Fall 2023 Premier Auction

This fine quality early to mid-18th century French smallsword dates from the reign of Louis XV who took the French throne in 1715 and reigned until 17

YATAGHAN BLADE OF TURKISH INFLUENCE. Overall length: 32 1/4". Blade length: 25 1/2". Blade has a raised spine with a deep bladesmith's...

HUNTING SWORD. Overall length: 29 1/4". Blade length: 22 1/4". Plain blade has a single medium fuller with a secondary fuller near the spi...

Overall length: 40". Blade length: 33". The trilobate blade has a raised medial ridge but no noticeable fuller. The blade is etched over t...

Overall length: 31 1/2". Blade length: 25". Blade has a single medium fuller with a secondary fuller near the spine. There are traces of e...

Overall length: 29 3/4". Blade length: 23 1/4". Plain blade with a 4 1/2" false edge and an exceptionally tiny fuller near the spine....

CUTTOE. Overall length: 31 1/2". Blade length: 26 1/4". Plain blade with a single narrow fuller near the spine. Silver hilt with simple S-...

THE NAPOLEONIC OR REVOLUTIONARY ERA. Overall length: 39 1/2". Blade length: 30". Blade has a single wide fuller with a secondary fuller ne...

Overall length: 35". Blade length: 28". This grenadier saber appears to be from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. It is lik...

Overall length: 27 1/4". Blade length: 22 1/4". Plain blade with a single narrow fuller near the spine. There is a stamped fleur d'lis...

Overall length: 35 3/8". Blade length: 30 3/4". Blade has triple narrow fullers that have historically been associated with Spanish manufa...

BELT, WAIST BELT, & SWORD HANGERS. This rare plate was originally designed in 1804 and saw significant use during the war of 1812. This, and sim...

This officer's dragoon jacket likely dates from the first 3rd of the 19th century. It is made of high-grade red wool with black wool collar &...

PLATES. 1) GORGET. A nice example of an M1796 British officer's gorget with a crowned script "GR" cipher. The back is lined in goat sk...

SLING & CAP BOX. This is a fine example of a British Enfield cartridge box of the Civil War period. The large box measures approx. 10 3/4" ...

A fine example of a P1859 British ball pouch for the P1853 Enfield rifle. The Enfield rifle was imported in large quantities by both the Confederacy a

This light iron & brass set of Cuirassier armor appears to date between 1850 & 1880. The chest plate measures approx. 13" x 16", a...

BACK PLATE. This iron & brass set of Royal Guard Cuirassier armor appears to date between 1815 & 1848. The chest plate measures approx. 14&q...

This helmet has a brass body with a large brass comb featuring a Medusa head on the front with a flaming bomb. The plume in the front is black with th

1) NAPOLEON. This is a portrait of a fairly young Napoleon Bonaparte in full-dress military uniform wearing a red over-the-shoulder sash, along with 2

Among the most notorious of all prison restraints are "Oregon Boots". 25 pound collars fit to steel raised band attached to boot heel. The...

This coat is a blue/gray wool of a reasonably fine grade. The front, bottom, & collar are piped in blue. The coat has 5 buttons down the front, ...

NO LOT.

BATTLE FLAG. This battle flag measures approximately 119" x 116", and its basically square measurements identify it as an Army of Northern...

FLAG. This Confederate First National flag appears to have been manufactured in the first half of the 20th century, possibly for the UCV or the SCV. I

PRESENTATION SWORD BY HORSTMANN TO CAPTAIN JACOBUS. The sword's overall length is 40 1/4" with a stunning 33", gold embellished blade....

WITH ALABAMA CREST. Overall length: 37". Blade length: 30". Blade has a single medium fuller and is marked at the ricasso "THE M. C. ...

FOR MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE H. HARRIES. Overall length: 39 1/4". Blade length: 31 7/8". Blade has a single medium fuller and is marked at the...

