Duane Merrill NATIVE AMERICAN, MILITARY, & SPORTING AUCTION
SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2016 9:30 am
MERRILL’S AUCTION GALLERY
137 JAMES BROWN DRIVE, WILLISTON, VERMONT
DIRECTIONS: From Interstate 89 exit 12 proceed north on Rte 2-A towards Essex Jct. for 2.5 miles, turn left by Shell station. PREVIEW: Friday, March 11th from 1:00- 5:00, Saturday, March 12th  from 8:00 am till 9:30 am, & or by prior appointment.
Duane Merrill & Co. has been commissioned to sell a Northern Vermont three generation family collection of prehistoric artifacts including Paleo, Archaic, & Woodland lithic points, VT & NE potsherds, celts, plummets, & bannerstones; other highlights to include several stunning Carl Moon photographs & an outstanding Pacific NW Coast lodge model. A partial listing to include:

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ANTIQUE FIREARMS: early 19th c Kentucky percussion rifle w/ full curly maple stock; historically important Maine percussion rifle, 62 cal, w/ old label “Carried in Aroostook War 1826 by William Beedle”; Whitney Phoenix .38 cal breech loading rifle; 19th c N. Kendall Windsor, VT underhammer percussion 45 cal oct barrel hunting rifle w/ curly maple stock; 19th c N. Kendall Windsor, VT percussion underhammer octagonal barrel target rifle, cal 45, 33″ engr long barrel, original rear peep sight; 19th c New England percussion rifle, cherry half stock, 38″ long, 45 cal, half oct barrel; rare Phoenix Model 1884 Plattsburgh, NY 40 cal single shot center fire breech loading rifle; US Springfield Model 1884 45/ 70 trapdoor musket; US Model 1842 Johnson pistol lock marked “Midd TN”;
MODERN FIREARMS:  Winchester Model 21 double barrel 12 gauge shotgun 30″ barrel, high grade walnut stock 2¾” chamber; Browning Arms Model A-5 12 ga (2¾) cased semi automatic shotgun w/ extra barrel; 1911 Colt 45 cal. Gov semiautomatic pistol; German DWM Luger semiautomatic pistol. SN 3177; German Knupp Stahl Nitro over/ under drilling- 20 gauge over 30 cal; single shot Stevens type 22 cal target rifle; Browning “Light Twelve” A5 auto loading shotgun; Browning “BPR” pump rifle in .308 Win; Winchester Model 1892 in 44 WCF. 19½” dbl. saddle ring. SN 302076; Remington Model .700 in 30-06 – bolt action; Stevens Mod 620 12 ga pump shotgun;
MILITARY& WESTERN: Captain Dwight H. Kelton 1881 pattern US 10th Infantry dress uniform w/ coat, helmet, pants, sword & belt, gloves & box (VT Civil War veteran- d 1908); 18th c Edo Period Samurai Katana, signed, single hole tang, w/ early iron Tsuba; Buffalo Bill Cody ¼  plate photo on milk glass; Civil War letters from Col. Henry F. Dutton 8th Vermont Vols. incl letters from Camp Babcock; US 45 star silk flag;
NATIVE AMERICAN:  important 1890-1910 Northwest Coast Tlingit lodge model lodge w/ clan totem; excellent group of large Carl Moon photographs; ca 1890 Sioux beaded moccasins; Five Nations wampum belt descending from Ken Mynter (Tonorioko, Mohawk Bear Clan); Apaché coil basket; Pima “Gila Monster” basket; 19  c Eastern Sioux engraved Catlinite 2 part pipe; 19th c Great Plains pipe tomahawk w/ heart cut-out, raised geometric decoration; Hopi Kachinas, North West Coast whale effigy pipe; 20 c Alaskan walrus tusk ivory cribbage board signed Joe Ignatius; Inuit carved walrus oosik bone club; Plains Indian hairbone breastplate w/ quilled wheel decoration; 1950 Ethel Washington (1889- 1967) Alaskan Eskimo carved wooden doll; 19 c Penobscot root war club;
PREHISTORIC LITHIC MATERIAL: large collection of lithic points from NW Vermont & across the US; copper knife found on Clark’s Plain, Milton, VT; Sandusky dovetail point; Paleo Indian Clovis point from Ross County, Ohio; Mississippian spud/ scepter; Vermont prehistoric pottery rimsherds; Midwestern Paleo fluted point; ground stone impliments; Iroquois flared pottery pipes;
SPORTING ART & BOOKS:  Joseph Knowles (Am 1874-1957) signed o/b of speckled trout taking wet fly; etchings signed Roland Clark (Am 1874-1957); David Hagerbaumer (1921-2014) signed w/c flying pintail; 1838 Bowen hand colored lithos; Peter Hanks signed w/c of flying partridge; 1910 Warren K Moorehead “The Stone Age in North America, 2 vols; large collection of reference books on sporting & firearms;
SPORTING ACCESSORIES: outstanding 19 c Adirondack birchbark box; 19 c VT or Quebec shooter’s box in old red paint, VT or Canada, w/ molds, powder tins, etc; Canadian Indian-made snowshoes; Marbles & Puma knives;
DECOYS: Archie Bodette goldeneye drake; pr of George Paquette (Verdun, Quebec)  decoys; Robert Davis Londonderry VT miniature decoys; other Lake Champlain decoys;
ANIMAL MOUNTS: rare Prehistoric Irish Elk antlers and skull, Megalocerus Gigangeus, late Pleistocene era, 9′ span, 16 points, (old repairs);  front torso Mt Goat mounts; flying turkey mount;
AMMUNITION: quantities of 12 ga, .223, 7.62 x 39, 308, 30-06; .338 Win Mag, 9mm, 45 auto, & more.
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TERMS: Visa, Mastercard, cash, or approved check.
15% Buyers Premium for credit card, cash, or check
Chairs provided, food available
All Items Sold As Is With No Implied Or Expressed Warranty.
DUANE MERRILL & COMPANY
AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS
Specializing In Estate & Antique Auctions   Three Generations Selling Since 1931
Mailing Address: PO Box 558, Williston, Vt. 05495
Consignment Auction Gallery:  802-878-2625         e-mail: info@merrillsauction.com
18th c Japanese katana
19th c Plains Indian pipe tomahawk
19th c Sioux moccasins
30+ lots of identified lithic points and artifacts
5 Nations wampum belt
Carl Moon large format colored photo
Collection of Native American First Nations artifacts including baskets wampum belt and moccasins
Colt Govt Model 1911 in 45 auto
Early and historic firearms
Joseph Knowles (AM 1874-1957) Jumping Trout ob
Many Decoys including Mitchell canvasback
Navajo blanket
Northwest Coast lodge model with totem pole and polychrome decoration circa 1890-1900
Prehistoric Irish Elk Antlers and skull
US pattern 1881 military uniform owned by Capt Dwight Kelton Montpelier VT
Winchester Model 21 Side by Side 12ga shotgun and other modern firearms