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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Collector's Lot of Two Rare Large Caliber Antique Remington 41 Caliber Pistols101 - Collector's Lot of Two Rare Large Caliber Antique Remington 41 Caliber Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1500 - 2000 A) Manufactured from 1867 to 1888. The top of the barrel has the two line address/patent date marking with the barrel number
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00) = 1,500.00
 
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Engraved Hopkins & Allen New Model Vest Pocket Deringer with Pearl Grips102 - Engraved Hopkins & Allen New Model Vest Pocket Deringer with Pearl Grips
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1300 - 1900 Also known as the Parrot Beak, this deringer was manufactured from 1911 to 1915 with less than 1,400 produced. It has a blad
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Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,900.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00) = 1,300.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two Side Hammer Rim Fire Revolvers103 - Collector's Lot of Two Side Hammer Rim Fire Revolvers
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1100 - 1600 A) The top barrel is marked "ETHAN ALLEN & CO. WORCHESTER, MASS.,/ALLEN'S PATS. SEP. 7 NOV. 9,- JULY 3, 1860&...
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Estimate : 1,100.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for (1,600.00) = 1,600.00
 
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National Arms Number 1 Derringer104 - National Arms Number 1 Derringer
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1100 - 1600 Manufactured from 1865 to 1870. The top of the barrel has the one line address and the brass frame has the scroll and punch
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Estimate : 1,100.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for (750.00) = 750.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two Antique Remington Pocket Pistols105 - Collector's Lot of Two Antique Remington Pocket Pistols
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Estimate: $1400 - 2250 A) Approximately 10,000 of these magazine pistols were manufactured from 1871 to 1888. This Joseph Rider design is one of th
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 2,250.00
Sold to floor for (4,500.00) = 4,500.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two Factory Engraved Spur Trigger Revolvers with Pearl Grips106 - Collector's Lot of Two Factory Engraved Spur Trigger Revolvers with Pearl Grips
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1200 - 1700 A) One of 1,000 manufactured circa 1870s and with factory engraving. A scroll engraving on a punch dot background is present
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,700.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00) = 1,300.00
 
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Scarce Unmarked Springfield Arms Co. James Warner Patent Pocket Model Revolver107 - Scarce Unmarked Springfield Arms Co. James Warner Patent Pocket Model Revolver
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1000 - 1500 One of an estimated 350 double trigger model revolvers manufactured circa 1851. The barrel and cylinder have an attractive f
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00) = 1,000.00
 
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Unwin & Rodgers Knife Pistol108 - Unwin & Rodgers Knife Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1800 - 2750 The German silver barrel is marked "UNWIN & RODGERS/PATENTEES. SHEFFIELD" on the left flat, "NON * XLL&...
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,750.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00) = 1,500.00
 
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Two 19th Century Antique American Handguns109 - Two 19th Century Antique American Handguns
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1300 - 1700 A) A barrel cluster rib is stamped "PATENTED 1837 CAST STEEL" with "ALLEN & THURBER WORCESTER", (f...
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Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,700.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00) = 1,000.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two Ethan Allen Percussion Pistols110 - Collector's Lot of Two Ethan Allen Percussion Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $850 - 1300 A) This is one of an estimated 500-1,000 manufactured circa 1850s as an attempt to produce a pocket pistol with increased fir
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Estimate : 850.00 - 1,300.00
Sold to floor for (900.00) = 900.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two Antique American Single Shot Pistols111 - Collector's Lot of Two Antique American Single Shot Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $800 - 1200 A) Manufactured in the 1860s with limited production. Fixed sights and scarce bird's head brass frame with the grips nu...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00) = 1,000.00
 
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Chicago Firearms Protector Palm Pistol with Scarce Pearl Side Plates112 - Chicago Firearms Protector Palm Pistol with Scarce Pearl Side Plates
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1800 - 2750 Manufactured in the 1890s these pistols featured a rebated barrel with a band of floral engraving, removable side plate with
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,750.00
Sold to floor for (2,500.00) = 2,500.00
 
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Interesting European "The Baby" Marked Folding Trigger Double Action Revolver with Ivory Grips and C113 - Interesting European "The Baby" Marked Folding Trigger Double Action Revolver with Ivory Grips and C
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $800 - 1000 A "star/D" proof is stamped on the frame and rear face of the cylinder with a Liege "ELG" proof also pr...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,400.00) = 1,400.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two American Antique Pepperboxes114 - Collector's Lot of Two American Antique Pepperboxes
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1300 - 1900 A) One of approximately 3,000 manufactured in the 1860s. The sides of the frame have the patent date and address markings ar
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Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,900.00
Sold to floor for (1,700.00) = 1,700.00
 
