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Category: Firearms & Militaria

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  Fine & Decorative Arts to Kick Off Fall Season at Fontaine’s Auction Gallery Oct. 17

  Fontaine’s Auction Gallery will present a broadly diversified auction featuring fine and decorative arts from fine estates throughout New England at its auction on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 11 am. Leading a fine grouping of paintings is a signed George Benjamin Luks ($6/9,000) oil on canvas, “Lower Manhattan,” 19½ by…

  Oct 1, 20
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  Civil War-era military amputation kit sells for $5,000 at Holabird's Great American Pow-Wow Auction held August 27-31

  Also, a pair of circa 1910-1920 railroad signal lamps brought $5,375 and a choice, attractive crystalline gold specimen weighing 5.45 troy ounces hit $5,625. Civil War-era military amputation kit made around 1861 by G. Tiemann & Co. (N.Y.), which had been making surgical instruments since 1826 ($5,000). RENO, NV, UNITED…

  Sep 22, 20
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  Important Falklands medals fetch £130,000 at Dix Noonan Webb

  Falklands War D.C.M. group of six medals. LONDON.- An important Falklands War D.C.M. group of six medals awarded to Sergeant, later Captain, J. S. Pettinger, of the 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, who distinguished himself on countless occasions, whilst serving as Patrol Commander D (Patrol) Company during 11 days of operations…

  Sep 21, 20
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  Milestone’s Sept. 26 Premier Firearms Auction offers hundreds of prized Colts and Winchesters, military and police arms

  Antique category includes rare 18th-century, Old West and Civil War-period firearms Cased, factory engraved Colt 4in nickel Python .357 Magnum in like-new, unfired condition in walnut Colt display case. Factory letter states gun was shipped to buyer in 1979. Estimate $7,000-$9,000 WILLOUGHBY, OHIO, UNITED STATES, September 17, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Milestone…

  Sep 17, 20
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  Stephenson's September 17th Firearms & Militaria auction features an important estate collection

  SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. – On Thursday, September 17, Stephenson’s Auction of Southampton (suburban Philadelphia), Pa., will conduct a 153-lot Firearms and Militaria sale featuring consignments from several estates. Most notable among them is the estate firearms collection of the late Honorable Robert F. Schaul, Attorney and Superior Court Presiding Judge of…

  Sep 14, 20
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  Leo Tolstoy's grandson's World War II flight jacket will be auctioned by EstateOfMind on October 3rd, live and online

  Included with the flight jacket are 29 albums of Ilya A. Tolstoy’s top-secret photos for the Office of Strategic Services’ China-Burma-India theater mission. The personal World War II flight jacket of Count and Colonel Ilya A. Tolstoy, the grandson of the renowned Russian author and Count Leo (Lev) Tolstoy (War…

  Sep 14, 20
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  The Gerritt & Shirley Breininger Western Toy Collection

  Founded by Louis and David Marx in New York City, Louis Marx and Company was an American toy manufacturer in operation from 1919 to 1980. The brand produced a wide range of dollhouses, cars and trains, toy soldiers, action figures, and mechanical tin toys. Their lithographed tin windup toys earned…

  Sep 8, 20
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  Hermann Historica GmbH announces highlights of auction at Castle Greding near Munich

  An Italian Louis XVI console, circa 1790. Lot 151, Starting price 4.800 Euro. MUNICH.- This September, Hermann Historica is offering an extra highlight that takes Munich's autumn of art to a new level. Under the heading "From castles and palaces – selected art and handcrafts from antiquity to the 20th century", around 250…

  Sep 8, 20
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  Americana & Political Signature Auction

  During the annual meeting of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1946, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. accepted an award on behalf of his father. The former president was honored by the CIO for “the tireless service he gave to the toilers of this nation and the world.” Heritage Auctions’…

  Sep 7, 20
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  Arms & Armor

  A selection of Japanese arms and armor is featured in the upcoming sale, presented by Cowan’s Auctions. One of the swords on offer is a katana sword from feudal Japan. A symbol of the Japanese samurai tradition, katana blades served as samurai weapons in the late 13th century. Since then,…

  Aug 24, 20
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  Brian Maiher Railroad, Fire, & Petroliana Auction

