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Final - post sale - DNW Medals Feb 2021 - GC -1
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Korean War George Cross realizes a record £280,000 at Dix Noonan Webb sale

Sammy Davis Jr’s .357 Magnum, 1965, with holster and belt bearing the entertainer’s name. Master engraver Joseph Condon of Las Vegas expertly engraved and added gold inlays of Buffalo Head nickel, coyote, mountain lion, rattlesnake and more. Sold within estimate for $16,800.
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Milestone sets house record at January 30th auction

Morphy Auctions’ newly appointed sporting firearms specialist David Cruz, a 20-year veteran of Holland & Holland, gunmakers to royalty and heads of state.
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David Cruz joins Morphy Auctions as firearms specialist

Colt 1911 US Army pistol made in 1913, .45ACP, personal property of Maj. Gen. Julian Sommerville Hatcher, a noted firearms expert, author and technical editor of NRA’s ‘American Rifleman’ magazine. Used in WWI and WWII.
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Milestone Auctions' January 30th Premier Auction Preview

Antique 1897 Colt .32-caliber ‘New Police’ revolver with American-scroll engraving by Cuno Helfricht. Solid 99% gun with near-mint bore and action. Comes in modern Colt walnut fitted case.
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Milestone’s Sept. 26 Premier Firearms preview

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Rare WWI US Marine Corps Colt 1911 pistol, .45 ACP caliber, all correct parts, one of only 2,400 such guns shipped to the Corps in 1917 after America’s entry into the war. Sold for $22,200 against an estimate of $4,000-$6,000
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Milestone’s Premier Antique & Modern Firearms Auction nears $1M in sales

Important 75-piece archive of personal and service items belonging to Tuskegee Airman William S. Powell Jr. Uniform includes A-2 leather jacket with squadron patch and name, flight suit and other apparel with all insignia, parachute, kit bag, flight log, many documents including Tuskegee diploma with signatures of classmates and instructors.
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Dirk Soulis to host Aug. 1 auction of Jack Angolia World War II collection featuring personal archives of Admiral John S. McCain, Tuskegee Airman William S. Powell Jr.

Gold-inlaid Colt 1911 .45 ACP-caliber gun, factory-engraved by Colt master engraver William H. Gough (active 1912-1940). Shipped in 1931 to Scruggs, Vendervoort & Barney, St. Louis.
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Milestone’s June 27 Premier Antique & Modern Firearms Auction

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Worldwide Auctioneers to offer up WWII Collection

James L. Kochan, Morphy Auctions’ newly appointed specialist in Americana, Early Arms and Militaria.
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Morphy Auctions appoints James L. Kochan as specialist in Americana, Early Arms and Militaria

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Morphy's Susquehanna Collection Auction Tallies $2.3 Million

Omaha Beach D-Day American Flag flown on the mast of LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) (L)-413, which brought ashore the valiant 115th Infantry Regiment on June 6, 1944. Extensive provenance.
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Milestone Auctions’ Historic Militaria, Weapons & Firearms Auction Jan. 24-25

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Iwo Jima tunnel expert to give final Lecture March 1st at Donley Auctions Gun & Military sale

This WWII USAAF A-2 bomber jacket was one of the items sold in Hilde’s father’s vast collection sold through grenadierauctions.com.
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Cashing in on Your Military Antiques

Novel 1850s wood sewing case with pincushion top that opens to reveal beneath its false bottom a 4-inch-long, .22-caliber Derringer. Sold for $1,920, nearly four times the high estimate
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Milestone's Nov. 2nd Premier Firearms Auction in Review

Historically significant, fully documented Dutch .79 smoothbore Type III flintlock musket and bayonet of Private John Simpson, who fired the first shot at the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. Accompanied by Simpson’s New Hampshire commission to second lieutenant, plus several copies of a 50-page book scrupulously detailing the history of the musket, Simpson family, Battle of Bunker Hill, and Simpson’s court martial. Unbroken line of family provenance since 1775. Sold for $492,000 against a pre-sale estimate of $100,000-$300,000
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Musket that fired the first shot at Bunker Hill makes a 'Bang' of a sale

Deluxe Special Order Winchester Model 1894 rifle, .30-.35 caliber, 26-inch half-octagon barrel, serial number applied in 1907.
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Winchesters and Colts headline Milestone's Nov. 2nd auction

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Morphy's October 30th sale to feature Stephen and Marcy Hench Collection

1861 Civil War mammoth-plate albumen print depicting the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment with their eagle mascot ‘Old Abe,’ 13½ x 19in (sight). Image courtesy of Milestone Auctions
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Milestone's Fall Premier Military & Tribal Auction Preview

Amy Bellars with her vast collection of Imperial Pickelhauben German WWI steel helmets, and WWII-era Japanese helmets.
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Bidding Wars!

