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British Military Style Percussion Musket3181 - British Military Style Percussion Musket
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $900 - 1300 The barrel gauges at approximately .75 caliber and has a bayonet lug on top near the muzzle, a missing rear sight (slot unfil
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 900.00 - 1,300.00
Sold to floor for 550.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two British Snider Patent Breech Loading Carbines3182 - Collector's Lot of Two British Snider Patent Breech Loading Carbines
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1200 - 1700 A) British Snider Breech Loading Carbine. Snider patent marking on trapdoor hinge and "B.S.A. Co." marked on tr...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,700.00
Sold to floor for 1,400.00
 
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Rare Colonel LeMat Brevette Marked Pinfire/Percussion Revolver3183 - Rare Colonel LeMat Brevette Marked Pinfire/Percussion Revolver
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $5500 - 8500 Also known as the "Grapeshot", this is 1 of approximately 1,000 Belgian Brevete revolvers produced. The top barr...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 5,500.00 - 8,500.00
Sold to floor for 5,000.00
 
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Mangeot & Comblain Marked Double Action Percussion Revolver3184 - Mangeot & Comblain Marked Double Action Percussion Revolver
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $2250 - 3000 The top barrel flat is marked "MANGEOT / BREVETE / COMBLAIN" and the left rear flat is marked with a "crown...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,250.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for 2,500.00
 
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Scarce Massachusetts Arms Adams' Patent Double Action Percussion Revolver3185 - Scarce Massachusetts Arms Adams' Patent Double Action Percussion Revolver
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $3750 - 4500 Fixed sights, with the top strap marked "MANUFACTURED BY/ MASS. ARMS CO./ CHICOPEE FALLS.", "KERR'S PAT...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 3,750.00 - 4,500.00
Sold to floor for 3,750.00
 
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Scarce Unmarked Victor Colette Patent Gravity Feed Repeating Pistol3186 - Scarce Unmarked Victor Colette Patent Gravity Feed Repeating Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $2500 - 3500 Premiered at the Paris World Fair of 1855, Liege gunsmith Victor Colette combined the form and purpose of a European target
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for 3,750.00
 
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Deane & Son Adams Patent Revolver with Scarce Joseph Brazier Loading Lever3187 - Deane & Son Adams Patent Revolver with Scarce Joseph Brazier Loading Lever
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1400 - 2250 Dovetail blade front and fixed notch rear sights, with "DEANE & SON, 30, KING WILLIAM ST, LONDON BRIDGE" on ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,400.00 - 2,250.00
Sold to floor for 3,000.00
 
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Excellent Cased Pair of English Double Barrel Percussion Pistols3188 - Excellent Cased Pair of English Double Barrel Percussion Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $4000 - 7000 A) R. Burnand Double Barrel Percussion Pistol in Case with Accessories. German silver bead and groove sights, with the top
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 7,000.00
Sold to floor for 6,500.00
 
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J. Krider Marked Philadelphia Double Barrel Percussion Pistol3189 - J. Krider Marked Philadelphia Double Barrel Percussion Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $3000 - 4500 German silver blade front and notch rear sights, with a fine brown finish on the barrels, "KRIDER/ PHILa" on the...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,500.00
Sold to floor for 1,900.00
 
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Scarce Engraved French Noel System 10-Shot Pill-Lock Turret Pistol3190 - Scarce Engraved French Noel System 10-Shot Pill-Lock Turret Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $2750 - 4750 Using a vertically oriented turret, this pill lock double action pistol can fire 10 rounds in one loading. Blade front and n
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,750.00 - 4,750.00
Sold to floor for 3,500.00
 
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Unique Hollis Solid German Silver Stocked and Elaborately Engraved Percussion Pistol3191 - Unique Hollis Solid German Silver Stocked and Elaborately Engraved Percussion Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $3500 - 4500 Silver blade front and notch rear sights, with scroll engraving at the muzzle, a set of gold and silver bands at the muzzle
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
Sold to floor for 2,250.00
 
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Moore & Woodward London Side by Side Percussion Pistol3192 - Moore & Woodward London Side by Side Percussion Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1400 - 2250 The upper tang is script marked "Moore & Woodward / 64 St. James STT. / LONDON". Smooth bore barrels with an...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,400.00 - 2,250.00
Sold to floor for 1,600.00
 
