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Historic Civil War 7th Illinois Infantry Inscribed Henry Lever Action Rifle3000Historic Civil War 7th Illinois Infantry Inscribed Henry Lever Action Rifle
This is an example of an identified New Haven Arms Co., Henry Rifle that was manufactured in May 1864. The left side plate is engraved with the period
Start Price : 10,000.00 | Estimates : 25,000.00 - 50,000.00
Sold to floor for (50,000.00 + 9,750.00) x 1 = 59,750.00
Magnificent Cased Civil War Presentation Model 1850 Staff & Field Officer Sword with Silver Figural 3001Magnificent Cased Civil War Presentation Model 1850 Staff & Field Officer Sword with Silver Figural
Horstmann & Sons presentation Staff & Field Officer Sword with gold plated Clauberg blade, silver Lady Liberty hilt and engraved scabbard. The scabbar
Start Price : 10,000.00 | Estimates : 25,000.00 - 50,000.00
Sold to floor for (12,000.00 + 2,340.00) x 1 = 14,340.00
Outstanding Starr Arms Civil War Breech Loading Percussion Carbine3002Outstanding Starr Arms Civil War Breech Loading Percussion Carbine
One of approximately 20,600 percussion carbines produced by Starr Arms Company of Yonkers, New York circa 1862 to 1865. This carbine is a 54 caliber p
Start Price : 3,500.00 | Estimates : 7,000.00 - 9,500.00
Sold to floor for (9,500.00 + 1,852.50) x 1 = 11,352.50
Outstanding U.S. Contract Civil War Ball Repeating Carbine3003Outstanding U.S. Contract Civil War Ball Repeating Carbine
Manufactured by Lamson & Co., of Windsor, Vermont. Blade front and two leaf folding rear sight, with "S" marked at the rear of the barrel ...
Start Price : 2,750.00 | Estimates : 5,500.00 - 7,500.00
Sold to floor for (7,000.00 + 1,365.00) x 1 = 8,365.00
Excellent U.S. Navy Jenks Breech Loading Percussion Carbine with Tape Primer3004Excellent U.S. Navy Jenks Breech Loading Percussion Carbine with Tape Primer
Produced circa 1847 to 1849, this is one of approximately 1000 Jenks tape primer carbines made by E. Remington & Sons. Brass blade front and notch rea
Start Price : 3,000.00 | Estimates : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
Sold to floor for (7,000.00 + 1,365.00) x 1 = 8,365.00
Exceptional Extremely Rare Harpers Ferry Model 1841 Rifle with Merrill Breech Loading Alteration3005Exceptional Extremely Rare Harpers Ferry Model 1841 Rifle with Merrill Breech Loading Alteration
This is an exceptional example of an extremely rare Harpers Ferry Model 1841 Rifle with Merrill Breech Loading Alteration. Only 100 specimens of the M
Start Price : 7,000.00 | Estimates : 14,000.00 - 22,500.00
Sold to floor for (11,000.00 + 2,145.00) x 1 = 13,145.00
Large Documented Historic U.S3006Large Documented Historic U.S
Measuring 12 feet 6 inches x 20 feet 6 inches, this U.S. garrison flag was specifically crafted and presented at the Lincoln-Douglas Debate on October
Start Price : 6,000.00 | Estimates : 15,000.00 - 50,000.00
Sold to floor for (15,000.00 + 2,925.00) x 1 = 17,925.00
Excellent and Scarce U.S. Civil War Contract Lindsay Model 1863 Two Shot Rifle Musket3007Excellent and Scarce U.S. Civil War Contract Lindsay Model 1863 Two Shot Rifle Musket
Developed in 1863 by J.P. Lindsay, this rifle used a "superposed charge" system to give the firepower of a double barreled rifle in the fo...
Start Price : 1,900.00 | Estimates : 4,750.00 - 5,500.00
Sold to floor for (6,000.00 + 1,170.00) x 1 = 7,170.00
Fine Civil War Sharps New Model 1863 Military Rifle with Sling3008Fine Civil War Sharps New Model 1863 Military Rifle with Sling
This is an example of a Sharps New Model 1863 Military Rifle. Lawrence patent rear sight and block front sight with blade. The top of the barrel in fr
Start Price : 1,800.00 | Estimates : 4,500.00 - 6,500.00
Sold to floor for (3,750.00 + 731.25) x 1 = 4,481.25
Exceptional U.S. Model 1863 Remington Zouave Percussion Rifle3009Exceptional U.S. Model 1863 Remington Zouave Percussion Rifle
Produced circa 1862-1865, with "1863" dated components. Blade front and three leaf rear sights, with "STEEL H.S.L", "V/ P/ ...
