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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AN AFGHAN JEZAIL MUSKET41 - AN AFGHAN JEZAIL MUSKET
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The hardwood stock with characteristic flared butt, lavishly inlaid with bone and horn in repeating chevron patterns. With massive flintlock mechanism
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (800.00) = 800.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN SUMA RAMROD42 - AN OTTOMAN SUMA RAMROD
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The grip composed of alternating sections of green-stained horn and brass with a large, pierced toggle. The profiled iron shaft conceals a pair of lon
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (175.00) = 175.00
 
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AN AFRICAN DAGGER43 - AN AFRICAN DAGGER
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Tetela people, with elephant pommel and copper-wrapped grip.The finely-forged blade with central step and ridged edges.Late 19th century .Overall leng
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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AN OMANI POWDER HORN44 - AN OMANI POWDER HORN
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Of characteristic form, wrought of tooled cooper with brass wire bands and appliques.Mid-19th century. Overall length 19.7 cm. Condition III
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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AN ANGLO-INDIAN HUNTING DAGGER45 - AN ANGLO-INDIAN HUNTING DAGGER
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The grip with rolled pommel carved of green hardstone, with mother of pearl panels and brass guard, secured by a latch on the brass locket of the velv
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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A MARTINI-HENRY BAYONET46 - A MARTINI-HENRY BAYONET
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With integral socket struck 112 and locking ring, the fullered, triangular-section blade with original finish bearing ordnance marks WD and a crowned
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Estimate : 125.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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AN AFGHAN PISTOL47 - AN AFGHAN PISTOL
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Wood stock with flared butt inlaid with mother of pearl, percussion lock, mounts and barrel elaborately inlaid in brass in foliate motifs with inscrip
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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A MOROCCAN MUSKET48 - A MOROCCAN MUSKET
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Of Afedali type, the hardwood stock of characteristic form, with broadly-flared butt. Mounted with a well-made, locally-produced snaphaunce lock featu
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (950.00) = 950.00
 
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A SOUTH INDIAN KATAR DAGGER49 - A SOUTH INDIAN KATAR DAGGER
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A massive example, the hilt finely forged and chiseled overall in vegetal motifs; with fullered, double-edged blade. 17th century. Overall length 52.2
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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A PHILIPPINES SWORD50 - A PHILIPPINES SWORD
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The grip carved of fine exotic hardwood with ferrule adapted from a military fitting with U.S. markings; massive handforged blade which expands contin
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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A CONTINENTAL CUIRASSIER BREASTPLATE51 - A CONTINENTAL CUIRASSIER BREASTPLATE
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Probably French, for use in the field.Of steel, bordered in large, brass studs with a number of painted collection numbers to the interior.Deaccession
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Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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AN INDONESIAN TOMBAK SPEARHEAD52 - AN INDONESIAN TOMBAK SPEARHEAD
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Of characteristic form, expanded at the forte and midsection, and forged of dramatically-patterned pamor, with a lengthy spike tang. The hardwood scab
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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A GERMAN LEFT-HAND DAGGER53 - A GERMAN LEFT-HAND DAGGER
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With spherical pommel and guard with ring and swollen quillon finials, the grip with twisted wire wrap and turkshead knots in place. Broad blade of fl
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Estimate : 350.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (375.00) = 375.00
 
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A RARE QING DYNASTY SAI PARRYING WEAPON54 - A RARE QING DYNASTY SAI PARRYING WEAPON
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A very well made example with finely-forged tapering octagonal steel shaft, the semicircular guard notched at either end. With ribbed horn grip, brass
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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A GERMAN HALBERD55 - A GERMAN HALBERD
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An elaborate example in 16th century style, of pierced and scrolled steel with long topspike, mounted on an octagonal-section wooden haft. Purchased f
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (1,600.00) = 1,600.00
 
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A MOROCCAN KOUMIYYAH DAGGER56 - A MOROCCAN KOUMIYYAH DAGGER
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Of characteristic form with flared wooden grip, the arched pommel and scabbard wrought entirely of silver and finely engraved overall. The curved blad
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (250.00) = 250.00
 
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THREE U.S. M 1840 NCO SWORDS AND A M1840 BAND SWOR57 - THREE U.S. M 1840 NCO SWORDS AND A M1840 BAND SWOR
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All with brass hilts and single-edged blades, two with leather scabbards with brass mounts. Three marked MADE BY/ AMES MFG. CO/ CHICOPEE,/MASS on a sc
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (825.00) = 825.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN KUBUR PISTOL58 - AN OTTOMAN KUBUR PISTOL
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Of characteristic form with walnut stock, the heavy silver mounts embossed and engraved in scrolls and vegetal motifs, the flintlock mechanism and bar
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (600.00) = 600.00
 
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A MORO KRIS SWORD59 - A MORO KRIS SWORD
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A fine example with exotic hardwood grip, the pommel flared and scrolled, with cord-wrapped grip and silver ferrule which neatly retain the silver bak
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (450.00) = 450.00
 
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A PERSIAN ZAND DYNASTY TABAR BATTLEAXE60 - A PERSIAN ZAND DYNASTY TABAR BATTLEAXE
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The massive head of double-bearded form and triangular section, tapering continuously in cross-section from the polygonal poll to the acute edge, inla
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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