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The Arms and Armour Department
Antique Arms and Armour Auctions |
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Britain's leading auctioneers of Antique Arms and Armour in 2009
Bonhams' Arms and Armour department covers a range of European and Eastern armour and edged weapons; wheel-lock, flintlock, percussion and pin-fire rifles, 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
armsandarmour@bonhams.com
+44 (0) 20 7393 3807
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Bonhams to sell rare 18th century pistols with solid silver barrels and locks
Bonhams will sell a magnificent and exceptionally rare pair of silver flintlock holster pistols. Estimated to sell for £40,000-60,000 they will be offered at Bonhams, Knightsbridge, on Wednesday 18 April 2012. The pair are highly decorated with chased silver barrels, locks and mounts, made by one of Britain's best gunsmiths in the 18th Century, Joseph Heylin of London.
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Sword & pistols of British officers with chequered careers head biggest sale of antique arms in London this year at Bonhams
The Antique Arms and Armour market seems armour plated as Bonhams latest sale at £1.4 million indicates. This was the top result for any sale of Arms and Armour in London this year with 89 per cent of lots sold.
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Good doctor's suits of armor make £782,508 in sell out auction at Bonhams
Dr Peter Parsons collection of armour
Bonhams sale of Fine Antique Arms and Armour on July 20th at Knightbridge included the life's work of a medical doctor, Peter Parsons, whose passion was armour.
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Broadsword linking Sir Alex Douglas home and Robert the Bruce sells for £10,800 at Bonhams
Sword recalls Crusade with embalmed heart of Robert the Bruce
A broadsword dating from 1705, with a much older Scottish blade from the 14th Century, passed down through the Douglas family to Sir Alec Douglas Home of the Hirsel, former British Prime Minister, sold for £10,800 at Bonhams sale of Antique Arms and Armour, on July 28th.
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