Best of the Best 45

Updated September 9, 2026

Important collections of Ottoman pistols from a longtime Washington collector, Civil War pistols and rifles, and exceptional Indo-Persian shamshirs from a noted California collection. Full catalog and bidding: view on liveauctioneers .

In this auction (417 lots)

Categories: Firearms & Militaria · Sporting Goods & Outdoors · Antiques & Furniture · Coins & Currency

• Lot 0001 — Matching pair RUSSIAN FLINTLOCK MILITARY PISTOLS TULA DATED 1798 REIGN OF PAUL I
• Lot 0002 — Exhibition Grade Pair Of Cased French Percussion Pistols
• Lot 0003 — Cased Set of Aston Flintlock Dueling Pistols
• Lot 0004 — Scarce French 19th C. Cane Gun By ST ETIENNE 12 Gauge Smoothbore
• Lot 0005 — French late 1800s Apache Pepperbox Revolver By L. DOLNE INVUR
• Lot 0006 — Polish or Hungarian 18th C. Ottoman Cannon Trophy SILK ROAD STEEL & Silver Koftgari
• Lot 0007 — Excellent Austrian 18th C. Flintlock Hunting SWORD PISTOL By G. ULRICH with Staghorn Grip
• Lot 0008 — Central European 18th C. Axe Pistol with DEEP RELIEF ENGRAVING & Parrot Motif
• Lot 0009 — British Victorian Revival WHEEL LOCK Pistol with Extensive Chiseled Hunting Scene Sideplate
• Lot 0010 — Exceptional 19th C. Gentleman Traveling Set HIDDEN KNIFE & PISTOL
• Lot 0011 — Very Fine Ottoman Balkan Holster Pistol with MOP & GREEN GLASS INLAYS
• Lot 0012 — Ottoman Balkan Miquelet Lock Holster Pistol with ENGRAVED BRASS
• Lot 0013 — Ottoman Balkan 18th C. MIQUELET PISTOL with Chased Brass Repousse
• Lot 0014 — Ottoman Balkan 18th C. Holster Pistol with EXTENSIVE SILVER WIRE INLAYS
• Lot 0015 — Ottoman Balkan 18th-19th C. Flintlock Holster Pistol ENGRAVED OVERLAYS
• Lot 0016 — Ottoman Balkan 18th-19th C. Flintlock Holster Pistol ENGRAVED OVERLAYS
• Lot 0017 — Russian 19th C. Cossack Miquelet Pistol Pair with Leather Wrapped Stock
• Lot 0018 — Unusual Ottoman Volcanic Lever Pistol with SILVER WIRE INLAYS & BRASS ENGRAVING
• Lot 0019 — Balkan 18th-19th C. Flintlock Pistol with SILVER NIELLO & EXTENSIVE FILIGREE
• Lot 0020 — French 19th C. Flintlock Pistols with EXTENSIVE SILVER WIRE INLAY
• Lot 0021 — Comprehensive Vampire Hunter Kit with BELGIAN 19th C. PISTOL
• Lot 0022 — Pistol in Style of Spanish Colonial Miquelet lock Blunderbuss
• Lot 0023 — British Naval Officer Flintlock Pistol with a Blunderbuss Brass Barrel
• Lot 0024 — Ottoman Balkan 18th-19th C. Flintlock BLUNDERBUSS DAG Pistol with SILVER WIRE Inlay
• Lot 0025 — Fine Ottoman Balkan 19th C. Blunderbuss Pistol Extensively CARVED WALNUT STOCK & STEEL
• Lot 0026 — Rare & Very Fine French 18th C. Miquelet Holster Pistol GOLD & SILVER INLAYS
• Lot 0027 — Ottoman Cavalry Officer Kubar Flintlock Pistol with BRASS FURNITURE
• Lot 0028 — Ottoman Cavalry Officer Kubar Flintlock Pistol with BRASS FURNITURE
• Lot 0029 — Ottoman BALKAN PICHAQ Knife Green Bone Hilt & COPPER EYE INLAY MOTIFS
• Lot 0030 — Greek Cretan Knife Bone Hilt & RED EYE MOTIFS
• Lot 0031 — Ottoman 19th C. Bichaq Knife Bone Hilt & SILVER REPOUSSE DRAGON CHAPE
• Lot 0032 — Balkan 18th-19th C. Bichaq Knife BRASS EYE INLAY MOTIFS Over Bone
• Lot 0033 — Rare Ottoman Albanian Knife with ENGRAVED SILVER BOLSTER
• Lot 0034 — Antique Ottoman Greek Knife with Split HORN HANDLE
• Lot 0035 — Very RARE Balkan TROUSSE Dagger Set BONE EARED POMMELS & Brass Repousse
