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Milestone’s Oct. 23 Premier Antique & Modern Firearms Auction loaded with fresh-to-market one-off productions
Featured: Untouched Civil War-era Winchester Henry rifle, one of only 75 Rutledge-bore Winchester Model 61s, WWII Allied & Axis handguns, many other blue-chip arms WILLOUGHBY, Ohio – A choice selection of recently discovered firearms that have never before appeared at auction will headline Milestone’s October 23, 2021 Premier Antique &…
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Morphy’s to auction highly important Bill Myers Collection of Historical Antique Firearms, Edged Weapons & Early Militaria, Sept. 29
Featured: Kentucky rifles, flintlock pistols, silver-mounted knives, explorer Alexander Mackenzie’s historical pipe tomahawk, exquisitely engraved powder horns DENVER, Pa. – On Wednesday, September 29, Morphy’s will auction the revered Bill Myers collection of antique firearms, edged weapons and early militaria. The 163-lot boutique auction is devoted exclusively to Myers’ holdings,…
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Levi Jeans Fragments, Two Geronimo Photos And A Bechtler Gold Coin Lead The Way In Holabird’s Western Americana Auction Held Aug. 5-9
The five-day auction featured nearly 3,000 lots of Native Americana, philatelic and numismatics, militaria, railroad collectibles, Americana, mining memorabilia, stock certificates, art and more. RENO, Nev. – Fragments of Levi jeans from the 1880s soared to $10,312, two period photos of the surrender of Geronimo in Arizona in the 1880s…
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Bonhams Presents the Gun Used to Kill Billy the Kid in Early West Auction
A famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral started on October 26th, 1881. Virgil Earp, brother to Morgan and Wyatt Earp, led the fight with Doc Holliday. After the gunfight, a group of outlaws retaliated and maimed Virgil’s right arm. That didn’t keep him out of the crime-fighting business, as Earp…
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New Frontier to offer premier estate collections including Old West artifacts, antique and vintage firearms at Aug. 28 Cheyenne Firearms & Western Collectibles Auction
Featured: Lifetime collection of 1895 Winchesters, horsehair bridles, Western art and bronzes from estate of Mike Olson; firearms legend Elmer Keith’s own Winchester Deluxe 1886 rifle Legendary firearms expert and author Elmer Keith’s (1899-1984) personal special-order .45-.90-caliber Winchester Deluxe 1886 rifle, manufactured 1903. Checkered pistol-grip stocks of highly flame-figured American…
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Holabird Western Americana Collections Will Hold A Huge, Five-day Sizzling Summer Western Americana Auction, Aug. 5-9, Live And Online
The auction is loaded with nearly 3,000 lots of Native Americana, philatelic and numismatics, militaria, railroad collectibles, Americana, mining memorabilia, stock certificates, art and more. RENO, Nev. – General George Armstrong Custer’s Civil War holster and gun belt, a photo diary of Pancho Villa with three books on the Mexican…
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An 1863 Henry Repeating Rifle And A J. Tapia Target Pattern Spade Bit Each Bring $23,600 At The 31st Annual Cody Old West Auction On June 26th
The auction, which grossed a healthy $1.1 million, was held by Brian Lebel’s Old West Events in Santa Fe, New Mexico, plus online via the Old West Events website -- www.OldWestEvents.com. SANTA FE, N.M. – A Henry repeating rifle manufactured in 1863 and a J. Tapia target pattern spade bit…
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New Frontier announces new venue to accommodate expanding Cheyenne Firearms & Western Collectibles Show and Auction
12th annual edition of popular collector event will be held Aug. 27-29 at spacious Laramie County Event Center at Archer August 28, 2021 auction highlight: Winchester 1895 takedown rifle, deluxe two-barrel set (405WCF and 35WCF calibers), retains nearly 98% of its blue finish. Comes with leather case, assorted accoutrements and…
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Coveted high-condition militaria fueled Milestone’s $1.5M Premier Antique & Modern Firearms Auction, June 19
Auction superstars: Colt 1911 .45 ACP shipped to USMC depot in 1913, Walther World War II German K43 semiautomatic rifle, Russian Izhmash Dragunov Tiger rifle, antique American rifles Factory-cased Russian Izhmash Dragunov ‘Tiger’ rifle, 7.62X54 caliber, manufactured in 1993. Sold for $9,600, nearly four times the high estimate WILLOUGHBY, Ohio…
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Important group of medals awarded to Captain Peter Townsend to be sold at Dix Noonan Webb
The group of eleven includes a C.V.O., D.S.O., D.F.C. and Second Award Bar and will be sold with the recipient’s original Flying Log Books, bound in one volume - with later annotation in his own hand - covering the entirety of his operational career. LONDON.- The Important Battle of Britain fighter…
