Auctions Imperial Arms and Armor 2015

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Auctions Imperial is pleased to offer 695 lots of fine antique arms and armor from the world over for 2015, our biggest sale ever! Guaranteed to please the most discriminating collector! Find the suit of armor, sword, dagger, saber, broadsword, dirk, kula khud, shamshir, khanjar, flintlock musket & pistol, tanegashima, barong, kris and bolo you've been looking for!
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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A PHILIPPINES FIGHTING KNIFE81 - A PHILIPPINES FIGHTING KNIFE
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With wooden mounts and handforged blade. Mid-20th century. Overall length 45.1 cm. Condition III
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Estimate : 30.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for (25.00) = 25.00
 
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AN INDIAN BRASS BUCKLER SHIELD82 - AN INDIAN BRASS BUCKLER SHIELD
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Of brass, with characteristic rolled edge. Embellished in Benares enamel work and silvering in flowering vine motifs overall. Latter 19th century. Lig
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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A SYRIAN KHANJAR DAGGER83 - A SYRIAN KHANJAR DAGGER
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With inlaid hilt and etched blade. In its brass sheath. Early 20th century. Overall length 27.4 cm. Condition II
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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A MORO BARONG SHORTSWORD84 - A MORO BARONG SHORTSWORD
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With characteristic crested wooden grip and broad, single-edged blade. Some wear. Mid-20th century. Overall length 61.2 cm. Condition III
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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A PHILIPPINES FIGHTING KNIFE85 - A PHILIPPINES FIGHTING KNIFE
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Negrito work, with horn grip, brass guard and massive, well-forged blade. First half of the 20th century. Overall length 56 cm. Condition III
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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A NATIVE AMERICAN TOMAHAWK86 - A NATIVE AMERICAN TOMAHAWK
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Of steel, the wooden pipe-haft with darkening. 20th century. Overall length 45 cm. Condition II
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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A PERSIAN BARUTDAN POWDERHORN87 - A PERSIAN BARUTDAN POWDERHORN
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Of finely-tooled rawhide with geometrical motifs overall. Mid 19th century. Overall length 25 cm. Condition IV
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Estimate : 40.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for (65.00) = 65.00
 
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AN AFGHAN LOHAR PICK88 - AN AFGHAN LOHAR PICK
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The head and haft forged of steel with brass inlay to the obverse. The bone grip of expanding octagonal form struck with red-stained birdseye talisman
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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A CENTRAL ASIAN POWDERFLASK89 - A CENTRAL ASIAN POWDERFLASK
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Probably Bukharan work, brass with engraving overall. Worn. 20th century. Overall length 16.5 cm. Condition III
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (85.00) = 85.00
 
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A PHILIPPINES FIGHTING KNIFE90 - A PHILIPPINES FIGHTING KNIFE
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Negrito work, with horn grip, brass guard and well-forged blade. First half of the 20th century. Overall length 36.5 cm. Condition II
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (55.00) = 55.00
 
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AN ALGERIAN NIMCHA DAGGER91 - AN ALGERIAN NIMCHA DAGGER
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The wooden mounts carved overall with brass bands. With characteristic scrolled and hooked pommel and recurved guard. The curved blade of flyssa type
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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A CAMBODIAN DAGGER92 - A CAMBODIAN DAGGER
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Staghorn grip with well-forged and engraved blade. Early 20th century. Overall length 56 cm. Condition II
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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AN UNUSUAL MOROCCAN DAGGER93 - AN UNUSUAL MOROCCAN DAGGER
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The mounts wrought entirely of silver filigree, the well-forged recurved blade engraved with a moon and star and palm tree, and inscribed ALLAH! First
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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THREE OTTOMAN FLINT STRIKERS94 - THREE OTTOMAN FLINT STRIKERS
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All handwrought of steel with fingerstalls. 17th-18th century. Heavily worn. Overall length 8.1 cm. Condition V
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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A PERSIAN DAGGER KHANJAR95 - A PERSIAN DAGGER KHANJAR
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Forged entirely of steel, the grip and scabbard with silver and copper koftgari inlays. Fitted with an unusual triple blade, with two smaller blades w
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (95.00) = 95.00
 
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A PHILIPPINES FIGHTING KNIFE96 - A PHILIPPINES FIGHTING KNIFE
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With waved, double-edged blade and aluminum mounts, the hardwood grip with inlaid star. Worn. WWII era. Overall length 30.9 cm. Condition III
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (55.00) = 55.00
 
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A PHILIPPINES FIGHTING KNIFE97 - A PHILIPPINES FIGHTING KNIFE
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Negrito work, with horn grip, brass guard and massive, well-forged blade. First half of the 20th century. Overall length 56 cm. Condition III
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (45.00) = 45.00
 
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A RIDING CROP DAGGER98 - A RIDING CROP DAGGER
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Spanish, with carved horn horsehead handle and leather lash, steel thrusting blade. First half of the 20th century. Overall length 55 cm. Condition I
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (65.00) = 65.00
 
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TWO TIBETAN BELT DAGGERS99 - TWO TIBETAN BELT DAGGERS
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With bone grips and straight, single-edged and well-used blades. In their wooden scabbards with steel mounts pierced and engraved with vinework. Late
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Estimate : 100.00 - 125.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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A CHINESE CEREMONIAL SWORD100 - A CHINESE CEREMONIAL SWORD
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Of massive proportions, the silvered mounts elaborately engraved overall with dragons and other motifs, inlaid with carnelian and turquoise and set wi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (600.00) = 600.00
 
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