Up for consideration is a Christie’s Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria auction catalog (no. 6701) from July 16, 2003…240 lots on 103 pages…catalog in very good condition with wear to covers…featured lots include:

·         A Rare State Halberd of the Guard of Wolf – Dietrich Von Reitenau, Prince Archbishop of Salzburg, dated 1589 ($6,600-8,200)

·         A Comb Morion of the Saxon Electoral Guard, Nuremberg, late 16^th century ($12,000-16,000)A Fine Catalan Miquelet-Lock Mechanism for a Gun, dated 1702 ($3,300-4,100)

·         An English Close-Helmet, early 17^th century ($3,300-4,100)

·         A Fine and Rare Oval-Bore Russian Flintlock Sporting Gun in the Manner of Joseph Griffin of London by Ivan Permjakov, circa 1770 ($17,000-23,000)

·         A Very Fine Cased .44 Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, 1856 ($50,000-66,000)

·         A Wheel-Lock Axe-Pistol, probably French, mid-16^th century ($4,100-4,900)

·         A German Mace, 16^th century ($2,500-2,900)

·         An Extremely Rare Flemish (?) Halberd of the Guard of the Archduke Albrecht as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, and a Flemish (?) Partisan, the first dated 1596, the second early 17^th century ($3,300-4,900)

·         A Fine 32-Bore Greman Wheel-Lock Belt Pistol, dated 1579 ($20,000-23,000)

·         A Fine Cased Silver-Mounted Cabbalistic Knife of Count Alessandro Cagliostro, late 18^th century ($5,000-8,200)

·         An English Silver-Hilted Sabre, 1790 ($1,700-2,500)

·         An Unusual Dress Sword – partly first half of the 17^th century ($2,500-4,900)

·         A Victorian Officer’s Levee Sword of the 15^th Hussars by Hamburger Rogers, London, 19^th century ($2,000-2,900)

·         A Hungarian Dress Sabre, dated 1848 ($4,100-4,900)

·         A Rare Russian (Tula?) Dress Sabre, early 19^th century ($2,500-2,900)

·         A Rare Sawasa-Hilted Small-Sword – Japanese for the European market, first half of the 18^th century ($2,500-2,900)

Catalog securely shipped in a rigid cardboard mailer.