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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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
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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
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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...
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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
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
Rock Island Auction Company
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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