April Premiere Firearms Auction

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Our offering for this April Premiere sale picks right back up from where we left off in December of 2012. This auction features an exceptionally diverse and stellar assortment of firearms, edged weapons and, let’s not forget, armor from a number of high caliber, very well-known collections which include: The William Ashby Collection, The Chuck Lindley Collection, The Anthony Urbanoski Collection, and The Gary Cote Collection. Compounding the importance of this sale are numerous unnamed collections as well as many significant single gun consignments.

OVER 2700 LOTS FEATURING…

The William Ashby Collection of Arms & Armor
Matchlocks of Europe and Asia, a variety of Continental wheelocks, and an array of snaplocks, snaphaunces and other items from the Mediterranean, the Orient and beyond. Fine antique ornamentation is represented with wirework, wood carving, metal, bone, stone inlays and engraving executed by master craftsmen. Included in the collection are over twenty full suits of armor and numerous accoutrements including swords, daggers, halberds, helmets and shields.

Chuck Lindley’s Extraordinary German Military Collection
Lugers, Nazi daggers, medals and the finest and most comprehensive collection of P38 semi-automatic pistols ever assembled and offered for public auction. The collection features over 200 P38s manufactured by Walther, Mauser and Spreewerke representing every model and manufacturer code of all production dates in all serial number blocks.

Part II of The Anthony Urbanowski Collection with Over 70 Quality Smith & Wessons

Award Winning Display of Winchester Model 1894 Longarms from the Collection of Gary Cote

Historic Milestones in Winchester Firearms – Over 400

Impressive Colt Firearms – Over 550
The legend of Samuel Colt will be alive and well at Rock Island Auction Company’s April 19th, 20th and 21st Premiere Firearms Auction.

Civil War Arms
At Rock Island Auction Company we pride ourselves on our ability to continually bring to auction the most important military arms collections in private hands.

An outstanding variety of European and American sporting arms
High grade shotguns, sporting rifles in rare calibers and configurations, double rifles and drillings which boast such names such as Boss, Holland & Holland, Purdey, A.H. Fox, Winchester, Krieghoff and many more.

Sporting Rifles Highlights - a stellar selection of the most popular American hunting rifle--the Winchester Model 70 in Super Grade and carbine configurations and in calibers such as 7mm, .300 Magnum, 300 Savage, 35 Remington, 7.65 mm Argentine, and 458 Winchester Magnum. Over 60 Model 70’s alone!

The shotgun roster includes such rarities as a Holland & Holland Royal Hammerless Ejector Paradox Double Barrel Shotgun; a deluxe relief signed master engraved Lusso Grade Model 57 Rizzini Double Barrel 20 Gauge Shotgun; and an engraved Boss & Co. marked Double Barrel Hammerless Sidelock Pigeon Shotgun, just to name a few.

Other select highlights--fine Browning Olympian bolt action rifles; an engraved Ludwig Brovnik Side by Side Double Rifle in Desirable 458 Win Mag; and a cased W.J. Jeffery & Co. Double Barrel Hammerless Rifle in .450/400 Nitro Express with Scope.

AND MUCH MORE!
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National Arms Moore's Patent Teat-Fire Revolver with Silver Finished Barrel and Frame and Gold Washe1210 - National Arms Moore's Patent Teat-Fire Revolver with Silver Finished Barrel and Frame and Gold Washe
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $800 - 1300 Manufacturer: Moores Patent Firearms Co Model: Teatfire Manufactured between 1864 and 1870. Less than a third of the tot
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,300.00
Sold to floor for 350.00
 
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F.C. Taylor Fur Getter Trap Pistol1211 - F.C. Taylor Fur Getter Trap Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1200 - 1700 Manufacturer: F.C. Taylor Fur Co. Model: Fur Getter Produced in the 1920s, the Fur Getter uses an 11 3/4 inch bait hook a
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,700.00
Sold to floor for 1,700.00
 
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Greener Humane Horse Killer Single Shot Collapsible Pistol1212 - Greener Humane Horse Killer Single Shot Collapsible Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $900 - 1300 Manufacturer: Greener Model: Humane Horse Killer Marketed to those who worked with livestock, the Humane Horse Killer was
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 900.00 - 1,300.00
Sold to kmack1975 for 783.25
 
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Collector's Lot of Two Greener Livestock Pistols1213 - Collector's Lot of Two Greener Livestock Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1600 - 2250 A) Manufacturer: Greener Model: Humane Horse Killer Designed for the disposal of injured or ill livestock, the Saftikille
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 2,250.00
Sold to floor for 550.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two Humane Animal Pistols1214 - Collector's Lot of Two Humane Animal Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1500 - 2250 A) Manufacturer: Belgium Model: Single Shot Measuring 9 inches overall, with a brass alignment guide/expansion chamber an
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,250.00
Sold to floor for 450.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two Accles & Shelvoke Cash Captive Bolt Pistols1215 - Collector's Lot of Two Accles & Shelvoke Cash Captive Bolt Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $900 - 1400 A) Manufacturer: Accles & Shelvoke Model: Bolt Pistol Developed for use in slaughterhouses, the Cash pistol uses a b...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 900.00 - 1,400.00
Sold to floor for 550.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two Pratt Burglar Alarm/Animal Trap Guns1216 - Collector's Lot of Two Pratt Burglar Alarm/Animal Trap Guns
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $900 - 1400 A) Manufacturer: Pratt George Model: Trap These burglar alarm/trap guns were manufactured in the 1880s and 1890s. Flat t
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,400.00
Sold to floor for 900.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two Doorstop Burglar Alarms1217 - Collector's Lot of Two Doorstop Burglar Alarms
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $850 - 1200 Manufacturer: None Model: None 1) Nickel plated brass alarm marked "TOLEDO BURGLAR ALARM CO./PAT'D. AUG. 4. 85....
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Estimate : 850.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for 550.00
 
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Collector's Lot of One Powder Tester and One Bigelow/Marlin Alarm Gun1218 - Collector's Lot of One Powder Tester and One Bigelow/Marlin Alarm Gun
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $950 - 1400 Manufacturer: None Model: None 1) Percussion powder tester, casehardened frame with blue components, "J*5" on ...
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Estimate : 950.00 - 1,400.00
Sold to floor for 900.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Three Blank Firing Alarm Guns1219 - Collector's Lot of Three Blank Firing Alarm Guns
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $900 - 1400 Manufacturer: None Model: None 1) J.P. Wilson percussion alarm gun, 1 5/8 inches long with a dovetailed mounting slot. 2)
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 900.00 - 1,400.00
Sold to floor for 475.00
 
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