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Antique arms and armour: 2003 and 2004 saw collectors and dealers acquiring good-quality material in good condition, auction houses achieving steady prices, with some surprises, and museums making carefully selected purchases
Apollo, Feb, 2005 by Stephen Wood
An exceptional and rare Colt 'Walker' model revolver, 1847. (Greg Martin Auctions, San Francisco, 7-8 December 2003)--$202,500
The 'Walpole/Suckling' silver-hilted hanger, hallmarked 1752-53, believed to be that carried by Captain Horatio (later Vice-Admiral Lord) Nelson (Sotheby's, London, 16 December 2003)--36,000 [pounds sterling]
A Phrygian/Chalcidian-type winged bronze helmet, 4th century BC (Christie's, London, 28 April 2004)--156,450 [pounds sterling]
A rare Commonwealth period officer's English-lock pistol, c. 1650 (Sotheby's, London, 30 June 2004)--9,500 [pounds sterling]
An exceptional pair of gold-inlaid, over-and-under flintlock pistols made for the Maharaja of Tanjore by Joseph Manton, London, c. 1822 (Bonhams, London, 29 July 2004)--42,000 [pounds sterling]
A fine Colt 'Paterson' no. 3 belt model revolver, 1836-42. (Bonhams and Butterfields, San Francisco, 7-8 December 2004)--$86,250
A cased, engraved and gold-plated Remington Smoot New Model revolver, 1874. (Bonhams and Butterfields, San Francisco, 7-8 December 2004)--$43,700
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