Auction Details
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
Choose Your Layout >
438A TODENKOPF BURGONET HELMETAuctions Imperial
German or Northern Italian work, the skull made in two halves, the visor with flared and ridged occularia and long nasal, and sharing a common pivot w
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for 1,900.00
446A RARE MOROCCAN MUSKETAuctions Imperial
Of Afedali type, with broadly-flared elephant butt, the hardwood stock lavishly and elegantly inlaid with silver floral motifs and Arabic inscriptions
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for 1,900.00
460AN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR CUIRASSIER?S ARMORAuctions Imperial
Comprising a typical English helmet with movable three-bar faceguard and peak struck with an A armorer?s mark, earguards, and articulated ?lobstertail
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for 1,800.00
565A FINE MUGHAL KHANJAR DAGGERAuctions Imperial
The grip carved of a single section of green jade, with flared, trilobate guard, tapered grip and rolled pommel, carved overall with flowering lotuses
Estimate : 2,800.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for 13,000.00
595A RARE JADE-HILTED OTTOMAN DAGGERAuctions Imperial
With faceted one-piece pale jade grip set with a turquoise in a gilded setting, the steel bolster elaborately inlaid in gold with rumi vinework. The
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for 3,000.00
401A FINE ZAND DYNASTY KARD DAGGERAuctions Imperial
A robust example of fine quality with walrus grips, the tangbands and bolster forged of russet steel, true-inlaid in gold with flowering vine motifs.
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for 1,750.00
525AN ENGLISH PIKEMAN?S ARMORAuctions Imperial
Comprising a cabasset helmet, breastplate and tassets.The helmet of characteristic domed form, with pearstalk finial and narrow brim with rolled borde
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for 1,500.00
580AN OTTOMAN SABERAuctions Imperial
The rhino grips with original woven wrap and rolled pommel, the silver guard engraved with Ottoman baroque borders. The broad, lightly-curved, single-
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for 8,000.00
552A RARE SCOTTISH DIRKAuctions Imperial
The hardwood hilt with high shoulders characteristic of the period, finely carved in Celtic interlace motifs and set with silver studs, the disk pomme
Estimate : 2,200.00 - 2,400.00
Sold to floor for 1,500.00
440AN ELECTOR OF SAXONY CABASSET HELMETAuctions Imperial
A rare example, worn by the Elector?s Bodyguard. The domed skull wrought in two pieces, the brim with rolled borders, peaked at both ends. 12 original
Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
Sold to floor for 2,300.00
451AN ENGLISH BURGONET HELMETAuctions Imperial
With one-piece skull and rolled comb, the peaked visor and bevor sharing a common pivot as is typical, the bevor secured by a hook. With plume tube to
Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
Sold to floor for 2,000.00
480A RARE PAIR OF CONTINENTAL ELBOW GAUNTLETSAuctions Imperial
With characteristic long cuffs, wrought to cover the elbow with roped and riveted borders, with four articulated plates and a well-embossed knuckle-pl
Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
Sold to floor for 1,000.00
576AN OTTOMAN SHISHANA RIFLEAuctions Imperial
Of characteristic form, the actively-grained hardwood stock inlaid with green-stained horn inlays and mounted in engraved silvered bands, the butt cov
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,200.00
Sold to floor for 2,000.00
601A FINE PERSIAN PESH QABZ DAGGERAuctions Imperial
With elephant grips, the graceful, recurved blade with T-back and chamfered edge, finely chiseled at the forte in vinework motifs, the spine with cent
Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
Sold to floor for 2,250.00
416A RARE SARDINIAN FLINTLOCK MUSKETAuctions Imperial
Of characteristic form, the stock sheathed in pierced and engraved iron. The fine miqueletlock and octagonal barrel engraved. Original ramrod intact.M
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for 1,400.00
435A RARE POLISH WINGED HUSSAR HELMETAuctions Imperial
The domed, ribbed bowl well-forged and surmounted by a ring, the peak, earpieces and four-lamed neck guard separately-applied, each with rolled edges,
Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for 2,500.00
447A SAVOYARD BURGONET HELMETAuctions Imperial
Probably German, the name referring to a skull or death?s head. With crested skull, the peaked and pierced visor and bevor sharing a common pivot as i
Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for 1,500.00
485A FINE MUGHAL ARCHER?S RINGAuctions Imperial
Of characteristic form, well carved of a single large section of gray ?mutton fat? jade and set with numerous cabochon rubies and emeralds a large fac
Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for 1,800.00
486A POLISH HUSSAR?S SABERAuctions Imperial
The characteristic open hilt composed of a broad steel guard with flattened quillon terminals, long, slender langets and a thumbring and cylindrical s
Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for 1,400.00
516A VICTORIAN COPY OF A GREAT HELMAuctions Imperial
Of fine form and requisite weight, showing characteristic five-plate construction, with rounded skull and ridged occularia divided by a nasal, the who
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for 2,100.00