AUCTIONS IMPERIAL ARMS & ARMOR 2014

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Auctions Imperial offers the very finest arms, armor, and historical artifacts in March of each year, and is pleased to assist in making your experience a positive one. To begin, search our catalogue, either in print or online at www.auctionsimperial.com, and then either examine the lots you are interested in during the pre-sale exhibition and/or communicate with our specialists if you have questions.
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 15 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 650 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 a
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A RARE MOROCCAN NIMCHA SABER541 - A RARE MOROCCAN NIMCHA SABER
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An earlier than average example, the grip carved of a single large section of horn with characteristic crested and hooked pommel. The silvered guard w
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (450.00) = 450.00
 
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A MARTINI-HENRY BAYONET542 - A MARTINI-HENRY BAYONET
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Marked at the forte and scabbard locket with Devanagari designations, and struck with the British broad arrow mark. In its original leather and brass
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN KUBUR PISTOL543 - AN OTTOMAN KUBUR PISTOL
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An elaborate example, with engraved brass mounts and well-carved walnut stock, the grip with silver wire inlay work and filigreed silver escutcheon pl
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (650.00) = 650.00
 
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A CAUCASIAN KINDJAL544 - A CAUCASIAN KINDJAL
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The staghorn grips with chiseled foliate borders, the tangband heavily inlaid in gold, the blade repurposed from a late 16th century Ottoman saber. Wr
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00) = 1,500.00
 
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AN INDIAN MATCHLOCK TORADAR MUSKET545 - AN INDIAN MATCHLOCK TORADAR MUSKET
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The hardwood stock of characteristic form, with horn buttplate and ebony breach-block, with well-chiseled iron mounts enclosing floral sprays. The bar
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 900.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (550.00) = 550.00
 
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AN INDIAN KHANJAR DAGGER546 - AN INDIAN KHANJAR DAGGER
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A massive example with elegantly-wrought iron grip terminating in a finely-modeled parrot's head, inlaid overall in heavy gold with flowering vi...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (800.00) = 800.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN YATAGHAN SWORD547 - AN OTTOMAN YATAGHAN SWORD
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The steel hilt with grip of octagonal section and angled pommel with broad guard, lavishly inlaid in gold with rumi motifs throughout. The long, recur
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 1,700.00
Sold to floor for (5,000.00) = 5,000.00
 
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A RARE MORO JUNGAYYAN BARONG SHORTSWORD548 - A RARE MORO JUNGAYYAN BARONG SHORTSWORD
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Sulu work. The hilt of elephant, with a contrasting band of horn delineating the grip and elegantly-carved Jungayyan pommel. With long, silver ferrule
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (800.00) = 800.00
 
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A PERSIAN STANDARD HEAD 'ALIM549 - A PERSIAN STANDARD HEAD 'ALIM
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Probably Zand Dynasty, of characteristic droplet form, very finely and elegantly pierced in brass containing the Shi'ite motto, ALLAH, ALI, MUHA...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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A RARE OTTOMAN CEKAN WAR HAMMER550 - A RARE OTTOMAN CEKAN WAR HAMMER
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A type closely associated with the Siege of Vienna in 1683, the head finely-wrought of actively-grained pattern-welded damascus steel of characteristi
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to floor for (5,000.00) = 5,000.00
 
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AN AFGHAN KARD DAGGER551 - AN AFGHAN KARD DAGGER
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With hardwood grips and brass bolster, the handforged blade probably wootz, with T-back and chamfered cutting edge. Early 19th century.Worn.Overall le
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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A RARE SCOTTISH DIRK552 - A RARE SCOTTISH DIRK
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The hardwood hilt with high shoulders characteristic of the period, finely carved in Celtic interlace motifs and set with silver studs, the disk pomme
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Estimate : 2,200.00 - 2,400.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00) = 1,500.00
 
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A GREEK PALASKA CARTRIDGE BOX553 - A GREEK PALASKA CARTRIDGE BOX
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Wrought entirely of silver and shield-shaped, with finely-engraved and nielloed neoclassical motifs and stands of arms characteristic of Epiros work.T
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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A PHILIPPINES BOLO SHORTSWORD554 - A PHILIPPINES BOLO SHORTSWORD
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Visayan People, with elaborately-carved wooden grip, the pommel formed as a monsterhead, with copper ferrule. The heavy, handforged blade chisel-edged
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (125.00) = 125.00
 
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A RARE ZAND DYNASTY PERSIAN KARD DAGGER555 - A RARE ZAND DYNASTY PERSIAN KARD DAGGER
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The grip carved from a single section of translucent amber, with a pale coral set into the pommel. The fine Persian black wootz ladder pattern blade w
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (2,400.00) = 2,400.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN PALA SABER556 - AN OTTOMAN PALA SABER
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Of classic form, the grips of translucent rhino with characteristic rolled pommel. The guard of brass, the blade forged of finely-detailed wootz steel
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,400.00
Sold to floor for (3,250.00) = 3,250.00
 
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A RARE PAPUA NEW GUINEA ADZE557 - A RARE PAPUA NEW GUINEA ADZE
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With lightly-curved wooden grip set perpendicular to the rattan-bound hardstone head with sharpened edge. Used as both weapon and tool. Latter 19th ce
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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A SWORD OF BRITISH POET LORD BYRON558 - A SWORD OF BRITISH POET LORD BYRON
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A well-made example, apparently a privately-purchased British 1796 Heavy Cavalry Dress pattern, with finely fluted guard and pommel, and pierced and e
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 10,000.00
Sold to floor for (20,100.00) = 20,100.00
 
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A RARE AFGHAN SIPAR SHIELD559 - A RARE AFGHAN SIPAR SHIELD
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An exceptionally large example, lightly-domed and composed of thick cording on a metallic weft in yellow with prominent geometrical designs in blue, w
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,400.00
Sold to floor for (1,200.00) = 1,200.00
 
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A MOROCCAN KOUMIYYAH DAGGER560 - A MOROCCAN KOUMIYYAH DAGGER
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A large example, with wooden grip, mounted entirely in finely engraved silver. The curved blade with long backedge.Latter 19th century. Light wear. Ov
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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