Start Price : 1,800.00 | Estimates : 4,500.00 - 6,500.00
Sold to floor for (4,250.00 + 828.75) x 1 = 5,078.75
Rare Confederate Fayetteville Armory Percussion Rifle3010Rare Confederate Fayetteville Armory Percussion Rifle
This is an extremely rare example of a Confederate Model 1855 pattern rifle that was manufactured at the former Armory at Fayetteville, North Carolina
Start Price : 8,000.00 | Estimates : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
Sold to floor for (17,000.00 + 3,315.00) x 1 = 20,315.00
Very Rare Richmond Confederate Sharps Carbine3011Very Rare Richmond Confederate Sharps Carbine
The marking on the barrel "RICHMOND,VA / 1862" at the rear of the barrel identifies this as one of the Sharp's carbines made by the Confed...
Start Price : 8,000.00 | Estimates : 16,000.00 - 22,500.00
Sold to floor for (14,000.00 + 2,730.00) x 1 = 16,730.00
Extremely Rare D.C. Hodgkins & Sons Confederate Percussion Carbine3012Extremely Rare D.C. Hodgkins & Sons Confederate Percussion Carbine
Although traditionally listed as being produced by D.C. Hodgkins & Sons of Macon, Georgia, more recent research by H.M. Madaus and reported by J.M. Mu
Start Price : 6,500.00 | Estimates : 13,000.00 - 18,000.00
Sold to floor for (14,000.00 + 2,730.00) x 1 = 16,730.00
Very Rare Confederate J.P. Murray Percussion Rifle and Sling3013Very Rare Confederate J.P. Murray Percussion Rifle and Sling
This is an example of a very rare J. P. Murray Confederate rifle. In 1862 Eldridge S. Greenwood and William C. Gray purchased facilities in Columbus,
Start Price : 9,000.00 | Estimates : 22,500.00 - 32,500.00
Sold to floor for (18,000.00 + 3,510.00) x 1 = 21,510.00
Unmarked Confederate "Dog River" Cavalry Saber3014Unmarked Confederate "Dog River" Cavalry Saber
Unmarked and un-identified Confederate copy of a U.S. Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber. The saber has a 34-inch blade with rounded back and two, stopped
Start Price : 1,600.00 | Estimates : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00 + 253.50) x 1 = 1,553.50
Scarce Virginia Manufactory "1813 Dated" 2nd Model Flintlock Pistol3015Scarce Virginia Manufactory "1813 Dated" 2nd Model Flintlock Pistol
This is an example of a scarce Flintlock horseman's pistol that was manufactured for the State of Virginia in 1813 at the Virginia Manufactory Armory
Start Price : 4,250.00 | Estimates : 8,500.00 - 14,000.00
Sold to floor for (6,500.00 + 1,267.50) x 1 = 7,767.50
Rare "1815" Dated, 2nd Model Virginia Manufactory Flintlock Pistol3016Rare "1815" Dated, 2nd Model Virginia Manufactory Flintlock Pistol
This is an example of a Flintlock 2nd Model horseman's pistol that was manufactured by the Virginia Manufactory in Richmond, Virginia in 1815. The pis
Start Price : 3,000.00 | Estimates : 7,500.00 - 13,000.00
Sold to floor for (6,000.00 + 1,170.00) x 1 = 7,170.00
Scarce Confederate "Cook & Brothers" Marked Percussion Infantry Rifle3017Scarce Confederate "Cook & Brothers" Marked Percussion Infantry Rifle
Only a few thousand of these type percussion rifles were ever made at two locations by Englishmen Ferdinand W.C. and Francis Cook. The first was at Ne
Start Price : 9,000.00 | Estimates : 18,000.00 - 25,000.00
Sold to floor for (13,000.00 + 2,535.00) x 1 = 15,535.00
Scarce Confederate J. and F. Garrett Percussion Pistol3018Scarce Confederate J. and F. Garrett Percussion Pistol
This is a rare example of a Blunt & Syms type percussion pistol that was manufactured by J. and F. Garrett and Company in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Start Price : 1,900.00 | Estimates : 4,750.00 - 7,500.00
Sold to floor for (6,000.00 + 1,170.00) x 1 = 7,170.00
Cased Historical Post Civil War Confederate Inscribed Pair of Hollis & Sheath Percussion Dueling Pis3019Cased Historical Post Civil War Confederate Inscribed Pair of Hollis & Sheath Percussion Dueling Pis
These Dueling pistols have a very interesting history which is detailed in the autobiography "Some Reminiscences" by William L. Royall. Th...