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Scarce L.B. Taylor Deringer115 - Scarce L.B. Taylor Deringer
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $950 - 1600 This is an example of one of an estimated 1,800 deringers manufactured from 1868 to 1870 by L.B. Taylor & Co. The top b...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 950.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for (650.00) = 650.00
 
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Forehand & Wadsworth Single Shot 41 Caliber Derringer116 - Forehand & Wadsworth Single Shot 41 Caliber Derringer
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1000 - 1500 Manufactured from 1871 to 1890. The left barrel flat has the three line address/patent dates marking. British proofs are pre
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (750.00) = 750.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two C. Sharps Four Barrel Pepperbox Pistols117 - Collector's Lot of Two C. Sharps Four Barrel Pepperbox Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1100 - 1600 A) Manufactured from 1859 to 1874. Standard patent frame markings along with "KITTREDGE/CIN. O.", checkered barr...
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Estimate : 1,100.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00) = 1,500.00
 
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Scarce Osgood Gun Works Duplex Revolver118 - Scarce Osgood Gun Works Duplex Revolver
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1100 - 1600 Manufactured in the 1880s with only several hundred having been produced. This unique metallic cartridge revolver features a
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Estimate : 1,100.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for (1,200.00) = 1,200.00
 
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C.S. Shattuck Unique Palm Pistol119 - C.S. Shattuck Unique Palm Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1600 - 2500 Manufactured between 1907 and 1915, this pistol is marked "UNIQUE/C.S.SHATTUCK ARMS CO/HATFIELD, MASS." on the l...
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,800.00) = 1,800.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two Sharps Pepperbox Pistols - A) Sharps and Hankins Model 3B Four Shot Pepperbox120 - Collector's Lot of Two Sharps Pepperbox Pistols - A) Sharps and Hankins Model 3B Four Shot Pepperbox
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1100 - 1600 A) Manufactured between 1859 and 1874. Blade and notch sights with "ADDRESS SHARPS & HANKINS, PHILADELPHIA, PENN....
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Estimate : 1,100.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for (1,400.00) = 1,400.00
 
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Cased Minneapolis Firearms Protector Palm Pistol121 - Cased Minneapolis Firearms Protector Palm Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1400 - 2250 Manufactured from 1891 to 1892 with an estimated 3,000 manufactured. The side plates have checkered hard rubber panels and a
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 2,250.00
Sold to floor for (2,500.00) = 2,500.00
 
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Remington-Elliot 4 Shot Ring Trigger Derringer122 - Remington-Elliot 4 Shot Ring Trigger Derringer
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $950 - 1600 This pistol was manufactured between 1863 and 1888. The left side of the barrels are marked with the one line address and the
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 950.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00) = 1,000.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two Pepperbox Revolvers123 - Collector's Lot of Two Pepperbox Revolvers
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $900 - 1400 A) Manufactured in the late 1860s with approximately 1,000 manufactured. The barrel cluster is marked "BACON ARMS CO. ...
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,400.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00) = 1,500.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two Single Shot Handguns124 - Collector's Lot of Two Single Shot Handguns
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $950 - 1600 A) Manufactured from 1869 to 1871 this is one of the smallest American made derringers of its type. The barrel and grips are
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 950.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for (850.00) = 850.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two 32 Caliber Antique Pistols125 - Collector's Lot of Two 32 Caliber Antique Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $850 - 1200 A) The barrel and grips are numbered to the gun. Barrel has an extractor and is marked "ALLEN & WHEELOCK WORCESTER...
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Estimate : 850.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (800.00) = 800.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two Antique Derringers126 - Collector's Lot of Two Antique Derringers
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $900 - 1400 A) Manufactured from 1859 to 1866. The top barrel flat is marked with the two line address. Brass frame with square butt grip
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,400.00
Sold to floor for (1,600.00) = 1,600.00
 
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Lot of Two Single Shot Pistols127 - Lot of Two Single Shot Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $900 - 1400 A) Fixed sights and bird's head iron frame with the grips numbered to gun. The left barrel flat has the two line Worces...
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,400.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00) = 1,500.00
 
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Two Single Shot Deringers128 - Two Single Shot Deringers
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1100 - 1600 A) Manufactured by the Merrill Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of Baltimore, Maryland from 1864 to 1869 with a total p
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Estimate : 1,100.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for (2,250.00) = 2,250.00
 
