SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields Antique Arms, Armor and Modern Sporting Guns auction on June 20, 2011 in San Francisco brought an impressive $1.2 million, with top lots consigned from the Nobel Family Collection, which included Alfred Nobel,…
Rare 16th Century Helmet Used by Opera House as a Stage Prop for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- Bonhams sale of Fine Antique Arms and Armour on July 20th at Knightbridge includes the life’s work of a medical doctor, Peter Parsons, whose passion was armour. The collection is a perhaps strange interest for a man who spent his life dea…
Rare 16th Century Helmet Used by Opera House as a Stage Prop for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- Bonhams sale of Fine Antique Arms and Armour on July 20th at Knightbridge includes the life’s work of a medical doctor, Peter Parsons, whose passion was armour. The collection is a perhaps strange interest for a man who spent his life dea…
Fine Arms, Armour and Militaria to Be Offered in London at Thomas Del Mar Ltd
LONDON.- A very rare gilt copper Ottoman Tombak shield from the late 16th century is among the highlights of an auction of Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria in London on Wednesday, June 29, 2011. The sale will be held at midday by Thomas Del Mar Ltd (…
Duelling Pistols at Bonhams: Objects of Beauty and Death
LONDON.- Today a gentleman no longer needs a set of duelling pistols, which means that Bonhams Antique Arms and Armour sale on April 20th is free to offer twelve sets of pistols estimated to sell for between £2,500 to £60,000, as items of historical …
The Return of the Red Baron at Bonhams Oxford
LONDON.- Two wooden photograph cases made from one of the main spars of Baron Manfred Von Reichthofen’s tri-plane after it was brought down in 1918 will be sold in the Antique Arms and Militaria at Bonhams Oxford on 7th December. The cases are est…
Important Items from the Hanoverian Royal Family to Be Sold in Arms and Militaria Auction
LONDON.- An historically important collection from the Hanoverian Royal Family – the ancestors of today’s British Royal Family – will be offered in an auction of Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria in London on Wednesday, December 8 2010….
WWI Aviation Art, Antique Arms and Sporting Guns at Bonhams & Butterfields in November
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Seldom seen examples of original WWI aviation art, a jeweled sword made for an Ottoman prince and a rare 17th century Dutch cannon come to auction at Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco on Monday, November 15, 2010. The interna…
Broadsword Linking Sir Alex Douglas Home and Robert the Bruce Sells
LONDON.- A broadsword dating from 1705, with a much older Scottish blade from the 14th Century, passed down through the Douglas family to Sir Alec Douglas Home of the Hirsel, former British Prime Minister, sold for £10,800 at Bonhams sale of Antique A…
Antique Arms & Armor Offered at Bonhams & Butterfields June 28th
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – International fine arts auctioneers
Bonhams & Butterfields will bring more than 450-lots of antique arms, armor
and modern sporting guns to auction in San Francisco on Monday, June 28, 2010
featuring a large and impre…