Auction Details
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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3101Scarce Sharps Breech Loading Single Shot PistolRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1400 - 2250
Manufactured from 1854 to 1857, approximately 850 of the two types of single shot breech loading pistols were manufactured b
Estimate : 1,400.00 - 2,250.00
Sold to floor for 2,750.00
3104Very Rare Finest Lee Single Shot Carbine in ExistenceRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $7500 - 15000
Manufactured circa 1864 to 1865 by the Lee Firearms Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a very limited number produced. T
Estimate : 7,500.00 - 15,000.00
Sold to floor for 20,000.00
3108Sharps New Model 1863 Carbine Metallic Cartridge ConversionRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $3500 - 4750
This is an example of one of the Civil War Sharps New Model 1863 Carbines that were converted post Civil War to fire the .50
Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,750.00
Sold to floor for 4,500.00
3109Scarce Sharps Model 1851 Percussion Sporting CarbineRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $2750 - 4500
Manufactured from 1852-55 with a total production of about 1,857, some of which were sold on U.S. Army and U.S. Navy contrac
Estimate : 2,750.00 - 4,500.00
Sold to floor for 2,500.00
3110Civil War Sharps New Model 1863 Percussion CarbineRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1400 - 2250
Manufactured from 1863 to 1865. The top of the barrel ahead of the replaced reproduction rear sight is marked with the three
Estimate : 1,400.00 - 2,250.00
Sold to floor for 1,600.00
3111Sharps Model 1852 Slant Breech CarbineRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1500 - 2250
Manufactured from 1853 to 1855 by Robbins & Lawrence of Windsor, Vermont, with a total production of approximately 4,9...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,250.00
Sold to floor for 3,000.00
3113Civil War Non-Regulation Foot Officer's SwordRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1800 - 1750
Non-regulation Foot Officer's sword with French Klingenthal blade. The hilt is stamped with the encircled "three-...
Estimate : 1,800.00 - 1,750.00
Sold to floor for 1,800.00
3115American Militia Officer's Sword with ScabbardRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1200 - 1700
36 inch curved single fuller blade, with gold accented engravings in niter blue fields on each side. Silver finished hilt wi
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,700.00
Sold to floor for 1,200.00
3117Sharps New Model Carbine Metallic Cartridge ConversionRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1600 - 2500
This is an example of one of the Civil War Sharps New Model Carbines that were converted post Civil War to fire the .50-70 G
Estimate : 1,600.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for 2,250.00
3119Sharps New Model Carbine Metallic Cartridge ConversionRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $2000 - 3000
This is an example of one of the Civil War Sharps New Model Carbines that were converted post Civil War to fire the .50-70 G
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for 2,250.00
3120Civil War Sharps & Hankins Model 1862 Navy CarbineRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1100 - 1600
This is an example of a Model 1862 Sharps & Hankins purchased by the U.S. Navy between 1862-1865. The carbine features...
Estimate : 1,100.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for 1,700.00
3121Sharps New Model Cartridge Conversion Saddle Ring CarbineRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1600 - 2500
This is an example of one of the percussion Civil War carbines converted during the Indian Wars, to fire the .50-70 center f
Estimate : 1,600.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for 2,250.00
3122Scarce Sharps AccessoriesRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1000 - 1500
This lot consists of: 1) An original Sharps square primer tin containing two brass primer tubes 2) Martially inspected Mode
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 1,300.00
3126Horstmann & Sons Artillery Officer's Sword with ScabbardRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1300 - 1900
31 1/4 inch single fuller straight edge blade, with floral and armament themed engraving on each side of the blade and a fai
Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,900.00
Sold to floor for 950.00
3128American Militia Officer's Sword with ScabbardRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $950 - 1400
29 3/4 inch straight single fuller blade, with gold accented engravings in niter blue fields on each side. Gilt brass hilt wi
Estimate : 950.00 - 1,400.00
Sold to floor for 800.00
3129Ames U.S. 1850 Pattern Foot Officer Sword with ScabbardRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1100 - 1600
30 1/4 inch double fuller blade, with the "Ames MFG Co./Chicopee/Mass" address on the left side above the ricass...
Estimate : 1,100.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for 950.00
3132Rare Sharps Model 1851 Percussion Sporting CarbineRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $3500 - 5500
Manufactured from 1852-55 with a total production of about 1,857, some of which were sold on U.S. Army and U.S. Navy contrac
Estimate : 3,500.00 - 5,500.00
Sold to floor for 3,500.00
3134Miscellaneous Civil War Era ItemsRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1000 - 2000
This lot contains a large 44 inch long all brass crowbar marked "SOD USA", Savanna Ordnance depot, a framed and ...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for 1,900.00
3135American Eagle Head Officer's Sword with ScabbardRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1200 - 1800
27 3/4 inch curved single fuller blade, with gold accented engravings in niter blue fields on each side. Gilt finished hilt
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,800.00
Sold to floor for 1,600.00
3143Scarce Butterfield Army Model Percussion RevolverRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $2000 - 3000
This is an example of a Butterfield percussion revolver that was manufactured by Jesse Butterfield of Philadelphia, Pennsylv
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for 2,500.00
3144Rare Lindsay Two Shot Martial Size PistolRock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $2500 - 3750
Manufactured in the early 1860s by Union Knife Company, Naugatuck, Ct. for the inventor John Lindsay with only about 100 man
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,750.00
Sold to floor for 2,750.00