Historic Firearms & Early Militaria: Live Auction
Historic Firearms & Early Militaria: Live Auction
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Description
Austrian Elliptical Blunderbuss
Lot # 1 (Sale Order: 1 of 458)
Condition: About fine overall. Lightly cleaned metal with smooth gray color with a thin layer of surface oxidation developing. Mechanically functional. Good bore with moderate oxidation. Stock with good edges and lines, some wood loss around pins, and one pin loose.
EST $ 2000 - 3000
British Cannon Barrel Blunderbuss
Lot # 2 (Sale Order: 2 of 458)
Condition: Fine. Brass with attractive patina, lock with smooth brown, un-cleaned look. Markings mostly crisp and clear. Mechanically functional. Stock fine and crisp, with expected handling marks and dings and some minor wood loss around the pins.
EST $ 2000 - 3000
British Tower Brass Barrel Blunderbuss
Lot # 3 (Sale Order: 3 of 458)
Condition: Very good. Brass with a pleasing mellow patina, iron lock with even light pitting and lightly cleaned grayish patina. Mechanically functional. Good bore. Stock very good, with small crack in raised carving at tang.
EST $ 1500 - 2500
Brass Barrel Blunderbuss By Waters
Lot # 4 (Sale Order: 4 of 458)
Provenance: The William Locke Collection (pictured on pages 419-420 of Seller's book), The DuPont Collection, Mel Flanagan collection via John Gangle.
Condition: Good to very good overall. Brass with a nice butterscotch patina, lock with a dusky blue-gray and oxidized brown patina. Stock with some minor chips around the lock, as well as scattered nicks and dings. Lock mechanically functional, but a re-conversion to flint, as the pan has been welded to the lock.
EST $ 3000 - 5000
Irish Brass Blunderbuss By Rigby
Lot # 5 (Sale Order: 5 of 458)
Condition: Good to very good. Brass with a smooth, mellow bronze patina. Iron lock with a smoky blue gray patina and some pitting. Mechanically functional, good bore. Stock about good, with moderate wear, dings and mars, some tiny cracks around the wedges with associated wood loss. A nice example of a scarce Irish made blunderbuss from the early 1800s by a very famous maker.
EST $ 2000 - 3000
Spanish Cannon Barrel blunderbuss
Lot # 6 (Sale Order: 6 of 458)
Condition: Very good. Even patina on the brass, moderately oxidized lock fully functional, wood with minor handling marks.
EST $ 1000 - 1500
British Iron Mounted Flintlock Blunderbuss
Lot # 7 (Sale Order: 7 of 458)
Condition: Good to very good. Metal with a mostly plum brown patina, and evenly distributed oxidation, pinpricking and some light pitting. Lock functional, bore heavily oxidized. Stock with tight, repaired crack though lock mortise and wrist. Otherwise the stock remains crisp.
EST $ 1500 - 2000
British Brass Barrel Flintlock Blunderbuss With Folding Bayonet
Lot # 8 (Sale Order: 8 of 458)
Condition: Very good. Brass with a deep golden patina. Good bore. Lightly pitted lock is mechanically functional. Snap bayonet functions correctly as well. Stock with old repaired crack on reverse at nose cap and showing some bumps and dings as would be expected.
EST $ 3000 - 4000
French Brass Barrel Flintlock Blunderbuss
Lot # 9 (Sale Order: 9 of 458)
Condition: Fine overall. Brass with a deep umber patina. Fine bore and mechanics. Lock is lightly oxidized over a pewter patina. Stock is very fine a crisp, with only light handling marks.
EST $ 1500 - 2500
British Flintlock Brass Barrel Blunderbuss with Folding Bayonet By Griffin
Lot # 10 (Sale Order: 10 of 458)
Condition: Very good to fine. Brass with a golden patina, good bore. Lock cleaned to bright in the European fashion. Mechanically functional, both lock and bayonet. Stock crisp with usual bumps and dings and an old coat of added varnish.
EST $ 4000 - 6000
British Brass Barrel Blunderbuss with Folding Bayonet By Styan
Lot # 11 (Sale Order: 11 of 458)
Condition: About fine overall. Brass with a mellow patina, all engraving and markings remaining sharp. Lock mechanically functional, bore very good. Snap bayonet functions perfectly. Stock fine and crisp with a few handling dings and marks and a small sliver missing at the transition between the octagon and round portions of the barrel on the obverse of the stock. A very fine English blunderbuss.
EST $ 2500 - 3500
British Brass Barrel Blunderbuss By Joyner
Lot # 12 (Sale Order: 12 of 458)
Condition: Very good overall. Brass barrel, lock and furniture with dull ocher patina. Lock mechanically functional, good bore. Stock about good with some expertly executed repairs to the forend that are nearly invisible and would not have been discovered under cursory examination were it not for the consignor's notes. A really lovely little coaching carbine type blunderbuss from the late 1700s.
EST $ 1500 - 2000
British Flintlock Brass Barrel Blunderbuss By Ketland
Lot # 13 (Sale Order: 13 of 458)
Condition: About fine, brass with a mellow mustard patina. Lock with a dusky gray patina and scattered surface oxidation. Lock mechanically functional. Stock about fine, showing the usual bumps and dings and a tiny area of wood loss at the trigger guard. Otherwise fine.
EST $ 2000 - 3000
British Brass barrel Flintlock Blunderbuss
Lot # 14 (Sale Order: 14 of 458)
Condition: Very good. Brass with mellow golden patina. Bore good. Lock with dull gray patina, well marked and mechanically functional. Stock about good with repaired wood at stock tip, a couple of cracks on the reverse at the tang and some wood loss along the ramrod channel.