Start Price : 3,000.00 | Estimates : 7,500.00 - 15,000.00
Sold to floor for (10,000.00 + 1,950.00) x 1 = 11,950.00
Rare Palmetto Armory Marked Model 1842 Percussion Pistol3020Rare Palmetto Armory Marked Model 1842 Percussion Pistol
The Palmetto Armory manufactured 2000 Model 1842 Pistols solely for the South Carolina Militia in 1852-3. The Palmetto Armory was formed by William G
Start Price : 2,750.00 | Estimates : 5,500.00 - 8,500.00
Sold to floor for (4,500.00 + 877.50) x 1 = 5,377.50
Confederate Richmond Armory 1861 Dated Rifled-Musket3021Confederate Richmond Armory 1861 Dated Rifled-Musket
The lock plate has the Type I markings: vertically marked "1861" behind the hammer with "RICHMOND, VA" in front of the hammer. T...
Start Price : 800.00 | Estimates : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,500.00 + 487.50) x 1 = 2,987.50
Confederate Naval Sword Produced by Thomas, Griswold & Company of New Orleans3022Confederate Naval Sword Produced by Thomas, Griswold & Company of New Orleans
Produced by Thomas, Griswold & Company of New Orleans, who were active from 1861 to 1862, when they were put out of business by the Union occupation o
Start Price : 1,800.00 | Estimates : 4,500.00 - 6,500.00
Sold to floor for (3,750.00 + 731.25) x 1 = 4,481.25
Unmarked Confederate Cavalry Sword3023Unmarked Confederate Cavalry Sword
No makers marks are present on the curved, single fuller 35 1/2" blade, which has a rounded profile to the spine, flattening out towards the ti...
Start Price : 1,400.00 | Estimates : 3,500.00 - 5,500.00
Sold to floor for (4,000.00 + 780.00) x 1 = 4,780.00
Unique Confederate Sword Cane3024Unique Confederate Sword Cane
This Confederate sword cane measures 37" long and has lead fittings. The blade is made from a spike bayonet which measures 12 1/2" long. T...
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimates : 750.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to joebusch for (300.00 + 58.50) x 1 = 358.50
Engraved Gold and Silver Remington New Model Army Revolver with Ivory Grips3025Engraved Gold and Silver Remington New Model Army Revolver with Ivory Grips
This is a Civil War period, New Model revolver with standard three line marking on top of the barrel and matching serial number on the bottom barrel f
Start Price : 2,000.00 | Estimates : 5,000.00 - 8,000.00
Sold to floor for (5,000.00 + 975.00) x 1 = 5,975.00
Excellent Remington New Model Army Percussion Revolver3026Excellent Remington New Model Army Percussion Revolver
Brass cone front and frame notch rear sights, with "PATENTED SEPT. 14. 1858/ E. REMINGTON & SONS . ILION NEW YORK.U.S.A./ NEW-MODEL" on t...
Start Price : 1,100.00 | Estimates : 2,750.00 - 4,250.00
Sold to floor for (4,000.00 + 780.00) x 1 = 4,780.00
U.S. Martially Inspected Civil War Contract Starr 1858 Double Action Army Revolver3027U.S. Martially Inspected Civil War Contract Starr 1858 Double Action Army Revolver
Approximately 23,000 of these revolvers were manufactured in the late 1850s and early 1860s, most of them for the government. Standard "STARR. ...
