FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOR SALE

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Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the Khan of Crimea. Register now through ICOLLECTOR to bid online. THERE ARE MORE AND LARGER IMAGES OF EACH LOT SHOWN IN OUR ONLINE CATALOG AT OUR WEBSITE Questions? Call 323 851 2345
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
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A PHILIPPINES KALINGA HEAD AXE241 - A PHILIPPINES KALINGA HEAD AXE
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Bontok workmanship, the handforged steel head of typical form, the wooden haft embellished with pierced and punched brasswork, with long iron ferrule
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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A FINE SERBIAN NOZH DAGGER242 - A FINE SERBIAN NOZH DAGGER
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With fine, intricately filigreed silver hilt of cylindrical form, set with multiple corals on each surface. The straight, single-edged blade with prof
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Estimate : 350.00 - 450.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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A RARE PAIR OF CENTRAL ASIAN STIRRUPS243 - A RARE PAIR OF CENTRAL ASIAN STIRRUPS
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Massive examples, wrought entirely of steel with deeply-profiled tread plate and inlaid overall with silver. Retaining their original leather straps w
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Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (175.00) = 175.00
 
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A RARE SPANISH HUNTING DAGGER244 - A RARE SPANISH HUNTING DAGGER
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The silver grip well-engraved throughout in baroque motifs. The pommel likewise engraved and retained by a nut which, when removed, reveals a series o
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00) = 1,300.00
 
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A FINE AFGHAN WARRIOR'S BELT245 - A FINE AFGHAN WARRIOR'S BELT
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Rarely encountered, comprising a large, rectangular buckle and numerous mounts, all of solid silver, profiled, engraved and nielloed en suite, with tw
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00) = 1,500.00
 
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A FINE OTTOMAN KUBUR PISTOL AND HOLSTER246 - A FINE OTTOMAN KUBUR PISTOL AND HOLSTER
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A large example with dark, lustrous walnut stock elegantly inlaid overall with engraved silver plaques and flowering vines, the robust silver mounts w
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
Sold to floor for (2,800.00) = 2,800.00
 
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A MUGHAL KHANJAR DAGGER247 - A MUGHAL KHANJAR DAGGER
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The waisted grip wrought of black wootzdamascus steel with gold-inlaid borders in a running vine motif. The elegantly recurved, double-edged blade lik
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Estimate : 450.00 - 550.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00) = 1,000.00
 
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A RARE GERMAN LINSTOCK248 - A RARE GERMAN LINSTOCK
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A combination weapon designed to allow artillerymen to fire cannon quickly and safely as well as to defend themselves against a cavalry charge. The he
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (1,200.00) = 1,200.00
 
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A CHINESE QING DYNASTY SPEARHEAD249 - A CHINESE QING DYNASTY SPEARHEAD
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A rare example, with long, tapered socket terminating in a profiled bead, from which develops a pair of hooks separated by a short fuller, and a massi
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (1,100.00) = 1,100.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN SABER250 - AN OTTOMAN SABER
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The horn grips with original woven wrap and rolled pommel, the silver guard engraved with Ottoman baroque borders. The broad, lightly-curved, single-e
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (5,500.00) = 5,500.00
 
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A RARE OTTOMAN HANCER DAGGER251 - A RARE OTTOMAN HANCER DAGGER
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An earlier example than typically encountered, the mounts well-wrought in brass, the waisted grip with pronounced central ridge, the scabbard with sep
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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A FRENCH LANGUE DE BOEUF GLAIVE252 - A FRENCH LANGUE DE BOEUF GLAIVE
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Of characteristic form with integral socket, the blade parallel-edged, developing into a triangular thrusting-tip.On its replaced wooden haft.Mid-16th
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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A SYRIAN KHANJAR DAGGER253 - A SYRIAN KHANJAR DAGGER
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Typical of Ottoman provincial work, the gilded tombak mounts heavily filigreed on the obverse and set with turquoise and garnet stones or glass jewels
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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A PERSIAN QAJAR DYNASTY BATTLEAXE254 - A PERSIAN QAJAR DYNASTY BATTLEAXE
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The double crescent-form heads etched with elaborate floral panels surrounding birds and a king in the central cartouche on each side, and heightened
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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A CAUCASIAN KINDJAL SHORTSWORD255 - A CAUCASIAN KINDJAL SHORTSWORD
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With antler grip on the obverse and horn on the reverse, the massive blade with three central fullers to either side, and struck at the forte with a g
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (425.00) = 425.00
 
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A MUGHAL BARUTDAN POWDERHORN256 - A MUGHAL BARUTDAN POWDERHORN
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A fine example, the wooden body inlaid with flowers interspersed with brass nailhead borders. With carved cap and spout and gilded copper suspension r
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00) = 1,300.00
 
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A RARE CAUCASIAN BLUNDERBUSS257 - A RARE CAUCASIAN BLUNDERBUSS
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Daghestan work, showing Ottoman formal influence. The hardwood stock with engraved iron buttplate and counterplate with saddle ring, the wrist with tw
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,400.00
Sold to floor for (2,800.00) = 2,800.00
 
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A MUGHAL KARD DAGGER258 - A MUGHAL KARD DAGGER
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The silver hilt with gilded bands, the pommel wrought as a fanciful and fully-modeled lionhead with ruby eyes and well-detailed mane; the grip deeply
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (1,200.00) = 1,200.00
 
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A MORO PUNAL DAGGER259 - A MORO PUNAL DAGGER
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A fine example made for a datu or chief. The grip carved of a single section of horn, the filigreed silver mounts heavy parcel-gilded. The handforged
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (275.00) = 275.00
 
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A PERSIAN SAFAVID DYNASTY 'ALIM BATTLE STANDARD260 - A PERSIAN SAFAVID DYNASTY 'ALIM BATTLE STANDARD
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Wrought entirely of bronze with deep patina, the faceted socket tapering continuously toward the droplet-form head, which is pierced with ALLAH and re
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (1,800.00) = 1,800.00
 
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