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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18th Century Military French Flintlock Musket with Bayonet1450 - 18th Century Military French Flintlock Musket with Bayonet
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1800 - 2750 This is an example of a French flintlock musket with a socket bayonet. The metal surfaces are finished bright and the stock
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 2,750.00 - 4,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,700.00) = 1,700.00
 
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French Light Cavalry Officer's Shako1451 - French Light Cavalry Officer's Shako
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $3000 - 5500 This is a 2nd Empire era officer's shako of the French Chasseurs a Cheval. The skull is composed of blue felt with gra...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,500.00
Sold to floor for (900.00) = 900.00
 
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Napoleon on Horseback1452 - Napoleon on Horseback
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $900 - 1800 Dresden early 20th century porcelain. This white bisque porcelain on a blue glazed oval base shows Napoleon riding his rearin
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 900.00 - 1,800.00
Sold to floor for (1,100.00) = 1,100.00
 
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Klingenthal Production French 1811 Cuiraisser Sword with Scabbard1453 - Klingenthal Production French 1811 Cuiraisser Sword with Scabbard
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1200 - 1700 Produced for use by Napoleon's heavy cavalry, the AN XI sword was optimized for the point work favored by the French c...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,700.00
Sold to floor for (2,250.00) = 2,250.00
 
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Engraved European Pinfire Cutlass Revolver1454 - Engraved European Pinfire Cutlass Revolver
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $2000 - 3000 This pinfire cutlass pistol has a "star/B" proof and a Liege "ELG" proof stamped on the six shot cylin...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,750.00) = 2,750.00
 
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Finely Engraved Gold Inlaid European Double Action Pinfire Revolver1455 - Finely Engraved Gold Inlaid European Double Action Pinfire Revolver
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1400 - 2250 No makers mark's or proof marks, decorated with floral engraving on the barrel, cylinder and frame, with a gold inlaid...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 1,400.00 - 2,250.00
Sold to floor for (800.00) = 800.00
 
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Japanese Matchlock "Hand Cannon" Pistol1456 - Japanese Matchlock "Hand Cannon" Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $850 - 1300 This example, age unknown, has a brass octagonal barrel which has heavy relief engraved rooster with flowing feathers over th
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 850.00 - 1,300.00
Sold to floor for (1,200.00) = 1,200.00
 
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Scarce Le Faucheux Double Action Pinfire Pepperbox Pistol1457 - Scarce Le Faucheux Double Action Pinfire Pepperbox Pistol
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $1100 - 1600 Manufactured by Eugene Le Faucheux in Paris France, circa 1851-70, with five stepped rotating barrels. The frame is bright f
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 1,100.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for (2,750.00) = 2,750.00
 
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Attractive Pair of Two Engraved European Pinfire Revolvers1458 - Attractive Pair of Two Engraved European Pinfire Revolvers
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $900 - 1500 A) No maker's mark, floral motif engraved cylinder and frame and a simple line design on the breech end upper barrel fl...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 900.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (800.00) = 800.00
 
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Collector's Lot of Two Engraved Belgian Pinfire Double Action Pepperbox Pistols1459 - Collector's Lot of Two Engraved Belgian Pinfire Double Action Pepperbox Pistols
Rock Island Auction Company
Estimate: $850 - 1200 A) The rear of the cylinder has a Liege proof and the left side of the frame is marked "LF". Floral engraved fram...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 850.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (1,600.00) = 1,600.00
 
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