Bruneau and Co Estate Fine Arts & Antiques Auction
Online Only
June 17, 6 pm EST
63 4th Avenue
Cranston, R.I.
401-533-9980
www.bruneauandco.com
info@bruneauandco.com

 WILLOUGHBY, OHIO — Milestone presents its Premier antique and  modern firearms auction on Saturday, June 19. The sale will take place at Milestone’s gallery in suburban Cleveland, with all remote forms of bidding available, including live online through multiple platforms.

 Approximately 770 lots will be auctioned, with many of the most popular specialty categories represented. “There’s a great military selection, numerous rare Colts and many historical and collectible firearms — something to suit every type of collector,” said Milestone Auctions co-owner Chris Sammet.

 One of the finest Colts in the sale is a .45-caliber Model 1911, one of 1,250 such pistols shipped to the US Marine Corps’ Philadelphia depot on July 9, 1913 ($12/18,000). The pistol is stamped “United States Property” and “Model Of 1911 US Army.”

An accompanying document from Colt’s archival records confirms that the gun went directly from the Colt factory to the USMC Depot Quartermaster in Philadelphia. “It is rare for a Colt to be identified as having been issued directly to the USMC,” Sammet said. “Typically, documentation will say that a gun of this type was shipped to the US government.”

Another Colt is a boxed 1st-year (1929) .38-caliber Super. Original instructions are included, as well as a May 1929 ad from American Rifleman magazine touting Colt’s new “Super” ($10/13,000)

A third Colt highlight is a 1st-year (1931) Colt ACE .22 caliber pistol from the pre-World War II era when Colt’s finest quality automatic pistols were produced. This firearm has a three-digit serial number “163” and boasts more than 98 percent of its original pre-war blue finish intact ($4/6,000).

Rich with Old West history, a Colt .38-caliber revolver that was owned by Texas Ranger, cowboy, poker player, rancher and sheriff John Slaughter (1841-1922) comes with an f archive of ephemera. The documents include a factory letter showing the gun was originally shipped to Montgomery Ward in 1904, an 1890s letter on El Paso County letterhead regarding the court case “The State of Texas vs John Slaughter” and a 1902 letter on color letterhead depicting “Slaughter’s Herefords” ($8/12,000).

The auction’s firepower continues with a Marlin Model 1893 rifle made in 1905. This 38-.55 caliber longarm is one of very few Marlins made with a special 32-inch barrel and is almost certainly one of the finest surviving rifles of its type ($8/10,000). A rare Winchester 1890 .22-caliber long rifle was among the last of its kind to be built during World War II ($4/6,000).

In a class of its own, a 1999 Judson Brennan (Delta Junction, Alaska) full-stock 37-inch .50-caliber flintlock rifle was made by the most respected of all contemporary rifle builders, using fiddleback maple stock and handcrafted brass furniture ($15/25,000). Its carved adornments include relief scrolls and a clamshell pattern faithful to the type of decoration seen on rifles of the “golden era.” Sammet observed: “A finer rifle would be hard to find. This recreation is truly mechanical art in its purest form.”

Milestone’s gallery is at at 38198 Willoughby Parkway. For information, 440-527-8060 or www.milestoneauctions.com.