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Fine Antique Arms & Armor Auction
5:00 PM PT - Mar 21st, 2009

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Auctions Imperial, LLC

10061 Riverside Drive
Toluca Lake , CA 91602
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278 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1 Lot 1

Two African Daggers and an Arab Dagger
The first Sudanese, blade with etched Arabic inscriptions an...

75
-
100
2 Lot 2

A Japanese Votive Sword Wakizashi
The bone mounts carved with samurai figures, the blade with ...

50
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100
3 Lot 3

An Italian Saber
Nickeled three-branch hilt with dark wood grip cut with fing...

100
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150
4 Lot 4

A Javanese Kris
The carved wooden grip with areas of scrolling, straight, ac...

125
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150
5 Lot 5

An African Dagger
Probably Tuareg, with waisted wooden grip and straight, doub...

50
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100
6 Lot 6

A U.S. Militia NCO Sword
White metal mounts with sharkskin covered grip, wires intact...

100
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150
7 Lot 7

A Kabyle Dagger Flyssa
Of classic form, with engraved brass grip and inlaid brass p...

75
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100
8 Lot 8

An Arab Hijazi Dagger
Horn grip with three brass studs, the double-edged blade wit...

100
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200
9 Lot 9

A Moroccan Koumiyya Dagger
The wood grip and scabbard with heavily engraved silver and ...

75
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125
10 Lot 10

A Persian Khanjar Dagger
Of characteristic form with steel grip and scabbard embellis...

150
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200
11 Lot 11

A European Brass- hilted Shortsword
Of unusual form, the brass hilt cast in one piece, curved, s...

100
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150
12 Lot 12

A U.S. M1818 Starr Pattern Saber
Iron stirrup hilt of characteristic form, with leather cover...

175
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225
13 Lot 13

A Javanese Klewang Sword
The horn grip elaborately carved, the pommel formed as a lio...

200
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300
14 Lot 14

A European Artillery Shortsword
Of gladius form, with brass hilt and straight, double-edged ...

150
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175
15 Lot 15

A Victorian-Era Coudiere or Elbow Cop Armor
With rolled, roped borders and etched vegetal motifs overall...

75
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100
16 Lot 16

A Moro Kampilan Sword
The carved wooden hilt of characteristic form with bifurcate...

100
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150
17 Lot 17

A Moro Barong Knife
The horn grip with flared, scalloped pommel wrapped with pla...

100
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125
18 Lot 18

A French Trooper's Shako
A rare and complete shako of the Garde Nationale regiment, p...

750
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850
19 Lot 19

An Indian Tulwar Saber
The iron hilt with silver inlay, singled-edged blade with ba...

75
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125
20 Lot 20

A U.S. Musician's Shortsword
Of gladius form, with brass hilt and straight, double-edged ...

100
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150
21 Lot 21

A Caucasian Shashka Saber
Eared horn grip of characteristic form, with single-edged, f...

150
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250
22 Lot 22

A U.S. M1840 NCO Sword
With regulation brass hilt, the single-edged, fullered blade...

150
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200
23 Lot 23

A Caucasian Kindjal Shortsword
A large example, hilt and blade of steel with extensive silv...

75
-
100
24 Lot 24

A Persian Barutdan Powderhorn
Of hide, tooled and polychromed overall, with pierced iron t...

100
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150
25 Lot 25

A Marsh Arab Khanjar Dagger
Horn grip of characteristic form with a man's face carved in...

75
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100
26 Lot 26

A Caucasian Child's Kindjal Dagger
Probably Kubachi work, the silver hilt and scabbard finely p...

150
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200
27 Lot 27

A British Baskethilted Broadsword
The brass hilt and pommel of typical form with multiple pier...

250
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300
28 Lot 28

A U.S. M1860 Roby Cavalry Saber
With brass guard and pommel, the leather-covered wooden grip...

200
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300
29 Lot 29

A Nepalese Kukri Shortsword
A large example, the grip of carved hardwood with iron ferru...

100
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150
30 Lot 30

A Provenanced Caucasian Child's Kindjal Dagger
From the estate of Mark Kolesnikoff, Russian-born Hollywood ...

100
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125
31 Lot 31

An Infantry Briquet Sword
Hilt of brass with curled quillon and knucklebow and single-...

75
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100
32 Lot 32

An Indian Kukri Shortsword
A massive example with silver-inlaid iron tulwar hilt, the b...

150
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200
33 Lot 33

A Syrian Shamshir Saber
The hilt of classic Syrian form with iron pommel and crossgu...

400
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500
34 Lot 34

A U.S. M1872 Cavalry Saber
The brass guard and pommel cast with the American crest, eag...

100
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150
35 Lot 35

A Central Asian Priming Flask
A brass priming flask of characteristic form, probably Uzbek...

50
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100
36 Lot 36

A Bosnian Bichak Dagger
Probably made at Sarajevo, the eared grips inlaid with brass...

100
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150
37 Lot 37

A Chinese Dao Shortsword
Late Qing Dynasty, with pierced and gilded brass mounts, the...

300
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400
38 Lot 38

An Indian Tulwar Saber
The hilt of Udaipur form, chiseled overall with floral motif...

150
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250
39 Lot 39

A Sudanese Kaskara Broadsword
The grip and scabbard covered in lizard skin, with brass gua...

100
-
150
40 Lot 40

A British Naval Cutlass
With iron mounts to hilt and leather scabbard, the straight,...

100
-
200
41 Lot 41

An Indian Patissa Sword
Of rare type, probably a Sikh weapon. The silver hilt of Pun...

1,800
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2,000
42 Lot 42

A Greek Gilt Belt Buckle
A form popular throughout the Ottoman Empire, composed of tw...

100
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150
43 Lot 43

Two Metal Powderflasks
European or American, the larger of brass with embossed sunb...

350
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400
44 Lot 44

A Persian Kard Dagger
Of characteristic form, the single-edged blade with gold inl...

300
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400
45 Lot 45

An Abyssinian Hide Shield
Of molded rawhide with separately-applied grip, the obverse ...

200
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250
46 Lot 46

An Indian Tulwar Saber with Serrated Blade
Probably a Sikh weapon, the Punjabi-style hilt of fine wootz...

400
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500
47 Lot 47

A Victorian-Era Tasset Armor
For the left hip, formed of three lames with rolled edges an...

75
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100
48 Lot 48

A Pair of Ottoman Stirrups
Forged of iron in typical trapezoidal form, each with silver...

200
-
300
49 Lot 49

An Indonesian Chabang Trident
A rare form of polearm, the head forged entirely of actively...

200
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250
50 Lot 50

A Sudanese Child's Kaskara Broadsword
A rare example made for a child, the grip and pommel covered...

100
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150
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