  In 1877, a gold and silver mining town in Colorado was named Leadville after the discovery of lead carbonite. As the mining town required fire security, a volunteer firefighter group was formed. However, it soon became necessary for the Leadville residents to organize their safety operations, and a fire chief…

  Aug 21, 20
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  Holabird's massive Great Americana Pow-Wow Auction, featuring Native and general Americana, will be held August 27-31

  The auction will be held live in the gallery at 3555 Airway Drive in Reno, and online via several bidding platforms. Start times all five days are 8 am Pacific. Spectacular silver and exquisite sky-blue turquoise squash blossom necklace, circa 1950s or ‘60s, “the finest one we’ve ever seen,” according…

  Aug 19, 20
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  Two important guns by Purdey to be sold in aid of Gunmaker's Charitable Trust

  A scarce 12-bore top lever bar-in-wood hammer live pigeon gun, also by J. Purdey & Sons, built in 1884 for the Compte de Casserta who won the Grand Prix du Casino, Monte Carlo in 1884, most likely with this gun. It is expected to fetch £12,000 – 15,000. LONDON.-Gavin Gardiner…

  Aug 12, 20
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  Preston Evans has a colossal four-day auction event planned for Sept. 4-7 at the Big Peach Antiques Mall in Byron, Ga.

  Offered will be toys, Popeye collectibles, advertising, movie posters, petroliana, jukeboxes, arcade games, slots, magic memorabilia, Coca-Cola items, more. Items belonging to Preston Evans’s longtime friend Buddy Austin, recently deceased, will be sold, to include his beloved 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air and a collection of vintage motorcycles. BYRON, GEORGIA, UNITED…

  Aug 11, 20
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  Morphy Auctions presents formidable lineup of Edged Weapons, Armor & Militaria, Aug. 18-19

  Rare, recently discovered ‘Improved Pattern’ Bowie knife made by Schively, Philadelphia, circa 1830s. Straight-back blade has 11 3/16-in sharpened false edge. Excellent original condition with incised and nickel-silver-accented leather sheath. Not believed to have been recorded or illustrated in any reference books. Estimate $30,000-$60,000. DENVER, PA.- While writers may offer a…

  Aug 10, 20
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  Field & Range Firearms

  The upcoming  Field & Range Firearms sale, offered by Morphy Auctions, will include a large collection of antique guns. One lot of interest from the collection is an 1886 Winchester short rifle. The firearm has a 22-inch tapered round barrel with a full-length magazine tube. A Cia single-shot pistol also…

  Aug 6, 20
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  Morphy's rolls out Field & Range Firearms Auction, Aug. 11-13

  German Blaser over/under shotgun/rifle B95 combination gun with case and additional barrel set. Two Zeiss Diavari-Z scopes. Estimate $5,000-$8,000. DENVER, PA.- No matter how impressive a collector’s gun display may be, there’s always room for one more high-quality firearm if it’s on par with those being offered at Morphy’s August 11-13 Field &…

  Aug 5, 20
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  Milestone's Premier Antique & Modern Firearms Auction nears $1M; rare Colt guns sell above estimate

  Gold-inlaid Colt 1911 .45 ACP-caliber gun, factory-engraved by Colt master engraver William H. Gough (active 1912-1940). Shipped in 1931 to Scruggs, Vendervoort & Barney, St. Louis. Sold for $51,600 against an estimate of $25,000-$35,000Milestone Auctions WILLOUGHBY, Ohio – An outstanding collection of Colts that included two very rare examples engraved…

  Jul 30, 20
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  Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers names Joel Bohy its Director of Historic Arms & Militaria, a newly formed department

  Previously, Bohy served in a similar capacity for seven years at Skinner in Boston. He's an appraiser of arms and militaria on PBS’s popular Antiques Roadshow. Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers has named Joel Bohy its Director of Historic Arms & Militaria, a newly formed department within the company. CRANSTON, RI,…

  Jul 23, 20
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  Firearms, Militaria, & Ephemera

  18th-century powder horns served as both utilitarian items and canvases for art and political dissent. One of the leading American powder horn carvers of the time was Jacob Gay, a craftsman who signed many of his pieces with his initials. A powder horn from 1758 attributed to Gay will be…

  Jul 22, 20