Arms & armor auction at Bonhams a success with highlights of early American militaria

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Bonhams announced a sales total of $1.36 million at its December 6 Antique Arms, Armor & Modern Sporting Guns auction in San Francisco. Highlighting the auction was a historic, Paris-made Confederate artillery officer’s frock coat of Lt. Col. Richard Snowden Andrews that sold for $64,350 (est. $40,000-60,000), along with a number of uniform ensembles from the early Federal Period and Civil War. In addition to uniforms, the sale featured a single-owner collection of more than 400 lots of American militaria, including military headgear, edged weapons, firearms and accoutrements, illustrating all facets of military life, from the Federal Period through the Civil War. Firearms present in the auction included a nearly complete sample of U.S. military, from surcharged Revolutionary War muskets to Civil War-era rifle muskets and carbines, as well has a selection of early single shot martial

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