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Great art and decorative arts session, featuring the Tweedy collection, Knightstown, the Tripp Estate Collection, Richmond, and many other quality consignments.
Art includes historic paintings by artists from Brown County, Richmond Group, Indianapolis and American regional paintings. Great selection at a wide variety of price points! Also selling animation cels and sericels from a local estate.
Decorative arts including Bennington Pottery, set of Waterford stemware, antique Sioux beaded objects, great collection of antique arms, first edition books, Regina music box, vintage Native American jewelry, and more!
Preview Thursday, June 2, 3pm-6pm
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LOT 376:
J & W Richards Antique Boarding Pistol
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Sold for: $1,100
Start price:
$
500
Estimated price :
$1,000 - $2,000
Buyer's Premium: 15%
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sales tax: 7% On commission only
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J & W Richards Antique Boarding Pistol
An antique, ca late 18th/early 19th century flintlock naval or Boarding pistol, or Blunderbuss, with folding bayonet, left side of boxlock engraved 'J & W Richards', with 'cannon' style 7" brass barrel, brass boxlock, with ramrod, wood grips, presented in shadow box style frame; size as framed: 12.5 x 24 inches This type of pistol is a version of what English firearm historian John Nigel George referred to as a “boarding pistol, ” ideal for use in close quarter, hand-to-hand combat situations by men at sea. The brass barrel and boxlock, which housed the flintlock mechanism on the interior of the firearm rather than mounted on the side, would have been ideal in the high salt environment of the open ocean to avoid rust.
