7th Dec, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Remington 1858 New Model Army Single Action Six Shot Percussion Revolver, circa 1862-63, .44 calibre, the 20.5cm octagonal browned steel barrel with screw-in fore-sight, the top flat stamped PATENTED SEPT.14. 1858/ E.REMINGTON& SONS, ILION., NEW YORK. U.S.A./ NEW-MODEL, the underside stamped 33658, with creeping-style loading lever, brass trigger guard, walnut grip scales with inspector's with inspector's mark to the left side, all metal parts stamped W, 35cm; four Pieces of American Civil War Period Ephemera, comprising a Discharge Certificate to Private Patrick Walpole of Captain Mullikin's Company (K) of the 35th Regiment of Foot Volunteers dated 25th August 1862; a carte de visite; a Bank of Lansingburgh deposit receipt for $350 to Amanda Hanland, dated Oct. 19 1864; and a very interesting broadsheet newspaper The Genius of Liberty by E G Roddy, The Union and Equality of the States, Uniontown, PA., March 20, 1862, Volume 2, Number 7 (5)
Sold for £800
Estimated at £700 - £900
Revolver - Action works, metalwork with a russet finish, minor scratches to the extremities, bruising to the right grip.
Bank receipt is fragile and has a small tear to the centre - no losses. Newspaper is stained and a little raggy to the fold, but quite legible.
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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 7th Dec, 2022
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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