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Morphy’s to auction 1,500+ lots of premium-quality firearms, edged weapons, armor and militaria, July 13-15
Featured: Superbly engraved Kentucky-style percussion rifle held in Swiss family’s collection since 1840s, top-notch rifles & shotguns, Colt custom ‘samplers,’ stunning Don Ellis silver saddle Beautifully decorated Kentucky-style percussion rifle recently discovered with consignor provenance stating it once belonged to a Dr. Emmanuel Meyer (b. 1818, Basel, Switzerland; later a…
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Milestone musters top-tier selection of rare Colts, Civil War, military and Old West weapons for June 19 Premier Antique & Modern Firearms Auction
Featured: Documented Marine-shipped Colt 1911, 1st-year (1929) Colt .38-caliber Super, legendary Texas Ranger John Slaughter’s Colt .38, 1993 Judson Brennan .50-caliber flintlock rifle Colt .38-caliber revolver owned by legendary Texas Ranger, cowboy, poker player and rancher John Slaughter (1841-1922). Accompanied by factory letter indicating gun was shipped in 1904; plus…
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Prominent Orange County, New York Estates To Cross The Block At Estateofmind’s Two-session Auction, May 15th, Starting At 11 Am Edt
Session 1 will feature rifles and other militaria. Session 2 includes fine art, estate jewelry, rare American gold coins, sports memorabilia, ancient Roman and Greek coins, furniture and more. Pre-Revolutionary War map of New York City by John Montresor (British, 1736-1799), titled A Plan of the City of New York…
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Holabird Western Americana Collections Will Hold A Huge, 5-day Western Americana Signature Sale, May 13th Thru 17th, Live And Online
The auction is loaded with historical autographs, minerals and mining collectibles, numismatics, stock certificates, Americana, art and more - 3,049 lots - starting at 8 am Pacific time all 5 days. Earliest known American Express certificate (#46) issued in New York City on April 29, 1853 for 12 shares, to…
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Morphy’s May 18 Early Arms & Militaria Auction features early American flintlock rifles and pistols, Revolutionary War sabers, French and Indian War powder horns
Top highlight: Inscribed Kentucky long rifle presented by Marquis de Lafayette to Tuscarora Iroquois Indian guide Chief Tunis, estimated at $200K-$500K Important and historical Kentucky long rifle presented by Marquis de Lafayette to Tuscarora Iroquois Indian guide and friend Chief Tunis, who traveled with him during the American Revolution and…
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Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers Will Hold Its Inaugural Historic Arms & Militaria Auction Saturday, May 1st, At 10 Am Eastern Time; 400+ Lots
The sale is well-rounded and will feature historic material from the American Revolution thru the modern day, with wonderful objects that will appeal to beginning and higher-end collectors. Circa 1829 Russian M. 1805 12-pound bronze field gun, 69 ½ inches long field, marked “1829 / Bryansk” on the breech with…
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Morphy’s announces April 27-30 Exceptional Firearms & Militaria Auction with scores of rare and important productions seldom available to collectors
Featured: Potterfield family collection of 11 superb Westley Richards shotguns, ex-Baron von Blixen-Fineck’s 1932 Holland & Holland Royal Double Rifle, storied Singer 1911A1 military pistol Cased pair of circa-1993 bespoke Westley Richards & Co. (England) deluxe-grade sidelock side-by-side game shotguns. Gold-inlaid and engraved by master engraver Allan Brown. One of…
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Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers to Host Historic Arms & Militaria Sale
The upcoming Historic Arms & Militaria sale, hosted by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, will include a wide selection of antique guns. Among 413 lots is an 1812 Virginia Manufactory 2nd model flintlock pistol. The firearm has a .56 bore, a brass butt cap, and a thin brass band at the…
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Historic Autographs, Americana, and Civil War Era Documents in Upcoming Early American History Event
Free Black American soldiers enrolled in the army alongside white soldiers for the first time in U.S. history during the Revolutionary War. Soldiers from many different backgrounds fought against the British colonizers. Leading the upcoming Early American History Auctions sale is a Continental Army muster roll from around 1779. It…
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Milestone Auctions sets new house record with $1.5M sale of historically important firearms
1880s hand-painted shooting gallery target produced auction-day surprise, selling for $27,000 1913 L.C. Smith crown-grade 20-gauge ejector gun with both a 26-inch and 32-inch barrel. Made to order by Hunter Arms Co., Fulton, N.Y. One barrel is marked ‘Sir Joseph Whitworth Fluid Compressed Steel.’ Sold for $24,000 against an estimate…