Start Price : 1,600.00 | Estimates : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,000.00 + 585.00) x 1 = 3,585.00
Scarce Early Fluted Cylinder Remington Rider Percussion Double Action Revolver with Magnificent Reli3028Scarce Early Fluted Cylinder Remington Rider Percussion Double Action Revolver with Magnificent Reli
This fluted cylinder variation is the earliest production, manufactured from 1863 to 1865 with only a few hundred produced. These revolver are found i
Start Price : 2,000.00 | Estimates : 5,000.00 - 10,000.00
Sold to floor for (7,000.00 + 1,365.00) x 1 = 8,365.00
Fine Civil War Savage Navy Model Percussion Revolver3029Fine Civil War Savage Navy Model Percussion Revolver
Manufactured from 1861 to the mid-1860s with approximately 20,000 produced. Approximately 12,000 were made on government contracts. This particular re
Start Price : 1,400.00 | Estimates : 3,500.00 - 5,500.00
Sold to floor for (4,250.00 + 828.75) x 1 = 5,078.75
Scarce U.S. Inspected C.S. Pettengill Army Model Double Action Percussion Army Revolver3030Scarce U.S. Inspected C.S. Pettengill Army Model Double Action Percussion Army Revolver
German silver cone front and groove rear sights, with Pettengill and Raymond & Robitaille patent markings surrounding the sight groove. The barrel and
Start Price : 600.00 | Estimates : 1,600.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00 + 253.50) x 1 = 1,553.50
Plant Manufacturing Front Loading Army Revolver3031Plant Manufacturing Front Loading Army Revolver
This Third Model, Type I heavy brass frame variation has a full sight groove along the top strap and a blade front sight. The left barrel flat is mark
Start Price : 600.00 | Estimates : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00 + 253.50) x 1 = 1,553.50
Rare Engraved Presentation Triplett & Scott Repeating Rifle3032Rare Engraved Presentation Triplett & Scott Repeating Rifle
This is an example of a custom engraved presentation Triplett & Scott repeating rifle. The barrel is 28 inches in length (originally made in 22 inch a
Start Price : 2,000.00 | Estimates : 5,000.00 - 8,000.00
Sold to floor for (7,000.00 + 1,365.00) x 1 = 8,365.00
Rare Engraved Jennings Breech Loading Rifle3033Rare Engraved Jennings Breech Loading Rifle
Manufactured 1850-51, the Jennings rifles were the successor to the Hunt Repeating Rifle made by Robbins & Lawrence, Windsor, Vermont . It is believed
Start Price : 1,400.00 | Estimates : 3,500.00 - 6,500.00
Sold to floor for (4,000.00 + 780.00) x 1 = 4,780.00
Excellent U.S. Springfield Model 1855 Rifle-Musket with Bayonet3034Excellent U.S. Springfield Model 1855 Rifle-Musket with Bayonet
Blade front and folding leaf rear sights, with "V/P/ eagle head" on the left side of the barrel and "1859" ahead of the tang. Th...
Start Price : 1,600.00 | Estimates : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,500.00 + 682.50) x 1 = 4,182.50
Exceptional Desirable Pre-Mexican American War U.S. Springfield Armory Model 1842 Percussion Musket 3035Exceptional Desirable Pre-Mexican American War U.S. Springfield Armory Model 1842 Percussion Musket
The Model 1842 Musket has the distinction of being the first regulation percussion firearm manufactured in a national armory, the first musket manufac
Start Price : 1,800.00 | Estimates : 4,500.00 - 7,500.00
Sold to am14nysm for (3,750.00 + 731.25) x 1 = 4,481.25
Very Fine U.S. Civil War Springfield Type I Model 1863 Rifle Musket with Bayonet3036Very Fine U.S. Civil War Springfield Type I Model 1863 Rifle Musket with Bayonet
Only produced for one year, the 1863 Rifle Musket shares features with the 1861 Rifle Musket and Special Rifle Musket. Blade front and late pattern tw
Start Price : 1,200.00 | Estimates : 3,000.00 - 4,750.00
Sold to floor for (5,500.00 + 1,072.50) x 1 = 6,572.50
U.S. Whitney Model 1841 Mississippi Percussion Rifle with Long Range Rear Sight, Bayonet Lug and Sli3037U.S. Whitney Model 1841 Mississippi Percussion Rifle with Long Range Rear Sight, Bayonet Lug and Sli
Produced by the Whitney Arms Co., of New Haven, Connecticut in 1855, and later upgraded by the Harper's Ferry Arsenal circa 1855-1856, with changes in
Start Price : 900.00 | Estimates : 2,250.00 - 4,250.00
Sold to floor for (1,800.00 + 351.00) x 1 = 2,151.00
Scarce Dahlgren Pattern Bowie Bayonet with Sheath3038Scarce Dahlgren Pattern Bowie Bayonet with Sheath
The knife-bayonet features a 12 inches semi-spear point blade measuring 1/3 inches thick, dated 1861 on the right ricasso with heavy brass guard. Soli
