Cowan’s Historic Firearms and Early Militaria Auction Features Over 500 Winchester Accoutrements
CALENDAR ALERT
WHAT: Historic Firearms and Early Militaria Auction
WHERE: Starlite Ballroom
5994 Linneman St., California, OH 45228
WHEN:
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Preview: 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Preview: 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Auction: 10:00 AM
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Preview: 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Auction: 10:00 AM
Cowan’s Historic Firearms and Early Militaria Auction Features Over 500 Winchester Accoutrements
On May 2 & 3, 2007, Cowan’s will hold a free two-day public auction, offering over 1,200 lots of historic firearms and early militaria. The first day of the sale includes over 500 Winchester items including guns, cartridge boxes and early advertisements. Well over a hundred gun sights and rare gun accessories will be offered. The bulk of this grouping contains early Winchester hardware items such as hammers, saws, flashlights and even a lawn mower, in addition to sporting items including roller skates, fishing reels and baseball bats and gloves. Some other early non-Winchester hunting and fishing advertisements will be sold as well.
The second day includes over 150 firearms and militaria items dating prior to the Civil War. In this grouping are well over 30 engraved powder horns, 30 screw tip powder horns and several fine Kentucky flintlock rifles. Numerous French & Indian War items and Revolutionary War items including long guns, handguns and accoutrements will also be included in the sale, in addition to 15 Revolutionary War era swords. From the Civil War and Indian Wars era, there are 35 Bowie knives, guns, swords, and flags, plus a large grouping of early cartridge boxes. American and European sporting guns will be sold as well as militaria from other nations will be offered.
15% Buyer’s Premium
Cash, Check, VISA, Mastercard accepted.
Telephone, absentee, and Internet bidding available
Entire auction catalog viewable online at www.cowans.com
Printed catalogs available for $35 each or $50 for two.
C. Wesley Cowan, Auctioneer (#57199568969)
Jackie Erp, Auctioneer (#200100759)
Danica M. Farnand, Apprentice Auctioneer (#2004000153)
Reid Sikes, Apprentice Auctioneer (#2004000109)
Licensed and bonded in favor the state of Ohio
About Cowan’s Auctions, Inc.
As one of the nation’s leading auction houses with sales approaching $15 million, Cowan’s has been helping individuals and institutions build important collections for more than a decade. The company’s four divisions of Historical Americana, American Indian and Western Art, American/European Furniture, Paintings and Decorative Arts, and Historic Firearms & Early Militaria hold semi-annual cataloged sales that routinely set records for rare offerings. Recent specialty auctions have featured dolls, toys, advertising, clocks, watches, shaving mugs and barbershop collectibles.
Through its extensive mailing list of more than 10,000 collectors, dealers and institutional clients, each Cowan’s auction typically attracts more than 1,000 bidders from across the globe. To learn more about Cowan’s visit our website at www.cowans.com.
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