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French Flintlock Belt Pistol3193 - French Flintlock Belt Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1200 - 1700 This 18th century French pistol was manufactured without sights and the lock plate script inscribed "Batise au / Carm...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,700.00
Sold to floor for 1,575.00
 
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Attractive Pair of Gold Banded Irish Traveling Flintlock Pistols3194 - Attractive Pair of Gold Banded Irish Traveling Flintlock Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $3750 - 5500 A) William Pattison Gold Banded Flintlock Pistol. Blade and notch sights, with a pair of gold bands on either end of the br
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 3,750.00 - 5,500.00
Sold to floor for 3,250.00
 
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Superb Lancaster Double Action Pepperbox Pistol3195 - Superb Lancaster Double Action Pepperbox Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $8000 - 12000 An outgrowth and evolution of the "Howdah" pistols used as point defense weapons by big game hunters, Charles L...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 12,000.00
Sold to floor for 4,500.00
 
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Excellent Cased and Engraved J. Beattie London Pepperbox Revolver with Silver Accents and Accessorie3196 - Excellent Cased and Engraved J. Beattie London Pepperbox Revolver with Silver Accents and Accessorie
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $5500 - 8500 Light border engraving on the barrel group, with alternating "crown/V" and "crown/GP" proofs in the fl...
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Estimate : 5,500.00 - 8,500.00
Sold to floor for 9,500.00
 
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Horsley York Large Bore Percussion Pistol3197 - Horsley York Large Bore Percussion Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1100 - 1600 The casehardened smooth bore barrel gauges at approximately .75 caliber percussion and has an engraved band at the muzzle an
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Estimate : 1,100.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for 650.00
 
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Richard Hollis & Sons Engraved Percussion Pocket Pistol3198 - Richard Hollis & Sons Engraved Percussion Pocket Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $950 - 1600 German silver blade front and notch rear sights, with "London FINE TWIST" on the top flat and scroll engraving on...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 950.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for 800.00
 
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Engraved English G.H. Kirby Screw Barrel Flintlock Pistol3199 - Engraved English G.H. Kirby Screw Barrel Flintlock Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1000 - 1500 The box lock action is engraved with panoplies with the left side marked "G.H. KIRBY" in a banner. The tapered b...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 750.00
 
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Pyke Bridgewater Flintlock Pocket Pistol3200 - Pyke Bridgewater Flintlock Pocket Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $950 - 1400 Produced circa 1750 to 1770 with a screw on cannon shaped smooth bore barrel gauging at approximately .43 caliber. The frame
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 950.00 - 1,400.00
Sold to floor for 900.00
 
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Engraved British Transition Bar Hammer Percussion Revolver3201 - Engraved British Transition Bar Hammer Percussion Revolver
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $850 - 1300 Scroll engraved frame, bar hammer, back strap, trigger guard and butt, with an engraved band at the muzzle. The cylinder has
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 850.00 - 1,300.00
Sold to floor for 1,100.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two Flintlock Pistols3202 - Collector's Lot of Two Flintlock Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1600 - 2500 A) Queen Anne Flintlock Pocket Pistol. This lot consists of a pair of miniature Queen Anne flintlock pistols. Manufactured
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,600.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for 1,600.00
 
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Pair of Engraved English Style Screw Barrel Tap Action Flintlock Pistols3203 - Pair of Engraved English Style Screw Barrel Tap Action Flintlock Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1500 - 2250 A) Double Barrel Tap Action Flintlock Pistol. Produced without sights, with the barrels set in an over and under arrangemen
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,250.00
Sold to floor for 1,100.00
 
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Unique L. Leroux Paris Marked Percussion Shotgun with Interesting Priming System3204 - Unique L. Leroux Paris Marked Percussion Shotgun with Interesting Priming System
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $2500 - 4500 Single German silver bead sight on the fine twist pattern barrel, with the breech section marked "INVon L.LEROUX Bte/...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 4,500.00
Sold to floor for 1,400.00
 
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European Side by Side Percussion Shotgun3205 - European Side by Side Percussion Shotgun
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1000 - 2000 Light engraving on lock plates with "UILLAUME" marked on left lock plate and "BERLEUR" marked on right...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for 1,000.00
 