Start Price : 1,200.00 | Estimates : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,250.00 + 438.75) x 1 = 2,688.75
Extremely Rare Jenks-Merrill Breech loading Percussion Carbine, One of Only 300 Produced3039Extremely Rare Jenks-Merrill Breech loading Percussion Carbine, One of Only 300 Produced
Originally produced by Jenks, this is one of 300 Jenks Carbines that were upgraded by James H. Merrill of Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1858 to 1860, as
Start Price : 3,000.00 | Estimates : 6,000.00 - 11,000.00
Sold to floor for (6,000.00 + 1,170.00) x 1 = 7,170.00
Rare First Type Lindner Civil War Carbine3040Rare First Type Lindner Civil War Carbine
Designed and made by Edward Lindner of Manchester, New Hampshire, probably at Amoskeag Manufacturing Company. Only 892 of the First Type carbines were
Start Price : 1,500.00 | Estimates : 3,750.00 - 6,500.00
Sold to floor for (3,750.00 + 731.25) x 1 = 4,481.25
Smith's Patent Breech Loading Civil War Carbine3041Smith's Patent Breech Loading Civil War Carbine
Designed by Gilbert Smith, the production of this breech loading percussion carbine was almost entirely consumed by government contracts, with limited
Start Price : 1,100.00 | Estimates : 2,750.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for (2,000.00 + 390.00) x 1 = 2,390.00
Civil War Second Model Merrill Patent Breech loading Percussion Carbine3042Civil War Second Model Merrill Patent Breech loading Percussion Carbine
Blade front and 3-leaf rear sights, with the rear sight base doubling as the locking point for the breech lever, which has a 2-line patent marking. Th
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimates : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,800.00 + 351.00) x 1 = 2,151.00
U.S. Civil War Smith's Patent Breech Loading Percussion Carbine3043U.S. Civil War Smith's Patent Breech Loading Percussion Carbine
Blade front sight and folding elevator rear sight on barrel with the distinctive spring steel latch and inside-the-guard release. Full marks on left s
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimates : 2,500.00 - 3,750.00
Sold to floor for (2,500.00 + 487.50) x 1 = 2,987.50
Civil War Burnside Breech Loading Percussion Carbine3044Civil War Burnside Breech Loading Percussion Carbine
Manufactured by the Burnside Rifle Co., in Providence, Rhode Island, 5th Model Carbines were purchased by the Ordnance Department circa 1863-1865. The
Start Price : 1,100.00 | Estimates : 2,750.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for (2,000.00 + 390.00) x 1 = 2,390.00
Fine U.S. Civil War Joslyn Firearms Company Model 1864 Breech Loading Carbine3045Fine U.S. Civil War Joslyn Firearms Company Model 1864 Breech Loading Carbine
Blade front and 3-leaf rear sights, with "FDL" on the left side of the breech and the three line patent markings on the rear of the swivel...
Start Price : 800.00 | Estimates : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,900.00 + 370.50) x 1 = 2,270.50
Scarce U.S. Navy Jenks Breech Loading Carbine3046Scarce U.S. Navy Jenks Breech Loading Carbine
Produced circa 1847 to 1849, this is one of approximately 1000 Jenks tape primer carbines made by E. Remington and Sons. Brass blade front and notch r
Start Price : 600.00 | Estimates : 1,600.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00 + 292.50) x 1 = 1,792.50
Extremely Rare Lindner Patent First Type Breech loading Percussion Carbine3047Extremely Rare Lindner Patent First Type Breech loading Percussion Carbine
Designed and made by Edward Lindner of Manchester, New Hampshire, only 892 of the First Type carbines were made, with the entire run consumed by milit
Start Price : 3,000.00 | Estimates : 6,000.00 - 9,500.00
Sold to floor for (4,750.00 + 926.25) x 1 = 5,676.25
Fine Starr Arms Civil War Breech Loading Carbine3048Fine Starr Arms Civil War Breech Loading Carbine
One of approximately 20,600 percussion carbines produced by Starr Arms Company of Yonkers, New York circa 1862 to 1865. In government tests of the Sta
Start Price : 1,400.00 | Estimates : 3,500.00 - 4,750.00
Sold to floor for (2,750.00 + 536.25) x 1 = 3,286.25
Scarce Martially Inspected Remington "Split Breech" Type II Single Shot Breech Loading Carbine3049Scarce Martially Inspected Remington "Split Breech" Type II Single Shot Breech Loading Carbine
Remington's first metallic cartridge longarm, originally sold to the government at the end of the Civil War, sold back in 1870, and then exported in l
Start Price : 800.00 | Estimates : 2,000.00 - 4,750.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00 + 253.50) x 1 = 1,553.50