ROCK ISLAND AUCTION COMPANY
Presents A PREMIERE FIREARMS AUCTION
SEPTEMBER 9TH, 10TH & 11TH
Proudly Unveiling a Recently Discovered National Treasure
3 Day Live Public Auction with Over 2700 Lots
The Finest and Most Historic American Bowie Knife Ever Offered: Publicly Documented Presentation to President Roosevelt on March 3, 1909 (his last full day in office) by his friend James W. Gerard of the Supreme Bench of New York City and later Ambassador to Germany. The hilts are wrought in gold and platinum and ornamented with jewels exhibiting the arms of the United States, a wishbone  and the TR monogram on one side and two American Indians on the reverse. Two bear heads extend out from the base of the blade which is of the finest steel and is engraved as follows “Presented to Theodore Roosevelt by His Friend James W Gerard”. Consigned directly by the descendants of the 26th President of the United States of America.
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• The Second Installment of Robert “The Bear” Bretherton Collection
• The Piedmont Collection of World Class Kentucky Flintlocks and High End European Arms Part III
• Part II of the John H. Bill Collection of Rare European Semi-Automatic Pistols
• Arms from Noted Author and Collector Ray Saign
• The Putnam Green/Sycamore Collection
• The Thor Edgeberg Collection
• The Elven Hamilton Collection
ICONIC COLLECTIONS IN THE SEPTEMBER PREMIERE AUCTION:
Historic and Rare Springfield Armory John D. Pedersen Patent U.S. Semi-Automatic Test Rifle “T1” in Caliber .276 Pedersen
Ira Paine
Spectacular Cased Beautifully Engraved Gold Inlaid Westley Richards Double Barrel Drop Lock Ex-press Rifle, Chambered for the Scarce 600 Nitro Express Cartridge, with a Suite of Accessories and Five Boxed 600 N.E. Cartridges
Documented Extremely Rare Exhibition Panel Scene Factory Engraved German Silver Frame Winchester Model 1866 Lever Action Rifle with Factory Letter Connected to Exhibition Shooter Chevalier Ira Paine
A Very Fine Important and Profusely Inlaid Wheel-Lock Sporting Rifle by Georg Grosser, probably Leipzig, circa 1690
Extremely Rare Late Production Nazi “Heinrich Himmler Presentation J.P. Sauer Model 38 Pistol
Extraordinarily Rare Exhibition Quality Gold Inlaid and Engraved Cased Four Gun Dueling Set by Renowned Maker Nicolas Noel Boutet
Magnificent, Deluxe, Gold-Plated Presentation, Winchester Model 1894 Takedown Fancy Lever Action Rifle Factory Engraved and Signed by Master Factory Engraver John Ulrich
Extremely Rare Early Production U.S. Colt Model 1911 1st Week Production Large “UNITED STATES PROPERTY” Variation Semi-Automatic Pistol Serial Number “31” Rig with Factory Letter
Exhibition Quality Factory Panel Scene Engraved and Gold Inlaid Sharps Model 1853 24 Bore Percussion Shotgun
Fine Historic British Revolutionary War Officer’s Fusil by Wilson Inscribed “S N Jenkins Georgia 1779”
Theodore Roosevelt
Heinrich Himmler
James W. Gerard

Very Fine Factory
Engraved Colt Model 1877
Thunderer Double Action
Sheriff Model Revolver with
Historic Engraved and
Gold Inlaid Adolphe Jansen Double Barrel
Pinfire Rifle Presented by King Leopold II to
Commissioner at Meerut Hetwood Williams
A Very Fine and Remarkable Gold and Silver Damascened, Profusely Inlaid Combination Matchlock and Wheel-
Lock of Extraordinary Length with Rifled Barrel marked NK, Suhl, First Half of the 17th Century
A Very Fine Profusely Inlaid and Important Brunswick Wheel-Lock Carbine by Klaus
Hirt, Wasungen, Circa 1590
Very Fine and Rare Documented Sharps Model 1877
No. 1 Long Range Riflfle with Factory Letter
Colt First Generation
Single Action Army Revolver
Documented with
Steer Head Grip and
Factory Letter
Factory Engraved
Riflfled Rare Deluxe Engraved New
Haven Arms Co., Volcanic No. 1
Pocket Pistol
Historic and Well Documented Factory Engraved Deluxe
Buffalo Bill
Winchester Model 1873 Lever Action Short Rifle with
Factory Exhibition Special Order Finish and Features
Presented by Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody) to Robbie
Campbell Adams Twelve Year Old Son of Wild West
Show Pamphlets Publisher for the Wild West Shows
Performance at Madison Square Garden
There are only 9 known Winchester
revolvers with most of them still held by the
Winchester Museum in Cody, Wyoming.
Phenomenal and Incredibly Rare Winchester Model 1895 Takedown Fancy Lever Action .405 Rifle with Factory No. 1 Engraving and Gold Inlays Factory Letter
Rarest of All Winchester Firearms the Exceptional
Winchester-Wetmore-Wells “Centennial 1876”
Single Action Revolver
Magnificent, Deluxe, Gold-Plated Presentation, Winchester Model 1894 Takedown Fancy Lever Action Rifle Factory En-graved and Signed by Master Factory Engraver John Ulrich
Highly Desirable U.S  Inspected Colt Model 1883 Gatling Gun with Original Watervliet Arsenal Carriage
Superb Presentation Grade C. Smith & Son Gilt Accented Sword, Etched as a Gift from Queen Victoria to Don Rafae
Carrera, First President of the Republic of Guatemala, Hero of the Battle of La Aranda, and President for Life, with Two Scabbard, Sword Belt and a Book
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