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Unmarked Percussion Fowling Piece with Silver Mounts3206 - Unmarked Percussion Fowling Piece with Silver Mounts
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $700 - 1000 Damascus barrel with single bead sight and iron under rib. No maker markings with a scroll engraved motif on the fish sculpte
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Estimate : 700.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for 425.00
 
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G. Meiner & Son Gold Inlaid Damascus 16 Gauge Percussion Shotgun3207 - G. Meiner & Son Gold Inlaid Damascus 16 Gauge Percussion Shotgun
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $700 - 900 Damascus barrels and solid rib marked "CANONS DAMAS-TURC D'ACIER RUBANTES" in gold and single bead sight. Scro...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for 750.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two Percussion English Shotguns3208 - Collector's Lot of Two Percussion English Shotguns
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1600 - 2500 A) English Double Barrel Percussion Damascus Shotgun. The fish sculpted hammer, upper tang, hammer safeties, lock plates, t
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,600.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for 2,500.00
 
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Unique Engraved Unmarked Six Barrel Pepperbox Pistol3209 - Unique Engraved Unmarked Six Barrel Pepperbox Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $2000 - 3000 There are no visible markings on this pepperbox but writer believes it to be of Japanese origin. The frame is iron with a fl
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for 2,500.00
 
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Pair of Cominazzo Miquelet Flintlock Pistols3210 - Pair of Cominazzo Miquelet Flintlock Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $2000 - 4000 A) Cominazzo Miquelet Pistol. This lot consists of a pair of Cominazzo Miquelet flintlock pistols. The rear round section o
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for 2,250.00
 
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Elaborate Miquelet Flintlock Pistol with Gold Accents3211 - Elaborate Miquelet Flintlock Pistol with Gold Accents
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1500 - 2500 Gold accents are featured on top of the barrel from the breech to the muzzle with gold accents extended to the action compon
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for 900.00
 
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Elaborate Pair of Turkish Flintlock Holster Pistols with Gold Inlaid Accents and Wire Inlaid Stock3212 - Elaborate Pair of Turkish Flintlock Holster Pistols with Gold Inlaid Accents and Wire Inlaid Stock
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $3000 - 6000 A) Turkish Flintlock Holster Pistol. This lot consists of a pair of Turkish flintlock blunderbuss holster pistols with gold
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 6,000.00
Sold to floor for 4,750.00
 
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M. Franzini "Mediterranean" Style Metal Stocked Flintlock Miquelet3213 - M. Franzini "Mediterranean" Style Metal Stocked Flintlock Miquelet
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $900 - 1300 Front sight dovetail slot and notch rear sight on the "M. FRANZINI" marked ribbed barrel, with scroll engraving a...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 900.00 - 1,300.00
Sold to floor for 850.00
 
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Engraved Germanic Wheel Lock with Elaborate Relief Carved Stock3214 - Engraved Germanic Wheel Lock with Elaborate Relief Carved Stock
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $3500 - 6500 The octagon barrel gauges at approximately .62 caliber and has fixed sights with a 6 1/2" long groove extending from ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 3,500.00 - 6,500.00
Sold to floor for 14,000.00
 
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Wheeler & Son Brass Barrel Flintlock Blunderbuss with Spring Bayonet3215 - Wheeler & Son Brass Barrel Flintlock Blunderbuss with Spring Bayonet
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1800 - 2750 The brass barrel has a muzzle opening approximately 1 1/4" and two crown/scepter proofs on the left side at the breec...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,750.00
Sold to floor for 2,250.00
 
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German 10 Bore Matchlock Musket3216 - German 10 Bore Matchlock Musket
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $2500 - 4000 Manufactured early 17th century. Two staged barrel with a blade front sight, with a shallow dovetail for a rear sight. The b
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for 7,500.00
 
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Matched Pair of Miquelet Pistols3217 - Matched Pair of Miquelet Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $2000 - 3000 A) Miquelet Pistol. This lot consists of a pair of fine Miquelet pistols that most likely are of Spanish origin. The part o
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for 3,750.00
 
