Historic Firearms & Militaria 2-Day Live Auction
Historic Firearms & Militaria 2-Day Live Auction
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Description
Texas Hope Pattern Confederate Saddle Captured at Perryville
Lot # 384 (Sale Order: 376 of 606)
Provenance: John Ashworth Collection
Condition: Good. Has normal age and service wear, some crazing on the leather, seam separation around the horn. Metal with even patina.
EST $ 4000 - 6000
Civil War Infantry Enlisted Frock Coat
Lot # 385 (Sale Order: 377 of 606)
As demand for blue wool fabric became acute in the early months of the war, federal quartermasters sought temporary fabric substitutes, most notably gray and as seen in this garment, black. Overcoats made of black pilot cloth are well-documented and occasionally surface in collecting circles - here's a less known example of early war Yankee innovation made by an unknown federal contractor. Viewed indoors this coat looks close to dark blue - in sunlight it's true color is manifest.
Condition: NULL
EST $ 4000 - 6000
Confederate Richmond Arsenal Artillery Pattern Jenifer Saddle
Lot # 386 (Sale Order: 378 of 606)
Provenance: John Ashworth Collection
Condition: Fair to good. Rawhide split in two places on the left side of the seat and has loose stitching. Leather crazed and the left skirt is torn in two and repaired with a leather backing. There are a number of smaller tears and repairs.
EST $ 7000 - 9000
Magnificent Tiffany Sterling Silver Tray Presented to Colonel Abram Duryee of Duryee's Zouaves Fame
Lot # 387 (Sale Order: 379 of 606)
Confederate First National Flag Captured New Orleans by Captain Edward W. Thompson, 1st Maine Light
Lot # 388 (Sale Order: 380 of 606)
EST $30,000 - 40,000
U.S. Navy Marked Remington-Lee Model 1879 Bolt Action Rifle
Lot # 391 (Sale Order: 381 of 606)
Condition: The barrel has a nice blue patina, with the receiver being a silverish grey. The stock has one or two dings and is in very good condition. The bore and the action are very good.
EST $ 1000 - 2000
Colt Lighting Magazine Rifle
Lot # 394 (Sale Order: 382 of 606)
Condition: Barrel and magazine retain most of the original blue finish. Frame retains most of the original blue finish. Some light areas of staining on the left side of the frame. A crisp Rampart Colt. Stock and forearm are excellent. Butt plate has turned to a plum brown patina. Bore is very good and will clean to better.
EST $ 1500 - 3000
U.S. Winchester-Hotchkiss Bolt Action Rifle, Third Model
Lot # 395 (Sale Order: 383 of 606)
Condition: The barrel displays a beautiful blue finish, with the frame and buttplate displaying nice case coloring. The stock is excellent. The bore and action are very good.
EST $ 1500 - 2500
**Winchester Model 1894 Deluxe Takedown Rifle
Lot # 397 (Sale Order: 384 of 606)
Condition: All parts retain nearly all of the blue finish. Proof marks on the top of barrel and the top of the frame are very proud and stand up. Some wear on the high edges, and around the front of the muzzle. Take-down ring has been refinished. Lever retains most of the blue finish with some flaking on the right side. The fancy grain checkered stock and forearm are in very good to excellent condition. The bore is excellent.
EST $ 3000 - 5000
Winchester 1873 Lever Action Indian Carbine
Lot # 398 (Sale Order: 385 of 606)
Provenance: Ex. John Hayes Collection
Condition: All metal has an even untouched patina throughout. The brass cartridge carrier has a dark mustard to black patina. The stock and forearm exhibit a dry and cracked pattern consistent with Indian used guns. Decorated with mustard to brown patina Indian beads. Missing the dust cover and butt plate which is not uncommon with Indian firearms. A fine example of an Indian used Winchester Model 1873.
EST $ 1500 - 2500
Cased Spencer Sporting Rifle Made For Col. Joseph C. Audenried
Lot # 399 (Sale Order: 386 of 606)
History:
Born into a well-to-do Philadelphia family, Joseph Crain Audenried (1839-1880) enjoyed a place at the highest levels of the United States Army. Handsome, intelligent, and efficient, he made the most of his talents and good fortune, serving as Major General William T. Sherman's most trusted Aide-de-Camp for seventeen years from 1863-1880.
Graduating seventeenth in West Point's Class of 1861, Audenried was briefly assigned to the 3rd United States Cavalry and later the 6th U.S. Cavalry, where he served as adjutant. At the battle of 1st Bull Run he acted as aide to General Daniel Tyler, demonstrating skills which other officers would recognize throughout his career. The following summer, following the Peninsula Campaign and assignment as Acting Assistant Adjutant General to the 1st Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Potomac, he joined Major General "Bull" Sumner's staff and was promoted to Captain.
