN AS BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID FOLLOWING THE ROBBERY OF THE PAYROLL OF THE ARAMAYO, FRANKE, Y CIA MINING COMPANY PAYROLL. LISTED SERIAL NUMBER IN THE FOLLOWING DOCUEMENTS 1. "EJERCITO DE BOLIVIA #126 POTOSI, 11 DE NOIEMBRE DE 1908, 1 FUSIL MAUSER A5581. 2. RECIBO LA PAZ 6 DE JULIO 1884 BY ANTONIO J CONCHA"FISIL MAUSER SERIE A5581. THE MAUSER SERIAL # A5581 COMES WITH PROVENANCE DOCUMENTATION. PRE AUCTION ESIMATE - $5,000 - $10,000 - VERY HARD TO PUT A VALUE ON HISTORY!
VERY RARE INDIAN DAG KNIFE
Lot # 16 (Sale Order: 18 of 534)
VERY RARE INDIAN DAG KNIFE - APPROX OVERALL LENGTH IS 17 INCHES AND BLADE IS APPROX. 10 INCHES. - PRE AUCTION ESTIMATE $3,500 - $4,000
RARE "HOOF HANDLE" KNIFE WITH SCABBARD
Lot # 17 (Sale Order: 19 of 534)
RARE "HOOF HANDLE" KNIFE WITH SCABBARD - SOLIGEN GERMANY
THE CANVAS PAYROLL BAG FROM MINING CO. ROBBERY
Lot # 18 (Sale Order: 20 of 534)
THE CANVAS PAYROLL BAG BEARING A PAPER LABEL WITH OFFICIAL BOLIVIAN ARMY SEALS DATED 7 NOVIEMBRE DE 1908 IS ONE OF THE TWO "2 MORRALIS DE BANDOLERA" LISTED IN THE INVENTORY TAKEN BY COLONEL PASTOR BALDIVIESO ON 11 NOVEMBER 1908 FOLLOWING THE SHOOTOUT WITH THE BANDITS COMMONLY KNOWN AS BUTCH CASSIDY AND SUNDANCE KID FOLLOWING THE ROBBERY OF THE PAYROLL OF THE ARAMAYO, FRANKE, Y CIA MINING COMPANY PAYROLL. COMES WITH THE DOCUMENTATION FOR THE CANVAS BAG. PRE AUCTION ESTMATE $2,000 - $4,000 - VERY DIFFICULT TO VALUE HISTORY
OUTLAW "BUTCH CASSIDY'S" COLT S/A + HOLSTER RIG
Lot # 20 (Sale Order: 22 of 534)
OUTLAW "BUTCH CASSIDY'S" COLT S/A MODEL 1873 S/A REVOLVER SERIAL NUMBER 13428 AND HOLSTER RIG. ONCE THE PROPERTY OF BUTCH CASSIDY. IT WAS CONVERTED TO THE NEW .41 CAL CARTRIDGE SOMETIME AFTER 1885. IT WAS NICKEL PLATED AT THE TIME OF THE CONVERSION. THE EL PASO, TEXAS MARKED CARTRIDGE BELT IS ALSO A MONEY BELT WHERE SILVER OR GOLD DOLLARS CAN BE STORED. COMES WITH THE DOCUMENTATION PROVENANCE BOOKLET
RARE INDIAN KNIFE WITH ORIGINAL TREE BARK SCABBARD
Lot # 21 (Sale Order: 23 of 534)
RARE INDIAN KNIFE WITH ORIGINAL TREE BARK SCABBARD - APPROX. OVERALL LENGTH 17 1/4 INCHES AND BLADE APRPOX. 12 INCHES - PRE AUCTION ESTIMATE $1,500 - $1,850
RARE INDIAN SWINGING BALL CLUB
Lot # 22 (Sale Order: 24 of 534)
RARE INDIAN SWINGING BALL CLUB - COMES WITH INFORMATIONAL PAPERS - RARE PIECE!!! PRE AUCTION ESTIMATE $3,000 - $3,500
RARE JM COOPER 2ND MODEL .31 CAL POCKET REVOLVER
Lot # 22a (Sale Order: 25 of 534)
RARE JM COOPER 2ND MODEL .31 CAL POCKET REVOLVER - SERIAL NUMBER 10394
