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Category: Firearms & Militaria

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  Militaria, Fine Art And Decorative Accessories Will All Come Up For Bid In A Two-session Online Auction By Estateofmind On February 13th

  Session 1 will feature militaria, antique firearms, swords and daggers. Session 2 includes fine art, estate jewelry, rare gold and silver coins, Bennington Rockingham pottery, redware, more. Session 1, starting at 11 am Eastern time, will consist of two local collections of 16 sporting rifles (some shown), and leather gun…

  Jan 22, 21
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  Milestone Auctions announces unprecedented lineup of fresh-to-market, historically important firearms for Jan. 30 Premier Auction

  Featured: 1887 Helfricht Colt revolver, Berdan Sharps Model 1859, 1903 Springfield President’s Match Trophy rifle, 1877-1883 center-fire cartridge Le Mat revolver, 1955 boxed Colt Python 1903 US Springfield Presidents Match Trophy rifle, 30-06 caliber, awarded to USMC Gunnery Sgt. John Thomas, the first Marine to win this highly coveted award.…

  Jan 19, 21
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  Eager bidders add to their collections at Holabird Western Americana Collections' five-day Holiday Sale, held Dec. 17-21

  The auction was packed with hundreds of lots of mining collectibles, philatelic material, Americana and more, and featured a number of important collections. Pair of Chinese publishing company stock certificates from the 1920s, one for the Young China Publishing Co. (San Francisco) and the other for the Chinese Times Publishing…

  Jan 5, 21
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  Sotheby’s Presents the Sassoon Judaica Collection This December

  Colloquially known as the “Rothschilds of the East,” the Sassoon family has a long history at auction. An upcoming Sotheby’s sale, held on December 17th, 2020, at 10:00 AM EST, marks the 50th anniversary of their association with the auction house. Nearly 70 lots from the Sassoon Judaica collection will…

  Dec 14, 20
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  Morphy’s issues a call to arms with a powerful Dec. 15-18 auction series featuring field & range firearms, edged weapons, militaria

  Civil War rarities include mobile military telegraph field unit and inscribed sword presented in 1862 to Lincoln-appointed US Military Supervisor of the Telegraph Japanese kabuto (warrior’s helmet) with 69 ‘ken,’ or iron plates; menpo, fukigaeshi, three-lame shikoro. Estimate $5,000-$8,000 DENVER, Pa. – A high-caliber lineup of arms and militaria awaits…

  Dec 3, 20
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  Artifacts From The Production Archives of Hollywood Will Be Sold by Julien's Auctions

  Scottish actor Sir Sean Connery was the first to portray James Bond in the eponymous movies. He used a Walther PP handgun in the debut Bond film, Dr. No (1962). The silhouette of the weapon went on to become associated with the iconic character. The upcoming Icons & Idols Trilogy:…

  Nov 24, 20
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  Two Indian Mutiny Victoria Crosses sell for £360,000 at auction

  Both VCs were bought by the same anonymous bidder. LONDON.- Two important Victoria Cross medals, awarded during the Indian Mutiny of 1857-1858, were sold by specialist auctioneers Morton & Eden in London today (Wednesday 18 November 2020) for a combined total of £360,000, having fetched £174,000 and £186,000 respectively. The first of the…

  Nov 19, 20
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  Morphy’s rolls out historical arsenal for Nov. 17-18 Extraordinary Firearms, Early Arms & Militaria Auctions

  Featured: Revolutionary War-era silver-mounted officer’s pistol made at Rappahannock Forge, Va.; unique cased set of Colt Model 1851 Navy & Model 1855 Sidehammer revolvers DENVER, Pa. – Morphy’s will unleash three centuries of firepower on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 17 and 18, with auction sessions titled “Early Arms & Militaria…

  Nov 6, 20
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  A French Atmos perpetual time clock and a Wettlaufer child's wagon lead the way in Miller & Miller's Oct. 24th auction

  The auction was highlighted by the outstanding lifetime collections of Dick Withington (rare clocks) and Brian Stead (Canadian furniture and pottery). French Atmos perpetual time clock from the 1940s, 9 ½ inches tall, with metal chrome plated and glass case and painted metal dial with Arabic numerals (CA$6,490). NEW HAMBURG,…

  Oct 30, 20
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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