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
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Quantity : 1 | 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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Quantity : 1 | 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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Quantity : 1 | 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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Quantity : 1 | 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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Quantity : 1 | 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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Quantity : 1 | 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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Quantity : 1 | 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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Quantity : 1 | 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
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Estimate: $1300 - 1700 A) A barrel cluster rib is stamped "PATENTED 1837 CAST STEEL" with "ALLEN & THURBER WORCESTER", (f...
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Quantity : 1 | 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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Quantity : 1 | 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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Quantity : 1 | 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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Quantity : 1 | 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
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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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Quantity : 1 | 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
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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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Quantity : 1 | 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...
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Quantity : 1 | 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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Quantity : 1 | 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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Quantity : 1 | 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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Quantity : 1 | 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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Quantity : 1 | 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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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 1,100.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for (1,400.00) = 1,400.00
 
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