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Indian Katar Armor Piercing Dagger with Dual Mounted Percussion Pistols3218 - Indian Katar Armor Piercing Dagger with Dual Mounted Percussion Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1000 - 2000 Produced at an unknown date, this katar was later upgraded by adding a pair of box lock percussion pistols to the support ar
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for 2,250.00
 
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Massive Silver and Gold Inlaid Japanese Matchlock3219 - Massive Silver and Gold Inlaid Japanese Matchlock
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $4500 - 8000 This is a superb example of a massive Japanese matchlock made for royalty. The heavy barrel gauges at 70 caliber and feature
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 8,000.00
Sold to floor for 4,750.00
 
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Highly Scarce Signed Japanese Tachi Sword3220 - Highly Scarce Signed Japanese Tachi Sword
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $3500 - 7000 Blade measures 30 1/4" long, with deep single hi on each side, running down into the silver finished habaki, and a wa...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 3,500.00 - 7,000.00
Sold to floor for 4,750.00
 
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Japanese Matchlock Pistol3221 - Japanese Matchlock Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1600 - 2500 Japanese matchlock pistol with gold and silver inlaid barrel. The pistol is 22-inches long and has a 12 1/2-inch iron barre
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,600.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for 2,750.00
 
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Japanese Matchlock Rifle with Gold-Inlaid Barrel3222 - Japanese Matchlock Rifle with Gold-Inlaid Barrel
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1600 - 2500 Eighteenth century Japanese matchlock musket with gold-inlays on the barrel. Attached to the lock is a handwritten tag mark
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for 2,000.00
 
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Signed Japanese Blade in Shirasaya Mounting3223 - Signed Japanese Blade in Shirasaya Mounting
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1000 - 2000 Blade measures 32 1/2 in total length, with a 7 3/4" long nakago, marked with a 4-symbol signature on the left side b...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for 1,700.00
 
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John Drisbach Marked Reconversion Flintlock Kentucky Rifle with Incised Carved Stock3224 - John Drisbach Marked Reconversion Flintlock Kentucky Rifle with Incised Carved Stock
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $2500 - 5000 The lock plate is signed "Cupper / VC" and the top barrel flat is signed "John Drisbach". Fixed sights...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to floor for 7,000.00
 
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Raise Relief Carved Stock Flintlock Kentucky Rifle with Silver Accents3225 - Raise Relief Carved Stock Flintlock Kentucky Rifle with Silver Accents
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $2000 - 4000 The octagon rifled barrel gauges at approximately .32 caliber and has fixed sights. The top barrel flat at the breech has a
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for 2,750.00
 
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L. Coon Marked Flintlock Kentucky Rifle3226 - L. Coon Marked Flintlock Kentucky Rifle
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1500 - 2500 The lock plate is marked "NOCK / WARRANTED" and the rifled barrel is marked "L. COON". The barrel gaug...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for 4,750.00
 
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J. Roop Flintlock Kentucky Rifle3227 - J. Roop Flintlock Kentucky Rifle
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1400 - 2250 The lock plate is marked "J. ROOP" with a light engraving on the lock plate and hammer. Fixed sights, with the o...
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 2,250.00
Sold to floor for 4,750.00
 
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Early 19th Century American Bowie Knife with Unique Tin Scabbard3228 - Early 19th Century American Bowie Knife with Unique Tin Scabbard
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $3000 - 5000 Clip point blade, 9" long, with an unsharpened clip. Bronze crossguard, 4" long and 1 1/8" wide, with one p...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to floor for 1,200.00
 
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Contemporary Brooks Flintlock Presentation Rifle Presented to USMC General Lewis W. Walt with Case, 3229 - Contemporary Brooks Flintlock Presentation Rifle Presented to USMC General Lewis W. Walt with Case,
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $6500 - 12000 This is a Brooks flintlock presentation rifle presented to USMC General Lewis W. Walt by the National Rifle Association of
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Estimate : 6,500.00 - 12,000.00
Sold to floor for 15,000.00
 
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J. Sheets "Golden Age' Kentucky Rifle3230 - J. Sheets "Golden Age' Kentucky Rifle
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $4000 - 8000 "Golden Age" Kentucky Rifle with barrel signed: "J Sheets". "AMERICAN GUNSMITHS" lists J. Sh...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 8,000.00
Sold to floor for 5,500.00
 
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