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Antique Arms & Armor and Modern Sporting Guns

Auction 20066
12 Nov 2012, starting at 10:00 PST.
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Auction highlights

Sold for US$ 70,200 inc. premium
A rare 12 gauge A-1 Special Parker Brothers boxlock shotgun two barrel set
Sold for US$ 35,100 inc. premium
A fine cased Gustave Young engraved Colt Model 1851 Navy revolver
Sold for US$ 25,740 inc. premium
An important full-stock Pennsylvania flintlock rifle by Frederick Sell
Sold for US$ 25,740 inc. premium
A rare coffin hilt bowie knife by Gravely and Wreaks

Lots

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3000 A Persian Bronze Age axe head, circa 1200-80 B.C. US$ 936
£621
€726
3001 A lot of four Persian Bronze Age axe heads US$ 819
£543
€635
3002 A lot of two Persian spike-butted Bronze Age axe heads US$ 877
£582
€680
3003 A lot of three Persian Bronze Age axe heads US$ 994
£659
€771
3004 A Near Eastern Bronze Age votive dagger US$ 702
£465
€544
3005 A lot of two Persian Bronze Age daggers US$ 561
£372
€435
3006 A lot of two Persian Bronze Age daggers US$ 561
£372
€435
3007 A lot of three large Persian Bronze Age dagger blades/spearheads US$ 468
£310
€363
3008 A lot of three large Persian Bronze Age dagger blades/spearpoints US$ 327
£217
€254
3010 A group of Bronze and Iron Age weapons US$ 222
£147
€172
3011 A group of six early spearheads US$ 374
£248
€290
3012 A fragmentary Bronze Age tondo US$ 468
£310
€363
3013 A Persian Bronze Age dagger US$ 409
£271
€317
3014 A Javanese keris US$ 128
£85
€99
3015 An early Balinese keris US$ 234
£155
€181
3016 A Sumatran 'executioner's' keris US$ 117
£77
€90
3017 A scarce Balinese ritual knife US$ 292
£194
€226
3018 A Sumatran short sword, pedang US$ 292
£194
€226
3019 A lot of two Moro kampilan US$ 409
£271
€317
3020 A lot of three Philippine edged weapons US$ 292
£194
€226
3021 A lot of four Indonesian edged weapons US$ 444
£295
€344
3022 A lot of three Southeast Asian edged weapons US$ 257
£170
€199
3023 A lot of four ethnographic weapons US$ 257
£170
€199
3024 A lot of two silver-mounted Moro daggers, punal US$ 128
£85
€99
3025 A Javanese keris US$ 117
£77
€90
3026 A lot of six East or South African knobkerries US$ 526
£349
€408
3027 A Zulu knobkerrie together with a later Zulu dance shield US$ 292
£194
€226
3027A A lot of two Moro keris US$ 643
£426
€499
3028 A lot of two Moro swords US$ 210
£139
€163
3029 An Afghani Khyber knife and Nepalese kukri owned by early British explorer Colonel Edmund Smyth US$ 585
£388
€453
3030 An Ottoman yataghan US$ 257
£170
€199
3031 A massive Indian tegha US$ 374
£248
€290
3032 A silver-mounted Caucasian kindjal US$ 1,521
£1,009
€1,180
3033 A large gold and silver-decorated qama US$ 1,872
£1,242
€1,452
3034 A silver-mounted Ottoman shamshir US$ 3,744
£2,484
€2,905
3035 An Indian scissors katar US$ 468
£310
€363
3036 An Indian katar US$ 4,446
£2,950
€3,449
3037 An Indian katar US$ 234
£155
€181
3038 An Indian katar US$ 351
£232
€272
3039 A silver-mounted Arabian shamshir US$ 1,111
£737
€862
3040 A lot of three Arabian jambiya US$ 468
£310
€363
3041 A lot of two eastern daggers US$ 374
£248
€290
3042 A Persian shamshir US$ 444
£295
€344
3043 An Indian saber US$ 1,111