EST $ 2000 - 3000
Early British Brass Barrel Flintlock Blunderbuss by Blanckley
Lot # 15 (Sale Order: 15 of 458)
Condition: Very good to fine, particularly for a gun that is in excess 300 years old. Brass with a medium golden patina from an old cleaning that is starting to tone down. Lock is functional, with a dark brown patina and some light pitting. All markings remain legible. Stock with expected nicks and dings, some wood loss around the sideplate and pins. A really attractive and scarce late 17th century blunderbuss.
EST $ 3000 - 4000
Pair of British Brass Barreled Blunderbusses By E. Newton
Lot # 16 (Sale Order: 16 of 458)
Condition: Fine overall. Both blunderbusses have a lovely mellow golden patina to the brass. Good bores and fully functional locks in original flint configuration. All markings remain crisp and sharp. Stocks show only minor bumps, dings and handling marks. One stock shows a flaw in the obverse butt along the grain line. Really a lovely pair of diminutive brass barreled blunderbusses from the first part of the 1700s.
EST $ 7000 - 9000
British Tower Brass Barrel Flintlock Blunderbuss
Lot # 17 (Sale Order: 17 of 458)
Condition: Good to near very good. Brass with a mellow golden patina. Lock with a lightly oxidized gray patina and clear markings. Mechanically functional. Stock about good, with minor crack below lock mortise, running to triggeguard. Some wood loss around the pins as well. Buttplate slightly proud of the wood. Otherwise solid with bump, dings and bruises.
EST $ 2000 - 4000
French Brass Barrel Flintlock Blunderbuss
Lot # 18 (Sale Order: 18 of 458)
Condition: Very good to fine. All brass with a pleasing mellow patina. Lock a mottled gray and brown with some scattered surface oxidation. Mechanically functional. Stock solid and crisp with sharp checkering. One tiny repair under the lock mortise. Otherwise showing only normal wear for a 200+ year old firearm.
EST $ 2000 - 3000
European Iron Mounted Blunderbuss
Lot # 19 (Sale Order: 19 of 458)
Condition: Good overall. Metal has been cleaned in the European fashion, and now has a smoky gray patina with oxidized discoloration. Mechanically functional, good bore. Stock with nicks, dings and mars. A plugged hole repair is present in the fore end at the rear pin, and a sliver is missing near the fore end tip on the reverse. Stock possibly shortened, fit at buttplate is crude.
EST $ 1000 - 1500
Flintlock Blunderbuss By W. Calderwood
Lot # 20 (Sale Order: 20 of 458)
Condition: Good. Barrel cleaned to bright and showing some scuffs. Lock a mottled oxidized patina. Lock remains functional. Brass furniture with mellow ochre patina. Stock good, with repaired crack at front of lock mortise and on flat, opposite lock.
EST $ 1500 - 2500
British Flintlock Brass Barrel Blunderbuss by Blacnkle
Lot # 21 (Sale Order: 21 of 458)
Condition: Good. Brass with a nice patina, lock crisp with a mottled gray appearance. Mechanically functional, good bore. Wood very good as restocked with some wear and worm holes. Associated iron furniture may or may not be original to the gun as originally manufactured, particularly the flat side plate.
EST $ 2000 - 3000
German Iron Mounted Flintlock Blunderbuss
Lot # 22 (Sale Order: 22 of 458)
.95" flared muzzle (about .75" at breech), 26" pinned octagonal-to-round barrel with sets of baluster turned rings at the transitions. Iron furniture, European hardwood stock with horn fore end tip. Rounded lock with teat at rear and unbridled, faceted iron pan. Rounded, swan neck cock. Open work, two-screw sideplate, and open work wrist escutcheon. Stock with raised cheek piece and sling swivels in toe and near muzzle. Two rammer pipes, wood rammer.
Condition: Good overall. Has been cleaned in a European fashion, leaving the lock bright with some pits. Barrel toning down slightly, but showing some pits as well as some flaws. Mechanically functional, good bore. Stock with bumps and dings, repaired crack at wrist and a large, triangular inset repair on the reverse at the barrel transition.
EST $ 2000 - 3000
European Flintlock Blunderbuss
Lot # 23 (Sale Order: 23 of 458)
1.85" flared muzzle (about .75" at breech), 25.25" round iron barrel, secured by pins and single screw that enters from the bottom. Flat, beveled, stepped lock with finial at rear, and flat rectangular pan. Flat reinforced cock. Iron buttplate, brass trigger guard. European hardwood stock. Iron tipped wooden ramrod. Consignor notes mention that a similar lock is pictured in Arms & Armor in Colonial America by Harold Peterson on page 34.
Condition: Good. Metal cleaned in the European fashion, with a steel gray patina with scattered pitting. Barrel shows flaws and possibly some welded repairs to fill pits or cracks. Iron furniture with similar patina. Stock fit is poor around buttplate tang, with chipping and worm holes. Probably an old restock of older metal parts.
EST $ 2000 - 3000
British Iron Barreled Flintlock Blunderbuss by Reynolds
Lot # 24 (Sale Order: 24 of 458)
Condition: Good overall. Barrel with a thick, uncleaned brown patina with scattered light to moderate pitting and a moderately pitted bore. Mechanically functional. Lock may be an old, period-of-use replacement as it is is about .25" short of fitting the mortise perfectly. Brass furniture with deep, dark, untouched patina. Bottom 1" of buttplate broken and missing at toe. Wooden ramrod is not removable.
EST $ 1000 - 2000
British Flintlock Elliptical Bore Swivel Gun
Lot # 25 (Sale Order: 25 of 458)
Condition: Near fine overall. Iron barrel previously cleaned and now toning down with a thin brown patina. Lock mechanically functional, bore good with moderate pitting. Smooth mellow brass patina. Stock crisp with usual minor bumps and dings. Wooden ramrod broken.
EST $ 3000 - 5000