During the desperate fighting in the West Woods at Antietam, Audenried was wounded and cited for gallantry under fire. Returning to duty in time for the Rappahannock Campaign and battle of Fredericksburg, he remained with Sumner until the General's voluntary resignation in March 1863, when he briefly joined Major General Wool's staff. Next Audenried joined Major General U.S. Grant's military family, then at Vicksburg and accompanied him to Chattanooga. During these operations, he became attached to Major General W.T. Sherman, an association that lasted the rest of his career.
Active campaigning in the West marked the remainder of his wartime duty. On October 11, 1863, Sherman and staff narrowly avoided capture by Forrest's cavalry during a railroad stop-over at Colliersville, Tennessee. Six weeks later Audenried helped coordinate Sherman's attack on Mission Ridge and then marched with Sherman's column to relieve General Burnside at Knoxville, through mountains covered in snow and mud. On December 3rd, Audenried personally delivered Sherman's dispatch to Burnside announcing their arrival.
In the Spring of 1864, Sherman's three armies moved towards Atlanta, distinguished by 120 days of constant fighting, marching and entrenching. The General relied heavily on his staff to "carry my orders day and night to distant parts of our extended lines with an intelligence and zeal.... These officers, of singular energy and intelligence, have been of immense assistance to me in handling these large armies," he acknowledged. Audenried continued these duties during the Savannah and Carolinas Campaigns, moving between organizational headquarters with important orders and dispatches.
In recognition of his efficient service, Audenried was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel ADC in August 1866 and to full colonel in March 1869, when Sherman advanced to General of the Armies. Two years later he accompanied his general on a ten-month tour of European and Middle Eastern countries, viewing fortifications and recent battlefields of the continent. A few years later Audenried's health began to fail and he passed away on June 3, 1880, of an unknown cause. He was survived by his wife Mary and daughter Florence, then thirteen years old. His resting place is the Post Cemetery at West Point, New York.
Condition: This is an outstanding cased Spencer Rifle of which there are only three known sets. This rifle retains all of the original blue finish on the barrel. Bright fiery blue on the hood sight, rear barrel sight and tang sight. The case colored parts retain all of the vivid fiery case colors. Stock and forearm are mint. Silver plated tip retains all of the silver finish. The stock has areas of lightness, cause by being displayed close to sunlight. Entire rifle is about in new condition. Case is in outstanding condition. The lining is excellent. It is The best Cased ID'd Spencer Sporting Rifle known for sale.
EST $ 25000 - 50000
Bergner & Fils Hunter Case Pocket Watch in 18 Karat Yellow Gold for Colonel Audenried of the United
Lot # 399a (Sale Order: 387 of 606)
Watch 46.4 dwt.
Chain and locket 24 dwt.
Condition: Excellent to mint.
EST $ 2000 - 3000
Colonel Joseph C. Audenried, Oil on Canvas
Lot # 400 (Sale Order: 388 of 606)
Condition: Minor spots of in-painting around the figure, with only one minuscule spot on the neck of the figure, the face remaining untouched. Some surface grime towards the bottom. Wear to paint along rabbets, with a few very small paint chips, hidden by the frame. Mild craquelure throughout.
EST $ 800 - 1000
1870s Elliot's Patent Medical Saddle Bags & Contents by A. A. Mellier of St Louis
Lot # 401 (Sale Order: 389 of 606)
Condition: Good. Normal age and light crazing on the leather.
EST $ 1000 - 1600
Texas Hope Pattern Saddle ca. 1880
Lot # 402 (Sale Order: 390 of 606)
Provenance: John Ashworth Collection
Condition: Good. rawhide with some cracks, leather finish crazed with a little seam separation on the edge of the horn. Moderate age and service wear.
EST $ 1500 - 3000
Model 1875 Morgan Army Wagon Saddle
Lot # 403 (Sale Order: 391 of 606)
Provenance: John Ashworth Collection
Condition: Very good. Moderate rawhide shrinkage at the seams. Moderate crazing on the leather finish. Normal age and service wear.
EST $ 1500 - 3000
Saddle Belonging To Antelope Ernst Bauman Custer Scout And Buffalo Hunter Made By Rodgers Denver
Lot # 404 (Sale Order: 392 of 606)
"Antelope" Ernst Baumann was born in Berlin in 1854 and migrated to Buffalo, New York as a young child. Drawn to the western frontier as a young man, he drifted to Denver, where he worked as a game hunter for railroad construction gangs. Known as a crack marksman, Baumann worked with William "Wild Bill" Cody and eventually signed on as a cavalry scout. He was present with Custer's 7th Cavalry during the Yellowstone Campaign of 1876 and survived the Little Big Horn massacre as part of Reno's detachment. After his scouting days, Baumann offered his services as a guide for wealthy game hunters, eventually entering the mining business. Retiring back to Buffalo in the early 1890's, the last decades of his life he operated a family butcher shop, where relics of his frontier years were proudly displayed.
Condition: Condition of tooled leather seat is excellent with some signs of wear and deterioration on attached straps and leather skirts. Mutli-strand rope girth is remarkably solid and in very good condition.
