Rock Island Auction Day 1 Premiere Firearms Auction
Catalog Information: 900 lots | 899 with images | View lots
Date: September 11, 2009
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Location:
4507 49th Avenue
Moline, IL
USA
61265-7578
Phone: 309-797-1500
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All property offered for sale is as is, where is. Rock Island Auction does not guarantee or make warranties on any lot sold. The bold headline description is the only written statement Rock Island Auction Company will guarantee as correct. Descriptions in the catalog are opinion. They are written as an aid to potential bidders.
Lot 1: Exceptional Deluxe Engraved, Special Order, Marlin Ballard No. 3 Rifle
Special order Marlin Ballard Special Order No. 3 Rifle with exquisite L.D. Nimschke style engraving. This rifle is illustrated and described on page 122 of "BALLARD" by John T. Dutcher. The rifle is an early factory conversion from .22 rimfire to t [...more]
Lot 2: Marlin/Ballard No. 6 1/2 Off Hand Target Rifle
This is a Straight Grip No. 6 1/2 Marlin/Ballard Single Shot Rifle with half-round/half-octagon barrel, nickel-plated standard off-hand style buttplate, folding tang-mounted peep sight and Beach combination front sight. The English walnut stock and f [...more]
Lot 3: Sharps Model 1852 Sporting Rifle
The Sharps Model 1852 was the earliest Sharps having the distinctive relief contoured "slanting breech" on the frame. Another key feature distinctive to the 1852 is the retaining spring on the right rear section of the forearm securing the lever hing [...more]
Lot 4: Rare Engraved Frank Wesson Two Trigger Tip Up Sporting Rifle From the Roy Rogers - Dale Evans Museum
Approximately 5,000 of these Second Models were manufactured from the early 1860s to the mid 1870s with only a handful of these engraved. The slotted link was moved to the left side and a manually operated ejector was mounted on the right side of the [...more]
Lot 5: Engraved Ballard No. 6 Schuetzen Single Shot Rifle
Manufactured from 1881 to 1891 in 32-40 and 38-55 caliber. This is an early No. 6 rifle with a later barrel and forearm. The replacement barrel is marked under the replacement forearm "20319" and "38-55" on the top flat. The receiver is marked on the [...more]
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