Auction details

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

10061 Riverside Drive
Toluca Lake , CA 91602

Auction Description

Auction Terms & Conditions

Buyer's Premium
17% up to 200000
12% above 200001

Bid Increments

From	Increment
0	10
200	25
500	50
1000	100
5000	200
10000	500
100000	1000
200000	2000
300000	3000
400000	4000

Auction House Preview
Auction begins at 8:00 pm. Viewing and registration will take place on Friday, March 20, 2009 from 5:00 pm-9:00 pm and Saturday, March 21, 2009 from 11:00 am - 7:00 pm. Late registration for floor bidders only will take place between 7:00pm-8:00 pm Saturday evening. Visit www.auctionsimperial to register online or call +1 (323) 851-2345

278 Items

Lot	Description	Estimates (USD)
51	A Caucasian Chief's Belt Probably Kubachi work, the large buckle made in two sections...	1,000 - 1,200
52	A Flintlock Pistol Made for the Eastern Market The walnut stock with carved motifs and elegant iron mounts,...	200 - 250
53	An English Courtsword The elaborately studded hilt with faceted borders and pierce...	350 - 400
54	A U.S. Artillery Sword War of 1812 era, the brass hilt of stirrup form with checker...	300 - 400
55	An Ottoman Gurz Mace The rare, mid-16th century steel head of polylobate form eng...	800 - 900
56	A Bavarian Infantry Saber Brass hilt with P-form guard, grip with sharkskin wrap and w...	125 - 150
57	A Chinese Warring States Period Dagger-Axe Of classic form, the bronze with good patina overall with so...	150 - 200
58	A French Smallsword Well-chiseled steel hilt with lobed guard, grip with copper ...	1,250 - 1,500
59	A Caucasian Shashka Saber The quality silver mounts engraved, nielloed and gilt in Kub...	1,250 - 1,500
60	An Arab Dagger Probably made at Mecca, the hilt and scabbard covered in fil...	100 - 150
61	A Horn Powderflask European or American, with brass mounts. Retains its origina...	200 - 300
62	A Kurdish Khanjar Dagger The horn grip of characteristic form with brass ferrule, the...	200 - 300
63	A Burmese Dha Dagger With elaborately carved hilt involving a multi-limbed demon ...	200 - 300
64	A Mediterranean Dagger Possibly Spanish, the wooden grip of plug-form mounted in en...	200 - 300
65	A Circassian Shashka Saber An unusually early example, with compact eared grips of char...	300 - 400
66	A Persian Tabarzin Axehead Of steel with gold inlaid borders, the bit and pein of thick...	250 - 300
67	A Caucasian Kindjal Dagger With grips of typical form, hilt and black velvet-covered sc...	400 - 500
68	An Albanian Tanchitsa Musket A rare form, the stock sheathed entirely in engraved iron, s...	800 - 1,000
69	A Naval Boarding Pike European or American, the head of tapering triangular sectio...	350 - 400
70	A Persian Tabar Battleaxe A rare type, the head extensively inlaid with inscriptions i...	600 - 800
71	An Indian Dagger with European Blade The enameled bronze hilt with traces of gilding, with tiger ...	200 - 300
72	An Indonesian Spearhead with Scabbard The leaf-shaped, double-edged blade of finely patterned dama...	500 - 600
73	An Ottoman Zul-Faqar Saber An extremely rare saber of the type associated with the Musl...	2,200 - 2,500
74	A Georgian Powderflask A rare type, the body of actively-grained hardwood with larg...	500 - 600
75	An Ottoman Kubur Flintlock Pistol The fruitwood stock carved and inlaid in scrolling motifs wi...	1,200 - 1,300
76	An Ottoman Yatagan Sword A rare example of classic form, the broad, fullered blade fo...	2,500 - 2,700
77	An Indian Kora Sword A sacrificial sword, the iron hilt with knucklebow, blade el...	100 - 150
78	An Ottoman Silahlik Sword Belt A very rare item worn throughout the Ottoman Empire, made of...	450 - 550
79	A Persian Shamshir Saber Of classic form, the guard and suspension bands forged of Pe...	3,700 - 4,700
80	An American Revolutionary War-era Smallsword The hilt composed of a finely-modeled eagle head pommel in t...	2,400 - 2,600
81	An Afghan Peshqabz Dagger A massive example with horn ribbed grips, the blade of chara...	400 - 500
82	An Indian Tegha Sword Of characteristic form, the Udaipur hilt inlaid overall with...	350 - 450
83	An Ottoman Hancer Dagger A rare, early type of massive dimensions with characteristic...	1,200 - 1,500
84	A U.S. Composite Sword With embellished brass guard and pommel and reeded two-piece...	50 - 75
85	A Javanese Majapahit Kris Dagger A rare and very early type, the wrought grip of characterist...	500 - 600
86	An Iranian Cavalry Saber Of Persian-made Russian M1909 type, with brass guard, the po...	100 - 150
87	A Sri Lankan Kastane Shortsword A rare type, the hilt embellished with gilt brass and silver...	150 - 200
88	An Afghan Shashka-Type Saber A rare type, displaying design characteristics derived from ...	275 - 375
89	A Balkan Yatagan Sword The horn grips with large, flared ears, the hilt with elabor...	900 - 1,000
90	A U.S. M1860 Cavalry Saber With brass guard and pommel, the leather-covered wooden grip...	200 - 300
91	A Greek Flintlock Pistol with Holster An unusually fine example, the entire stock of silver, chise...	3,500 - 3,800
92	A European Powderhorn German, of pressed blond horn with well-engraved floral and ...	400 - 500
93	A Caucasian Kindjal Dagger A fine example of Kubachi work, the horn grips set with elab...	800 - 1,000
94	An Indonesian Kris Dagger A large example, probably Maduran with well-carved antler gr...	200 - 300
95	An American Revolutionary War-era Powderhorn The body of blond cowhorn with darker mottling toward the ti...	2,000 - 2,200
96	A Dutch Police Shortsword The brass hilt with lobed pommel and recurved guard with aco...	350 - 400
97	An Imperial Russian Hunting Dagger Of Bowie knife form, the chequered one-piece grip of black w...	250 - 300
98	A U.S. Eaglehead Sword With embellished brass guard and eaglehead pommel, reeded gr...	100 - 150
99	A Prussian Hunting Sword A massive example, the horn grip with gilt-brass mounts, cro...	300 - 400
100	A Civil War-era Bowie Knife The German silver-mounted hilt highly embellished with veget...	11,000 - 12,000

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