EST $ 5000 - 10000
Buckskins Belonging to Antelope Ernst Bauman, Scout for General George Custer and Buffalo Hunter --
Lot # 405 (Sale Order: 393 of 606)
The trousers match the same hide as the coat and are lined with a medium brown canvas for the pocket and waistband. Military-style brass dish buttons are on the waistband and fly - two suspender buttons are missing. Three horizontal fringed pockets appear on the legs and the right hip with a hidden watch pocket on the right waist. Original rawhide laces still thread the adjuster vent on rear of waistband. Cuffs are faced with a two inch band of hide.
"Antelope" Ernst Bauman was born in Berlin in 1854 and migrated with his family to Buffalo, New York as a child. Drawn to the western frontier as a young man, he drifted to Denver, where he worked as a game hunter for railroad construction gangs. Known as a crack marksman, Bauman worked with William "Wild Bill" Cody and eventually signed on as a cavalry scout. He was present with Custer's 7th Cavalry during the Yellowstone Campaign of 1876 and survived the Little Big Horn massacre as part of Reno's detachment. After his scouting days, Bauman offered his services as a guide for wealthy game hunters, including a young Theodore Roosevelt. Bauman's last days in the West were in the mining business, from which he retired and returned to Buffalo in the early 1890's. The last decades of his life he operated a family butcher shop, where relics of his frontier years were proudly displayed, including the "buckskin jacket worn at the Battle of the Little Big Horn."
Two buckskin coats were part of this collection - the above coat and a jacket presently in the Autry National Center collection. The latter is the same jacket seen in the famous cabinet card portrait of Bauman and exhibits none of the grime found on these garments. Considering the extensive wear and soiling seen on this coat and trousers, these are likely the garments worn during that fateful of June 25, 1876. This lot and the related Bauman saddle were consigned to Cowan's from a direct descendant; an undated local newspaper story (probably from the 1950's) describes the family relics and accompanies the lot.
Condition: Condition is "as found" from the Baumann family and both garments show the accumulated wear and soiling of years on the frontier. A few period repairs are seen on trouser pockets vents. Honest patina of western history throughout.
EST $ 5000 - 10000
**Springfield Model 1898 Krag Rifle
Lot # 407 (Sale Order: 394 of 606)
**Requires C&R or FFL - see T&C if you are not personally a license holder
Condition: Retaining all of the original blue finish. Beautiful opened-grained walnut stock with mint cartouche and firing proof behind the trigger guard. This is a truly an outstanding late production Krag rifle.
EST $ 1000 - 1500
**Model 1898 Springfield Krag Rifle
Lot # 408 (Sale Order: 395 of 606)
**Requires C&R or FFL - see T&C if you are not personally a license holder
Condition: Barrel retains most of the blue finish. Receiver with a nice mottled grey to predominately blue finish. Stock has a age crack on the right side near the butt plate which does not detract from the overall appearance of the rifle. Top comb has rack number "2E2". Stock is excellent with nice open-grained look and very sharp and crisp cartouches. Overall a very nice collectible Krag Rifle.
EST $ 1500 - 2000
British Lee Metford MkI Bolt Action Rifle
Lot # 410 (Sale Order: 396 of 606)
Condition: The barrel and receiver have a blue finish, with fading to the receiver. The stock has some nicks and dings and is in good condition. The bore and action are very good.
EST $ 1200 - 1800
**1902-1906 Transitional Luger Carbine
Lot # 411 (Sale Order: 397 of 606)
**Requires C&R or FFL - see T&C if you are not personally a license holder
Condition: All metal parts still retaining some of the original blue finish. Some of the polished bright parts still retain some of the straw finish. Grips are very good, the stock checkering is a little worn, still has the original horn butt plate.
EST $ 8000 - 12000
**C-96 Mauser Broomhandle Pistol
Lot # 412 (Sale Order: 398 of 606)
**Requires C&R or FFL - see T&C if you are not personally a license holder
Condition: Pistol retains a lot of the original blue finish. Wear to the high edges. Bore is good has some very fine pitting in the grooves. Grips are very good. Overall excellent .
EST $ 1000 - 1500
**Webley & Scott .455 Self-Loading Pistol Mark I
Lot # 413 (Sale Order: 399 of 606)
**Requires C&R or FFL - see T&C if you are not personally a license holder
Condition: Retaining most of the bright original blue finish with a little wear to the high edges. Excellent overall. Excellent bore.
EST $ 1500 - 2500
**German WWI Artillery Luger
Lot # 414 (Sale Order: 400 of 606)
**Requires C&R or FFL - see T&C if you are not personally a license holder
Condition: Retaining most of the original blue finish just lightly turning plum. Some wear to the high edges. Grisp are very good. Bore is good and will clean to very good. Overall an excellent artillery Luger.
EST $ 1500 - 2500