The day may come when either you or those who survive you will have to dispose of your collection. Deciding now how to do that is the most responsible action you can take. If your collection is large and diverse, selling it through a military specialty auction may be the route for you.
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'Barn Find' 1936 Bentley with ties to war hero that bombed Hitler sold after 30 years hidden away

(From our Winter 2018 auction) Iconic Presentation Special Factory Order William Gough Master Exhibition Engraved and Gold Inlaid Colt Government Model Semi-Automatic Pistol Single Digit Serial Number C5 Presented by Colt Agent Albert Foster, Jr. to His Attorney, James Bowen Sold $241,500
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RIAC December Premier Review

Incredible Well-Documented Presentation Double Cased Set of Four Colt Percussion Revolvers Inscribed from Samuel Colt to Brigadier General Andrew Porter with Letter from Colt
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RIAC December Premiere Firearms Auction

19th-century copy of a mid-16th-century German fluted armor likely from the atelier of the famous master armor dealer Ernst Schmidt. Neck lame of helmet struck with Nuremberg mark. Est. $25,000-$35,000
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Morphy's Edged Weapons, Armor & Militaria Auction Nov. 7-8

No. 2 Belt Model Paterson Colt in very fine original Paterson case. Sold for $96,000
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Morphy's sells $2.2 Million of Colts in Vegas

Springfield M1-D Garand DCM .30-caliber sniper rifle in original sealed packaging with all accessories intact. Sold for $7,200
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Milestone’s Historic Military & Firearms Auction Recap

Nickel Plated Colt Python Double Action Revolver
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RIAC's June Regional Auction

Battle of the Little Bighorn Colt SA
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Historical treasures of the American/Indian War period to be sold at auction

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Warren Buxton Collection

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RIAC's December Firearms Auction

Nordenfelt .43 (Spanish) ten-barrelled center-fire mechanical gun, sold for £81,250 (pre-sale estimate £50,000-70,000)
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Auction Recap: Bonhams Daedalus Collection

Mauser Conehammer Carbine SN 12 with period scope from the Friedrich-Wilhelm Dauphin Collection of Germany carried a presale estimate of $40,000-75,000 and sold for $51,750.
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Julia's Fairfield Firearms Auction recap

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Drawing owned by Hitler at auction

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Auction Preview: RIAC Sept. 9-11 Premiere Firearms Sale

Flown from the stern of U.S. Navy vessel LCC 60--the sole guide boat at Utah Beach--and retained by its skipper Lieutenant Howard Vander Beek was sold at auction for $514,000.
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Utah Beach D-Day flag sold at auction

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James D. Julia's March 14th Firearm Auction

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Morphy offers remarkable Springfield 1903 Bolt Action Rifle

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End of year guns sell strong at Kramer’s

Fine Winchester Model 1873 Deluxe Sporting Rifle
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Morphy Auction's Las Vegas Fine Firearms Sales Event

LOT1262 - Important, Fresh and Extremely Significant Middle Eastern Treasure: 15th Century Shirt of Mail and Plate with Elaborate Gold Koftgari Decorated Plate Reinforcement with the Property Stamp from the Janissary Arsenal at the Hagia Irene Church in Istanbul with Inscription that Appears to Bear the name of the Recipient: Qaytbay Mamluk Sultan of Egypt 1468-1496
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$2.3 Million Armor Closes 2015 Auction

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Ancient Egyptian Sultan’s armor to be auctioned

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Premiere Firearms Auction tops $13 million

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German WWII commander's uniform tops Mohawk Arms' sale

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Rock Island June wrapup: Bids in surprising places

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Morphy's sale to feature family Civil War collection

Classic example of a mid-19th century American Plains Indian pipe tomahawk, in overall very good condition (minimum bid: $10,000).
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Indian pipe tomahawk expected to lead Mohawk Arms sale

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IronPlanet to sell 2,500+ items March 25-27 across its marketplaces

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Rare air rifles, sniper rifle and snake pistols top Kramer’s Winter Auction

Purple Heart awarded to Cpl. Joseph E. Oleskiewicz – a member of the “Filthy Thirteen” in World War II ($5,100).
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Purple Heart awarded to one of legendary 'Filthy Thirteen' brings $5,100

A Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr (“VG1- 5”) self-loader had an estimate of 8,500 euros. The bidding quickly jumped and closed at 19,500 euros.
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More than 5,000 lots sell at Hermann Historica oHG

Adolf Hitler's copy of Mein Kampf.
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Hitler’s personal copy of Mein Kampf and more lead History Hunter Auction

Deluxe Factory Engraved Colt 1860 Army Revolver Presented to General Selden Marvin - sold for $43,375.
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Cowan's sells firearms, militaria and A.C. Daum Collection

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RIAC to sell gun that nearly assassinated Gov. George Wallace