£737
€862
3044 An Indo-Persian dagger, zirah bouk US$ 643
£426
€499
3045 A lot of three eastern edged weapons US$ 128
£85
€99
3046 A lot of four eastern knives US$ 257
£170
€199
3047 An Abyssinian shotel US$ 643
£426
€499
3048 A lot of three eastern daggers US$ 409
£271
€317
3051 A Dutch officer's sword US$ 936
£621
€726
3052 An English officer's sword US$ 1,521
£1,009
€1,180
3054 A German Sword of Justice blade US$ 1,755
£1,164
€1,361
3055 A silver-mounted French hunting sword US$ 351
£232
€272
3058 A French small sword US$ 585
£388
€453
3059 A mourning small sword US$ 351
£232
€272
3060 A French epee de ville US$ 409
£271
€317
3062 A French Louis Philippe era officer's sword US$ 819
£543
€635
3063 A continental infantry officer's sword US$ 210
£139
€163
3064 A French officer's saber US$ 1,287
£853
€998
3065 A reproduction swept hilt rapier US$ 468
£310
€363
3066 A reproduction Viking sword US$ 351
£232
€272
3067 A French Model 1831 foot artillery sword US$ 292
£194
€226
3069 A Victorian Pattern 1831 mameluke-hilted general officer's saber US$ 1,521
£1,009
€1,180
3070 A scarce Irish flank officer's lion pommel short saber US$ 2,574
£1,707
€1,997
3071 A Georgian naval officer's dirk US$ 1,170
£776
€907
3072 A silver and ivory-mounted British naval officer's dirk US$ 760
£504
€590
3073 A mameluke-hilted shamshir by Wilkinson US$ 351
£232
€272
3074 A Scottish officer's baskethilted broadsword US$ 877
£582
€680
3075 A George V Pattern 1821 cavalry officer's sword US$ 292
£194
€226
3076 A George V Pattern 1897 infantry officer's sword US$ 327
£217
€254
3077 A pre-1881 Victorian Scottish officer's dirk for the 42nd Highland Regiment by Wilkinson US$ 3,744
£2,484
€2,905
3078 A boxed Victorian Scottish officer's dirk for the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders by Wilkinson US$ 4,446
£2,950
€3,449
3079 An Afghani cavalry saber US$ 526
£349
€408
3080 A Victorian Pattern 1895 infantry officer's sword by Gardiner & Company US$ 234
£155
€181
3081 An East India Company mameluke-hilted saber for the Bombay Light Cavalry US$ 643
£426
€499
3082 An Edward VII officer's sword for the 17th Lancers by Wilkinson US$ 1,521
£1,009
€1,180
3084 A Victorian regimental officer's basket-hilted broadsword US$ 1,638
£1,086
€1,270
3085 A lot of two reproduction swords US$ 105
£69
€81
3086 A British Pattern 1796 light cavalry saber US$ 994
£659
€771
3087 A Japanese shin-gunto officer's sword US$ 1,404
£931
€1,089
3088 A reproduction Scottish baskethilted broadsword US$ 105
£69
€81
3089 A lot of four reproduction edged weapons US$ 70
£46
€54
3090 A lot of six bayonets US$ 292
£194
€226
3091 A group of edged weapons and scabbards US$ 526
£349
€408
3092 A 2nd Model Luftwaffe dagger by SMF US$ 585
£388
€453
3097 A Civil War officer's presentation saber with very rare telescopic scabbard US$ 3,510
£2,328
€2,723
3098 A saber bayonet and scabbard for the U.S. Model 1841 Mississippi rifle US$ 351
£232
€272
3099 A scarce Civil War era U.S. Marine Corps officer's sword US$ 468
£310
€363
3100 A U.S. Model 1850 Staff & Field officer's sword US$ 526
£349
€408
3102 A variant militia or naval officer's sword retailed by Wm. Horstmann & Sons of Philadelphia US$ 468
£310
€363
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