Premiere Firearms Auction

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Rock Island Auction Company is proud to continue the 2012 auction season with our September Premier Sale, a superb assembly of arms featuring the 3rd installment of the William Ashby Collection, the noted Gateway Collection which includes a number of ultra-rare Colts, and an assortment of rare and high condition Civil War arms.
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Stocking & Company Single Action Pepperbox131 - Stocking & Company Single Action Pepperbox
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $850 - 1300 Manufactured circa late 1840s to early 1850s. The barrel cluster has the address and cast steel rib markings, with the 1848 p
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Estimate : 850.00 - 1,300.00
Sold to floor for (2,250.00) = 2,250.00
 
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Cased Allen & Thurber Pepperbox Pistol with Accessories132 - Cased Allen & Thurber Pepperbox Pistol with Accessories
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Estimate: $2750 - 4250 A barrel cluster rib is stamped "PATENTED 1837 CAST STEEL" with "ALLEN & THURBER WORCESTER" on ano...
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Estimate : 2,750.00 - 4,250.00
Sold to floor for (4,500.00) = 4,500.00
 
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English D, Egg Four Barrel Flintlock Pistol133 - English D, Egg Four Barrel Flintlock Pistol
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Estimate: $2000 - 3000 Natural metal finish with walnut one-piece grip. Marked on the right side of the frame "D,EGG/LONDON" bordered b...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,500.00) = 2,500.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two Allen & Thurber Pepperbox Pistols134 - Collector's Lot of Two Allen & Thurber Pepperbox Pistols
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Estimate: $1000 - 1500 A) A barrel cluster flute is marked "ALLEN & THURBER WORCESTER". The recoil shield and frame have a floral s...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00) = 1,500.00
 
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Scarce Unmarked Victor Colette Patent Gravity Feed Magazine Pistol135 - Scarce Unmarked Victor Colette Patent Gravity Feed Magazine Pistol
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Estimate: $2000 - 3000 Premiered at the Paris World Fair of 1855, Liege gunsmith Victor Colette combined the form and purpose of a European target
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00) = 1,300.00
 
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Rare Finely Engraved Perry First Type Breech Loading Percussion Pistol with London Retailer Markings136 - Rare Finely Engraved Perry First Type Breech Loading Percussion Pistol with London Retailer Markings
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Estimate: $2750 - 4250 Manufactured by the Perry Patent Firearms Co., Newark, New Jersey circa 1854 to 1856 with only an estimated few hundred manu
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Estimate : 2,750.00 - 4,250.00
Sold to floor for (3,250.00) = 3,250.00
 
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Sharps Breech Loading Single Shot Pistol137 - Sharps Breech Loading Single Shot Pistol
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Estimate: $1000 - 1500 Manufactured from 1854 to 1857, approximately 850 of the two types of single shot breech loading pistols were manufactured b
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,700.00) = 1,700.00
 
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Scarce Marston Breech Loading Single Shot Percussion Pistol138 - Scarce Marston Breech Loading Single Shot Percussion Pistol
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Estimate: $1600 - 2500 This is a rare example of the approximately 1,000 breech loading pistols Marston of New York manufactured circa early to mid
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (2,500.00) = 2,500.00
 
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Unusual Breech Loading Single Shot Pistol Marked "PATENT"139 - Unusual Breech Loading Single Shot Pistol Marked "PATENT"
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Estimate: $1000 - 2000 An experimental pistol, this unique handgun is marked "PATENT" on top of the barrel and is the only marking. The...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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Scarce A.D. Cushing Percussion Pistol140 - Scarce A.D. Cushing Percussion Pistol
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Estimate: $1000 - 2000 Manufactured by Alvin Cushing, a Troy, New York, gunsmith. The top of the barrel is marked "A.D. CUSHING TROY N.Y.&qu...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (550.00) = 550.00
 
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