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Scarce Pecare & Smith Ten Shot Pepperbox Pistol with Shielded Barrels129 - Scarce Pecare & Smith Ten Shot Pepperbox Pistol with Shielded Barrels
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1600 - 2500 Manufactured circa 1850, this example has the silver plated brass frame with decorative scroll engraving on the frame and ba
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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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J.G. Bolen/Allen's Patent Dragoon Pepperbox with 1837 Patent Action with Scarce Engraved German Silv130 - J.G. Bolen/Allen's Patent Dragoon Pepperbox with 1837 Patent Action with Scarce Engraved German Silv
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $2000 - 3000 This example was manufactured circa 1842-1847, with the 1837 Patent action having the mainspring tension screw located on th
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,000.00) = 3,000.00
 
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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
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $2750 - 4250 A barrel cluster rib is stamped "PATENTED 1837 CAST STEEL" with "ALLEN & THURBER WORCESTER" on ano...
Bidding Has Concluded
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
Rock Island Auction Company
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
Rock Island Auction Company
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
Rock Island Auction Company
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
Rock Island Auction Company
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
Rock Island Auction Company
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
Rock Island Auction Company
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"
Rock Island Auction Company
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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Two Percussion Pistols141 - Two Percussion Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1200 - 1800 A) Each barrel cluster flute is stamped with a British proof. The frame is silver with the remaining components iron. The ha
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,800.00
Sold to floor for (1,100.00) = 1,100.00
 
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Scarce Bacon Arms Single Action Pepperbox142 - Scarce Bacon Arms Single Action Pepperbox
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $900 - 1400 This is an example of one of an estimated 200 Bacon underhammer pepperboxes manufactured circa 1852 to 1858. This specimen ha
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,400.00
Sold to floor for (1,200.00) = 1,200.00
 
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Two European Pepperbox Percussion Pistols143 - Two European Pepperbox Percussion Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1400 - 2250 A) Each Damascus barrel is numbered to its corresponding bolster. There are four barrels with a Liege "ELG" proo...
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 2,250.00
Sold to floor for (2,000.00) = 2,000.00
 
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Purdey Smooth Bore Side by Side Double Percussion Rifle with Factory Letter144 - Purdey Smooth Bore Side by Side Double Percussion Rifle with Factory Letter
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $6500 - 8500 According to the accompanying Purdey letter this rifle was completed in August of 1857 and sold to Sir H. Meux. The rifle is
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Estimate : 6,500.00 - 8,500.00
Sold to floor for (7,500.00) = 7,500.00
 
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Unique Engraved Gold Banded English Blissett Combination Flintlock and Percussion Rifle145 - Unique Engraved Gold Banded English Blissett Combination Flintlock and Percussion Rifle
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $8000 - 12000 This unique rifle features both a flintlock and percussion ignition system. A pivoting flash pan and percussion bolster are
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 12,000.00
Sold to floor for (12,000.00) = 12,000.00
 
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High Grade Kingman Percussion Target Rifle with Accessories146 - High Grade Kingman Percussion Target Rifle with Accessories
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $3000 - 4500 This is a nice example of a very high grade percussion target rifle manufactured by "S.C. Kingman. The rifle has a he...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,900.00) = 1,900.00
 
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Unique, Finely Engraved L. Ghaye Marked Sliding Barrel Single Shot Breechloading Rifle147 - Unique, Finely Engraved L. Ghaye Marked Sliding Barrel Single Shot Breechloading Rifle
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1400 - 2250 A Lieutenant in the Belgian Army, Lambert Ghaye was also an inventor, who held multiple patents relevant to the arms trade.
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 2,250.00
Sold to floor for (600.00) = 600.00
 
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Engraved German Martini Single Shot Schuetzen Rifle148 - Engraved German Martini Single Shot Schuetzen Rifle
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1100 - 1600 Fluted barrel with integral rear sight dovetail. Front sight is a windage adjustable pin head bead front and correct replace
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Estimate : 1,100.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for (1,800.00) = 1,800.00
 
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Excellent Swiss Martini Style Single Shot Schuetzen Rifle149 - Excellent Swiss Martini Style Single Shot Schuetzen Rifle
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $950 - 1600 The left side of the receiver is marked in silver ST. GALLEN" and "RUD. ELMER" on the right side. The serial...
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Estimate : 950.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00) = 1,300.00
 
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Elaborately Decorated, Silver Mounted George Dunkel Full Stock Kentucky Percussion Rifle150 - Elaborately Decorated, Silver Mounted George Dunkel Full Stock Kentucky Percussion Rifle
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $3500 - 6500 Silver finished brass blade front sight and dovetailed notch rear, with "G. Dunkle" on the top flat of the barre...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 6,500.00
Sold to floor for (2,500.00) = 2,500.00
 
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