GUN SPRING 2018
The live portion of this session begins on Wednesday, March 21, 2018.
RARE GROUP OF CIVIL WAR ERA GOLD DECORATED SWORD BLADES.Three of these swords are agent marked "W. H. Horstmann & Sons, Philadelphia", two are straight bladed staff swords, both 34" long; one is quill backed, the other is Damascus. An addition Horstmann's sword is a Cavalry officer's saber is 33-1/2", slightly curved. All three Horstmann sabers are in in "like new" condition with American patriotic motifs. The fourth blade is a 33" staff officer's blade made by Eickhorn with raised relief gold decoration and blue backgrounds with generic military decoration. SIZE: PROVENANCE: The spectacular collections of Ray Bentley featuring the finest and rarest deluxe antique Winchesters in the world. CONDITION: Blades are very fine to extra fine overall. Some scattered areas of staining and rust, especially on the Eickhorn blade, otherwise blades retain most of their orig luster. 53094-157 JS (4,000-6,000)