Armes anciennes, Armures, Militaria

Lot 3631. An imperial gilt-bronze hilted knife and white jade scabbard, Qing dynasty, 18th century; overall 35 cm, 13 3/4  in. Estimate 600,000 — 800,000 HKD (76,434 - 101,912 USD). Unsold. Courtesy Sotheby's. the slender sharp blade fitted with a gilt-bronze hilt skilfully cast with a thin key-fret band below dense lotus scrolls and terminating with a jade pommel incised with a further key-fret band, the white jade scabbard finely worked in low relief with... [Lire la suite]

Bejeweled Dagger, India-Turkey, 17th-18th century. Overall 445mm. Blade 320mm © Runjeet Singh Tibetan Four-Mirror Armour, Tibet, 19th century. Steel, Gilt copper, leather. Front plate 7.5 in diameter © Runjeet Singh Votive Steel and Gold Trident, Tibet, 18th-19th Century. Steel with applied gold and a contemporary red blood wooden shaft. Length: 17 inches (430 mm) © Runjeet Singh Iron Cuirass body-armor, Hyderabad, Deccan, India, 16th-17th Century. Height... [Lire la suite]

Lot Nr. 4553. An Illyrian helmet, type 3A, variant 3, 2nd half of the 6th – 5th century B.C. Sold for: 21000 Euros. © 2011 - 2016 Hermann Historica oHG MUNICH.- Approximately 6,300 lots from all specialist areas represented by the auction house – antiquities, arms and armour, works of art, hunting antiques, orders and collectibles from all fields of history and military history – came under the hammer in the 72nd Auction of Hermann Historica oHG in Munich. Included among the lots were three complete... [Lire la suite]

MUNICH.- This year's Autumn Auction at Hermann Historica oHG in Munich will open on 27 October with the usual wide range of high quality precious objects from all eras and originating from all over the world. Until 7 November, approximately 7300 collector's pieces, some of them unique, from all specialist areas represented by the auction house will come under the hammer – antiquities, arms and armour, works of art, hunting antiques, orders and collectibles from all fields of history and military history.  ... [Lire la suite]

Importante et unique épée de grand écuyer de Lorraine, Époque début XVIIIe. Estimation : 700 000 € / 800 000 €. Photo AUCTIONART - RÉMY LE FUR & ASSOCIÉS exécutée pour le Prince Marc de Beauvau-Craon, nommé en 1697 grand écuyer du Duc Léopold. Elle fut fabriquée en 1728 par l'orfèvre Simon Gallien à Paris. Elle est de la forme de l'épée de connétable du dernier tiers du XVe siècle et très inspirée de celle représentée sur l'enluminure des Grandes chroniques de France, vers 1470, où l'on voit celle remise... [Lire la suite]

Created by celebrated gunsmith Jean Lepage, the exquisitely wrought pistols, encrusted and inlaid with gold, are emblazoned with Napoleonic symbolism. Photo: Sotheby's. LONDON.- In the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, Sotheby’s will offer a superb pair of child-size pistols at the Treasures sale in London on 8 July 2015 (Wednesday). The pistols, which are dated 1814, are believed to be parting gifts from Napoleon I to his beloved three-year-old son, whom he had titled “King of Rome” at birth. Estimated at... [Lire la suite]

 MUNICH.- All specialist areas represented by Hermann Historica – antiquities, arms and armour, works of art, hunting antiques, orders and collectibles from all fields of history and military history – reported excellent results, with some lots fetching many multiples of their estimated price. A total of approximately 6,000 collectors' items came under the hammer at the Spring Auction from 28 April to 12 May 2015.  Antiquities The demand for well preserved early bronze helmets has remained unabated for... [Lire la suite]

Pierre Redon (connu entre 1530 et 1562), Morion de Charles IX. Fer repoussé, plaqué d'or et émaillé, soie brodée de fils d'or. Vers 1555-1560 (?). Musée du Louvre. Pierre Redon (connu entre 1530 et 1562), Ecu de Charles IX. Fer repoussé, plaqué d'or et émaillé, soie brodée de fils d'or. Vers 1555-1560 (?). Musée du Louvre.

A Mughal-style pale green jade horse-head handled dagger, 18th century. Photo courtesy Bonhams The pointed blade issuing from a pale jade handle, carved to depict a bridled horse head rising from a blossoming lotus flower cross-guard. The handle 13.5cm (5 1/4in) long, the dagger overall 39cm (15 1/4in) long. Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 (€7,300 - 9,700) Compare a horse-handled dagger from the Qing Court Collection illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Armaments and Military Provision,... [Lire la suite]

LONDON.- A ‘selfie’ of European and Japanese helmets dating from 16th – 19th centuries, from the John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection, Massachusetts, USA, to be auctioned in London on 7 May at Thomas Del Mar Ltd (in Association with Sotheby’s). www.thomasdelmar.com  LONDON.- Hold My Hand: the 19th century boy’s armour, pictured, belonged to the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, inspiration to Orson Welles’s film Citizen Cane. From the John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection to be sold at Thomas Del Mar Ltd (In... [Lire la suite]