Extraordinary & Historic Firearms Auction

NSN. Listed in the article on the Master of the Animal Scrolls by Dr. Hans Schedlemann as being in the collection of his Majesty, King Leopold of Belg

PLEASE NOTE (10/13/13): At one time this gun was owned by Mr. Ray Petry who was kind enough to call us and share some information to be added to the d

NSN. The quality of carving on this particular example makes it very likely that it is actually from the hand of the so-called "Meister der Tie...

NSN. Silesian wheel lock rifles are much rarer than Silesian wheel lock tschinkes. This rifle is inlaid in the characteristic Silesian style with both

NSN. This work of art wheel lock rifle has a fruitwood full stock inlaid with the rare combination of stag horn, mother of pearl and silver wire. Addi

NSN. This extraordinary rifle has a lock deeply chiseled in relief with a king on horseback following a figure of Mercury holding a lion by his tail.

NSN. Lock stamped "AW" in heart shaped reserves and further engraved "Christi(an) Linta/Scul in berchtes". Very finely engraved ...

NSN. The type of carving as on this gun may be attributed to the Maucher school as it is far higher relief and more in the round than the Meister der

NSN. Lock with internal wheel engraved with woman's face and breasts surrounded by clouds. Wheel cover with the classic Austrian double headed e...

NSN. George Keiser was one of the, if not the, most important Austrian gunsmiths of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Existing examples from the