OFFICER'S SABER TO COLONEL GEORGE NIXON. Overall length: 39". Blade length: 32". Blade has a single medium fuller and is marked at the...

The 37-star American flag was authorized in 1867 when Nebraska joined the Union as the 37th state. It was regulation until 1876 when the state of Colo

LINCOLN. Original bust designed by Leonard Wells Volk (1828-1895) was a sculptor that knew President Lincoln personally & cast this bust with a ...

ABRAHAM LINCOLN BY JOHN ROGERS. This bust of a bearded President Lincoln shows him in an expression of worry and care. Bust is signed on back "...

1) CANE. A modern cane measuring 36 1/2" in length with a brass tip, hardwood shaft, and silver plated bust of Robert E. Lee as the pommel. CON...

CARVED KENTUCKY RIFLE BY SAMUEL BAUM 1826 RECONVERTED FROM PERCUSSION. Cal. 45. S# NSN. This extremely handsome, highly decorated upper Susquehanna Va

INLAID FLINTLOCK JAEGER RIFLE. Cal. 60 (7 groove rifling). S# NSN. This high quality Germanic rifle is not maker marked. It has 28" swamped oct...

NO LOT

FLINTLOCK KENTUCKY RIFLE. Cal. 50. NSN. Bbl. 42 1/2" of double taper octagon. Top flat is engraved "W. GUSLER Williamsburg. Va". Wall...

BREECH FLINTLOCK RIFLE. Cal. 45. NSN. Bbl. 38" octagon w/ rifled bores. Top flats have gold filled maker's stamps "DK". This outs...

RIFLE IN THE MANNER OF JOHN SCHULER. Cal. 50. S# NSN. The 48" slightly swamped octagon barrel has "1 W. Watson 1" (made 2011) engrave...

KENTUCKY LONG RIFLE BY WAYNE WATSON IN THE STYLE OF JACOB KUNTZ OF PHILEDELPHIA. Cal. 50. S# NSN (made in 2010). The 44" octagon to round barre...

STYLE OF JACOB KUNTZ THAT WAS OFFERED AS A "RAFFLE RIFLE". Cal. 50. S# NSN. The 48" octagon to round barrel is engraved "0 W-Wat...

BY ANDREW VERNER AS BUILT BY WAYNE P. WATSON. Cal. 50. S# NSN. This attractive rifle has 48" swamped octagon barrel fitted with "V" n...

RIFLE. Cal. 62. NSN. Bbl. 39" of double taper octagon. Top flat is marked "J. HAUGH FRIENDSHIP-IND". Jack Theodore Haugh of Milan, In...

PENNSYLVANIA LONG RIFLE. Cal. 45. NSN. Bbl. 42" octagon measuring 13/16" across flats at muzzle. German silver blade rocky mountain front ...

HAROLD PRUCHA. Cal. 50. S# NSN. Bbl. 46 1/2" octagon w/ dovetailed front sight having brass Rocky Mountain blade; dovetailed raised V notch rea...

RIFLE BY HAROLD PRUCHA. Cal. 50. S# NSN. The 48" swamped octagon barrel with traditional sights is engraved "Harold W. Prucha" on top...

Cal. 45. S# NSN. Bbl. 44" octagon w/ dovetailed front sight having brass Rocky Mountain blade; dovetailed raised V notch rear. Fiddleback maple...

RIFLE. Cal. 58. NSN. Bbl. 31 3/4" double taper octagon. Top flat & lock are engraved "S. P. ALEXANDER", builder of the gun. Steve...

RIFLE. Cal. 50. NSN. Bbl. 44" double taper octagon. Top flat is engraved "L Mrock For Robert Weil 1977". Brass blade front sight w/ f...

FLINTLOCK RIFLE. Cal. 50. NSN. Bbl. 40 3/8" double taper octagon bbls., one is rifled, the other is smoothbore. Top flats are marked "L. M...