• Lot 0036 — Ottoman Balkan 19th C. Traveling Knife Set BONE HILTS & Gold Brocade Scabbard
• Lot 0037 — Rare French 19th C. Delvigne Mouse Pocket Pistol Concealed In Bookcase
• Lot 0038 — Belgian 1880 Pocket Revolver By C.G. & C. with FITTED LEATHER CASE
• Lot 0039 — US Civil War Double Trigger Percussion Pistol By STARR ARMS CO.
• Lot 0040 — Rare American late 19th C. REMINGTON Rolling Block Pistol
• Lot 0041 — European 19th C. Large Double Barrel Percussion Pistol Gilt Brass Furniture & Cap Box
• Lot 0042 — Rare Persian Early 19th C. Cavalry Flintlock Pistol
• Lot 0043 — French M1816 Convertd Percussion Cavalry Pistol with Brass Butt Cap
• Lot 0044 — European Early 19th C. Percussion Travelling Pistol with CAPTIVE SWIVEL RAMROD
• Lot 0045 — US Civil War M1842 PERCUSSION PISTOL By Ira N. Johnson
• Lot 0046 — US Post War of 1812 Cavalry Pistol By SIMEON NORTH with Converted Percussion Lock
• Lot 0047 — Ottoman Balkan Late 18th C. Holster Pistol with WIRE WRAPPED STOCK
• Lot 0048 — Belgian Mid-19th C. Percussion Pistol Made in LIEGE with BONE RAMROD
• Lot 0049 — French Mid-19th C. Percussion Pistol By LE PAGE with Rifled Octagonal Barrel
• Lot 0050 — Sharps 22 Cal. Pepperbox Pistol
• Lot 0051 — James Reid "My Friend" Knuckleduster Pistol
• Lot 0052 — Side by Side Percussion Pistol
• Lot 0053 — Over & Under Percussion Pistol
• Lot 0054 — Possibly Southern Underhammer Pistol
• Lot 0055 — Large Bore Saw Handle Underhammer Pistol
• Lot 0056 — Allen Pocket Rifle & Allen Percussion Pistol
• Lot 0057 — Pair of European Percussion Pistols
• Lot 0058 — Large Allen & Thurber Percussion Pistol
• Lot 0059 — Large Frame Percussion Belt Pistol
• Lot 0060 — Pepperbox Project Pistol
• Lot 0061 — Allen & Thurber "Worcester" Pepperbox
• Lot 0062 — Two Pepperbox Project Pistols
• Lot 0063 — Over & Under Percussion Pistol
• Lot 0064 — US Civil War Pocket Pistol By DERINGER PHILADELPHIA Famously The Pistol Model That Killed Lincoln
• Lot 0065 — Allen & Wheelock Percussion Pistol
• Lot 0066 — Merwin & Bray 32 Cal. Pistol
• Lot 0067 — Bacon Mfg. Co. Swing Out Cylinder Revolver
• Lot 0068 — Connecticut Arms Co. Hammond Bulldog Pistol
• Lot 0069 — Allen & Wheelock Sidehammer Revolver
• Lot 0070 — Whitney 2nd Model Pocket Model Revolver
• Lot 0071 — Rare Springfield Arms Double Trigger Revolver
• Lot 0072 — Sharps 32 Cal. Pepperbox Pistol
• Lot 0073 — Andrew Wurfflein Derringer Pistol
• Lot 0074 — Model 1842 Aston US Military Pistol
• Lot 0075 — Rare Wm. Uhlinger "J.P. Lower" Revolver
• Lot 0076 — Remington Elliot Pepperbox Pistol
• Lot 0077 — Moore Teat-Fire Pocket Revolver
• Lot 0078 — San Francisco Marked Henry Deringer Pistol
• Lot 0079 — National Arms Co. Derringer Pistol
• Lot 0080 — Allen & Thurber Underhammer Pistol
• Lot 0081 — Ethan Allen Bar Hammer Pistol
• Lot 0082 — Allen & Wheelock Sidehammer Pocket Revolver
• Lot 0083 — Bacon & Co. Underhammer Pistol
• Lot 0084 — Colt Root Sidehammer Pocket Revolver
• Lot 0085 — Civil War Medal of Honor Presentation Revolver
• Lot 0086 — Civil War Starr Arms 1863 Army Revolver
• Lot 0087 — Civil War Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver
• Lot 0088 — Civil War Era Smith & Wesson Revolver
• Lot 0089 — High Condition Johnson US Flintlock Pistol
• Lot 0090 — Very High Condition Allen & Thurber Pepperbox
