FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOR SALE

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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 Khan of Crimea. Register now through ICOLLECTOR to bid online. THERE ARE MORE AND LARGER IMAGES OF EACH LOT SHOWN IN OUR ONLINE CATALOG AT OUR WEBSITE Questions? Call 323 851 2345
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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AN IGOROT SPEAR121 - AN IGOROT SPEAR
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A rare type, the well-forged steel head of leaf-form with chamfered edges and swollen lug, with expanded socket, retained with finely-woven bands of r
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (275.00) = 275.00
 
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A NORTH INDIAN KUTCH DAGGER122 - A NORTH INDIAN KUTCH DAGGER
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The hilt with flared, hemispherical pommel, elaborately embossed, engraved and heavily gilded overall. With broad, lightly curved and double-edged bla
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (275.00) = 275.00
 
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A RARE BERDICHE HALBERD123 - A RARE BERDICHE HALBERD
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A highly sought-after variety, Ottoman or Imperial Russian work. The well-forged head of characteristic elongated form, fixed to the haft at the socke
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,000.00) = 3,000.00
 
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AN IMPERIAL RUSSIAN CAVALRY PALASH SWORD124 - AN IMPERIAL RUSSIAN CAVALRY PALASH SWORD
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A massive weapon with heavy brass hilt and leather grip with brass wire wrap, long straight blade with two fullers marked on the spine in Russian, ZLA
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (2,200.00) = 2,200.00
 
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A FINE INDIAN KHANDA SWORD125 - A FINE INDIAN KHANDA SWORD
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An archetypal example, with large Indian basket hilt, the long backspike designed for two-handed use. Elaborately inlaid in gold overall, the grip wit
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (4,500.00) = 4,500.00
 
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A CHINESE QING DYNASTY JIAN SWORD126 - A CHINESE QING DYNASTY JIAN SWORD
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The straight, double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, the hilt of characteristic symmetrical form, with brass pommel, ferrule and guard engra
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (450.00) = 450.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN BLUNDERBUSS127 - AN OTTOMAN BLUNDERBUSS
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The hardwood stock with elaborately-inlaid silver bud and vinework throughout. The fine flintlock mechanism and massive barrel likewise deeply inlaid
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00) = 1,500.00
 
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A RARE TIMORESE POWDERHORN AND BALL CONTAINER128 - A RARE TIMORESE POWDERHORN AND BALL CONTAINER
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The horn with good age patina and original cord, retaining its circular woven rattan ball- holder, the opening closed with wool also used for patching
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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A RARE AFGHAN SIPAR SHIELD129 - A RARE AFGHAN SIPAR SHIELD
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Lightly-domed and composed of thick cording on a metallic weft in yellow with prominent geometrical designs in blue, with iron rim and four steel boss
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Estimate : 350.00 - 450.00
Sold to floor for (600.00) = 600.00
 
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A RARE CHINESE MING DYNASTY LIUYEDAO SABER130 - A RARE CHINESE MING DYNASTY LIUYEDAO SABER
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Of willow-leaf form, the iron mounts comprising a circular, flanged guard with rectangular ferrule and pommel, all pierced, chiseled, and silver inlai
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (8,100.00) = 8,100.00
 
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A CAUCASIAN BLUNDERBUSS131 - A CAUCASIAN BLUNDERBUSS
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Probably Cossack work, the hardwood stock elaborately inlaid with mother of pearl lozenges and disks between lineal bone or antler divisions. With cha
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (950.00) = 950.00
 
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A DAGHESTAN HUNTING DAGGER132 - A DAGHESTAN HUNTING DAGGER
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Wrought entirely of silver, finely engraved and nielloed overall. The grip formed as a saber hilt with the characteristic pommel a fully-modeled leopa
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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IMPERIAL RUSSIAN SHPAGA DRESS SWORD FOR INFANTRY133 - IMPERIAL RUSSIAN SHPAGA DRESS SWORD FOR INFANTRY
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Model of 1798, German-made as is typical. The gilded hilt with elaborately-embellished pommel and quillon terminal and double-clamshell guard, the out
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (800.00) = 800.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN BLUNDERBUSS134 - AN OTTOMAN BLUNDERBUSS
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The well-carved hardwood stock with finely-engraved flintlock mechanism, the octagonal barrel with flared muzzle a superior example of Ottoman pattern
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 600.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (900.00) = 900.00
 
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A RARE OTTOMAN YATAGHAN SWORD135 - A RARE OTTOMAN YATAGHAN SWORD
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The elephant grips with highly-arched terminals characteristic of Eastern Anatolian work, the elaborately-filigreed and gilded silver tangband set wit
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 900.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,700.00) = 1,700.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN KUBUR PISTOL136 - AN OTTOMAN KUBUR PISTOL
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An earlier than average example, with engraved iron mounts and elaborately-carved walnut stock, the butt with silver wire inlay work and filigreed sil
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (600.00) = 600.00
 
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AN IMPORTANT SZYSZAK PARADE HELMET137 - AN IMPORTANT SZYSZAK PARADE HELMET
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An exceptional example of Polish, Hungarian or Russian workmanship, finely wrought in steel with characteristic visor, ear guards and neck guard, supe
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 3,800.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to trb52 for (3,800.00 + 722.00BP) = 4,522.00
 
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A NORTH INDIAN KARD DAGGER138 - A NORTH INDIAN KARD DAGGER
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Of typical form with flared pommel, the entire hilt inlaid in delicate bands of flowering vines in gold, the single-edged blade forged of actively-gra
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00) = 1,000.00
 
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A SUMATRAN PISO GADING DAGGER139 - A SUMATRAN PISO GADING DAGGER
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Of characteristic form, with grip mounted in filigreed silver, the ferrule of suassa.The hardwood scabbard with silver bands, the deeply-bellied blade
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (125.00) = 125.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN YATAGHAN SWORD140 - AN OTTOMAN YATAGHAN SWORD
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With large, stepped horn grips typical of Balkan work, the gilded tangband and reinforces embossed and engraved. The massive, single-edged recurved bl
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (1,250.00) = 1,250.00
 
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