Sold for $19,200, more than six times the high estimate - Image Morphy Auctions. Bidding ended on 6/12/2019. SOLD $132,000. The Pskov 3rd Chronicle To discuss consigning to a future Morphy Auctions Edged Weapons, Armor & Militaria sale, call Dan Morphy toll-free at 877-968-8880 or email info@morphyauctions.com. Click to view the online catalog complete with prices realized, Cowan’s Corner: Making a stand with Gen. Custer items, Morphy’s to host dynamic auction of edged weapons, militaria Dec. 10, Morphy’s to auction rare edged weapons, armor & militaria, Nov. 7-8, Morphy’s to auction Edged Weapons, Armor & Militaria, Aug. 18-19, Mosby & Co. presents Civil War & Militaria auction, May 26, https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Featured-Black-Regiment-Flag.png, https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ACN-logo-2019-2.png, Morphy’s Edged Weapons, Armor & Militaria sale chalks up $1.6M, © LiveAuctioneers | Auction Central News. Blade Length: 12 - 1/2” Overall Length: 17 - 3/8” The 12 - 1/2” blade with two springing pieces to catch an opponent’s sword, push button in LOT - 1005 the form of a squash. It sold above high estimate for $17,835. And so the collectingcommunity didn't actually know that this was outthere until after it was sold. They will be excellent stewards for what is a living symbol of both American and African American history.”. Sold for $12,000 - Image Morphy Auctions. SOLD $160,000. Nicholas was attacked by one of his escorting policemen, Tsuda Sanzo, with a sword. Only surviving flag of those Bowser created for the 11 Pennsylvania Black regiments. Atlanta History Center President and CEO Sheffield Hale remarked, “We want to tell the entire story of the Civil War and how it impacts our country. A Civil War saber and silver scabbard presented to Captain James Bliss by veterans of Company B, 8th New York Cavalry, carried great historical significance. This flag is worth it in exhibit value alone. ), 2. Extremely rare first-edition copy of General George A. Custer’s book My Life On The Plains – Or, Personal Experiences With Indians (1874), from the personal library of Custer’s close friend General Philip Sheridan. Above the artwork, a poignant motto reads: “WE WILL PROVE OURSELVES MEN.”, Dan Morphy, president of Morphy Auctions in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, said he was “extremely proud” to have handled such an important Civil War artifact. 1 oz. Their holdings have grown organically over nine decades primarily through donations of artifacts. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. It’s now the jewel in the crown of the Atlanta History Center’s collection. One of American history’s little known ironies was represented in a group lot containing a saber and four other documented 7th Cavalry items belonging to Captain Thomas McDougall. Graduate of Knox Coll. Edged weapons crafted in the 1930s by William Scagel (Canadian/American,1857-1963), grandfather of modern-era custom knife makers, were in high demand. Flickr photos, groups, and tags related to the "serfs" Flickr tag. Inscribed William Scagel Bowie knife with original sheath, 1930s, 11¾ inches. Because no-one can publicly challenge a seller that his item is wrong (not as described), the chances are that you will not find out until it is too late. Now, the funny thingabout the auction is it wasn't the rightauction to put it in. SOLD $28,800. The sword surpassed its high estimate, bringing $12,000. The flag attracted the lion’s share of media attention prior to the $1.6 million auction, but collectors also turned out in force — including live via the Internet through LiveAuctioneers — for a large, high-quality selection of Bowie knives and swords. ... For the death of Odoevsky, see Fennell, History, 199. Sold for $30,000, A superb Imperial Russian Napoleonic sword originally owned by Prince Ivan Ivanovich Odoevsky, a distinguished military officer who died in 1814 at the Battle of Brienne in France, weighed in at an astonishing 6 lbs. “From the beginning, we felt it would end up in a prestigious institution’s permanent collection and probably never be offered for public sale again. SCAGEL, HANDMADE” and bearing the maker’s iconic “Kris” stamp, came to auction with its original tooled-leather sheath. Selling price: $30,000, Extremely fine and elaborate statue-hilted and jewel-inlaid Civil War presentation sword, blade by Klauberg, retailed by Schuyler Hartley and Graham, NY. Undoubtedly the most artistically and historically significant Imperial Russian sword to be offered in America since the September 1945 Gimbels sale of three shashka from the Imperial Collection at Tsarskoe Selo (one of which, the cased garniture of the Tsarevich Nikolaevich Alexei formerly in the Collection of Robert M. Lee, remains in private hands), Prince Odoevsky's saber … William Scagel camp axe with stag-antler handle, 1930s, 12 1/8 inches. The Romanov dynasty has dazzled, intrigued, and confused the world for more than three centuries. SOURCE: "Why Shevchenko Is a Poet of Our People," in Shevchenko and the Critics: 1861-1980, edited by George S. N. Luckyj, translated by Dolly Ferguson and … Tsuda tried to hit Nicholas again, but the Tsesarevich´s cousin Prince George of Greece and Denmark, the son of Minnie´s brother, used his cane to stop the second blow. Currently, this 18th-century sword is recognized as the most expensive sword in the world.