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The Arms and Armour Department

Antique Arms and Armour Auctions

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  A Rare German Composite 'Maximilian' Full Armour Bonhams' Arms and Armour department covers a range of European and Eastern armour and edged weapons; wheel-lock, flintlock, percussion and pin-fire riles, guns, pistols and revolvers; American firearms including examples by the great makers such as Colt and Winchester; Islamic and Japanese weapons and armour; accessories including powder-flasks; books and other items relating to the armourer and his craft from 14th Century to the late 19th Century.

 

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Antique Arms and Armour valuations for auction

To arrange a free and confidential auction valuation with a view to selling, contact:

David Williams
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USA Arms and Armor
 
Bonhams Sale of Antique Arms, Armour and Modern Sporting Guns Goes With a Bang

An extensive group of antique arms, armour and modern sporting guns fetched over £740,000 when it went under the hammer at Bonhams yesterday, with 83% of items sold by lot and by value. The atmosphere at the sale was explosive as a host of international collectors and dealers competed for the lots on offer.

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Arms & Armour Sale Gives Bonhams The Cutting Edge With Russian And American Linked Weapons

Bonhams latest Antique Arms and Armour Sale on 26 November bucked current financial trends and provided a buoyant total of £703,000 with 85 per cent of lots sold.

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Forthcoming Featured Auction Sales


Sporting Guns
Tuesday 1 December 2009 at 11am

Sporting Guns Online Catalogue

A fine pair of Kell-engraved 12-bore self-opening sidelock ejector guns by J. Purdey & Sons, no. 25256/7
Estimate: £35,000 - 40,000


Antique Arms & Armour
Tuesday 1 December 2009 at 2pm
Knightsbridge

Arms and Armour Online Catalogue

An Exceptionally Rare Nordenfelt .43 Spanish Ten-Barrelled Centre-Fire Mechanical Gun
Estimate: £25,000 - 35,000



Antique Arms & Armour
Thursday 29 April 2010
Knightsbridge

Auction Details

A Fine And Rare Cased Pair Of 15-Bore Over-And-Under Saw-Handled Flintlock Officer's Pistols
Sold for £43,200


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A Very Rare 140-Bore Seven-Barrelled Flintlock Box-Lock Pepperbox Revolver
A Very Rare 140-Bore Seven-Barrelled Flintlock Box-Lock Pepperbox Revolver
Antique Arms & Armour - 1 Dec 2009 - Knightsbridge

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