GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
EXTREMELY RARE BOYLE, GAMBLE & MACFEE RICHMOND VIRGINIA BOWIE-BAYONET IN ORIGINAL SCABBARD.19-3/4" overall, 15" clip point blade. Cast in brass hilt "BOYLE, GAMBLE & MACFEE / RICHMOND / VA". This is among the single rarest of Confederate made Bowie's and of Confederate made bayonets. Only a handful of these examples are known and this is one of no more than 2 or 3 are known with scabbards. This is a fine "as found" relic, just surfaced from a Northern estate that must have been brought home as a souvenir by a Union soldier. SIZE: CONDITION: Very good overall. Blade is overall gray with soiling, staining, pitting and old sharpening. Brass hilt has dark, grungy, chocolate colored mottled patina with tacking marks on flat. Scabbard is sound and solid, though dry and scuffed. Throat is missing its pin and is a contemporary replacement cleverly using a knapsack rivet. Drag is missing plug and mounts both have dark patinas. 52459-1 JS (20,000-25,000)