• Lot 0091 — Allen Young & Smith Pepperbox Pistol
• Lot 0092 — High Condition Allen & Thurber Pepperbox Pistol
• Lot 0093 — Bacon & Co. Pepperbox Underhammer Revolver
• Lot 0094 — Allen & Thurber "Grafton" Dragoon Pepperbox
• Lot 0095 — Large Allen & Thurber Dragoon Pepperbox
• Lot 0096 — Large French Type Military Napoleonic Pistol
• Lot 0097 — Samuel North Model 1816 Flintlock Pistols
• Lot 0098 — Starr Arms 1858 Army Revolver
• Lot 0099 — Rare Civil War Bacon Navy Revolver
• Lot 0100 — Scarce Savage Civil War Navy Revolver
• Lot 0101 — Scarce Deane Adams 50 Cal Revolver
• Lot 0102 — Large Bore European Percussion Pistol
• Lot 0103 — Rare Civil War Prescott Navy Revolver
• Lot 0104 — Civil War Colt 1861 Navy Revolver
• Lot 0105 — Civil War Starr Arms Single Action Revolver
• Lot 0106 — Civil War Spencer Repeating Carbine
• Lot 0107 — Civil War Starr Cavalry Carbine
• Lot 0108 — Civil War Maynard Cavalry Carbine
• Lot 0109 — Sharps & Hankins Civil War Rifle
• Lot 0110 — Civil War Ballard Carbine
• Lot 0111 — Civil War Smith Cavalry Carbine
• Lot 0112 — Manton Percussion Combination Rifle
• Lot 0113 — Triplett & Scott Civil War KY. Carbine
• Lot 0114 — Civil War Gallagher Cavalry Carbine
• Lot 0115 — Confederate Type Assembled Musket
• Lot 0116 — Civil War Burnside Cavalry Carbine
• Lot 0117 — 1884 Trapdoor Springfield Cavalry Carbine
• Lot 0118 — Civil War Percussion Sharps Carbine
• Lot 0119 — Civil War Sharps Percussion Rifle
• Lot 0120 — Robbins & Lawrence Mississippi Rifle
• Lot 0121 — Ashmore Percussion Half Stock Rifle
• Lot 0122 — Civil War Remington 1841 Mississippi Rifle
• Lot 0123 — 1861 Civil War Springfield Musket
• Lot 0124 — Model 1816 Springfield Musket
• Lot 0125 — Rare Confederate Used Fuse Box
• Lot 0126 — Two Possible Confederate Cap Boxes
• Lot 0127 — Large Civil War Era Revolver Holster
• Lot 0128 — Civil War Cavalry Carbine Strap
• Lot 0129 — Old Wells Fargo & Co. Leather Belt
• Lot 0130 — US Civil War Officer Sword Belts with Cast Brass EAGLE PLATES
• Lot 0131 — Civil War or Indian Wars Sword Belt
• Lot 0132 — Civil War or Indian Wars Kepi
• Lot 0133 — Revolutionary War Fascine Knife
• Lot 0134 — Civil War Bone or Amputation Saw
• Lot 0135 — Large & Early Fighting Knife / Bowie
• Lot 0136 — Civil War Silver Hilt Dirk or Bowie
• Lot 0137 — Early Serpentine Blade Fighting Knife
• Lot 0138 — Civil War Era Bowie Knife
• Lot 0139 — Civil War Era Sheffield Bowie Knife
• Lot 0140 — Revolutionary War Cuttoe - Hanger Sword
• Lot 0141 — Revolutionary War Silver Cuttoe Sword
• Lot 0142 — Revolutionary War Cuttoe - Hanger Sword
• Lot 0143 — Civil War Era Handcuffs / Shackles
• Lot 0144 — US Indian Wars M1873 SPRINGFIELD TRAPDOOR Rifle
• Lot 0145 — American 19th C. Long Rifle with G+R Inscription & Brass Scroll Trigger Guard
• Lot 0146 — Belgian Late 19th C. RIFLED TARGET PISTOL Engraved Percussion Lock Plate
• Lot 0147 — Rare US Civil War SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE CO. 19th New York Cavalry
• Lot 0148 — Rare US Civil War SHARPS PERCUSSION RIFLE 10th Ohio Cavalry
• Lot 0149 — Very Fine American Civil War Era Gambler Bowie Knife Die in Pommel By RABONE BROS & CO
• Lot 0150 — American Civil War Confederate D-GUARD BOWIE KNIFE Forged Iron
• … and 267 more lots

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