Militaria

The Blue Jacket of Gettysburg 1 Reply

This cloth is shown on so many images that deal with the US Federal Army of the nineteenth century: illustrations, photographs, movies, comics. It is interesting to consider now a true copy of the ...

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Nov 5.

A Precursor of the Spiked Helmet 1 Reply

The sale of Czerny's on October 25 at Sarzana in Italy ends with four khula-khuds, this type of helmet that was used in the Middle East until the late nineteenth century. The first three are beaut...

Tagged: KhulaKhud

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Oct 26.

Three Swords for the Shogun 1 Reply

For its sale of October 22 in New York, Bonhams has assembled into one lot three samurai arms. Their common characteristics is to be attributed to Kanabo Masatsugu. Kanabo was the name of the produ...

Tagged: Masatsugu, Kanabo

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Oct 23.

Trafalgar ! 2 Replies

October 21 is not a national holiday in the UK, but it does not take much. The British revere the memory of the Battle of Trafalgar and the extraordinary personality of the conqueror, Vice-Admiral ...

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Oct 23.

A Crank Operated Machine Gun 2 Replies

War is horror in the opinion of the Confederate doctor Richard Gatling during the American Civil War. Considering that diseases killed more soldiers than what weapons did, he decided to modernize t...

Tagged: Colt, Gatling

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Oct 2.

The Winchester Rifle that Won the West 1 Reply

A few months ago, I was discussing in this group the "Colt that won the West." It was a six shots handgun patented in 1871 and 1872. Today I introduce the model 1873 Winchester rifle, known by conn...

Tagged: Winchester

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Sep 16.

The Honor of the Bonapartes

The Emperor Napoleon endeavoured to dictate his will on Europe, but also on his own family. He forced his brother Louis to marry Hortense, Joséphine's daughter. The couple failed to reach much agre...

Tagged: Boutet, Holland, Bonaparte

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Sep 3.

A Cannon from Louis XIV Navy 1 Reply

James Close was an officer in the Royal Navy. He built a collection on an original theme: the naval guns. Seven pieces from this provenance will be sold by Dreweatts at Donnington Priory, Berkshire...

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jul 16.

The Sword of a Viking Chief 1 Reply

It is a bad tendency to despise the historic peoples that have left few direct traces, or that have too much demonstrated their brutality. For the Merovingians, the character of the legendary golds...

Tagged: Viking

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Apr 27.

Glory to the Hero of Fort Sumter ! 1 Reply

In December 1860, South Carolina is the first of the southern United States to declare secession. Immediately, Major Robert Anderson established himself with 81 men in Fort Sumter, near the histori...

Tagged: Colt

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Mar 19.

The Colt that Won the West 1 Reply

Tomorrow January 18, Greg Martin Auctions sells in Las Vegas a remarkable collection of Colts, splitted in 77 lots. The auction house belongs to the Escala Companies. We have already discussed the...

Tagged: Colt

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jan 20.

2009 Auctions

AUCTION HOUSES REFERRED BELOW : Bonhams Site Press Charles Miller Site Press (AuctionPublicity) Cowan's Site and News Czerny's Site Dreweatts Site Fontaine's Site AuctionPublicity.com Fraysse Drou...

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Jan 17.

2008 Auction History

All Results in BOLD SOLD: A Colt Walker pistol dating from the 1840s was sold $ 800 K before fees on 6 / 7 October by James D. Julia auction house in Fairfield, Maine. The sale of Artcurial on No...

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Dec. 24, 2008.

A Colt revolver in its mahogany case 1 Reply

On February 25, 1836, Samuel Colt received a patent for a repeating handgun. His company, the Patents Arms Company, located in Paterson, New Jersey, immediately launched a first model known as the ...

Tagged: Colt

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Nov. 18, 2008.

The Pistol of Emperor Rudolph 1 Reply

Rudolf II of Habsburg has a specific place in the history of emperors. Poorly interested in politics, he protected the scholars, sought the universal knowledge and managed in Prag a collection of w...

Tagged: pistol

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Nov. 6, 2008.

A great choice of wooden ducks 1 Reply

During a routine reading of new sales announced by Artnet, I found that the most expensive lots in a sale organized on July 23 in Boston by Copley Fine Art Auctions were decoys, significantly ahead...

Tagged: decoy

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Aug. 2, 2008.