Rock Island Auction Company Premiere Firearms Auction Rock Island, Illinois. Rock Island Auction Company’s September 7th, 8th, and 9th Premiere Firearms Auction will be nothing short of spectacular. The auction is comprised of four core collections which
News-Antique.com - Aug 06,2012 - Rock Island, Illinois. Rock Island Auction Company’s September 7th, 8th, and 9th Premiere Firearms Auction will be nothing short of spectacular. The auction is comprised of four core collections which all exude condition, quality and rarity. “We consider ourselves to be extremely fortunate to be able to offer these collections back to the market place. It’s a tremendous success for us as a company to secure one of these collections, let alone all four, and for a single auction” said Patrick Hogan President/owner of Rock Island Auction Company.
The Auction will be headlined by the world renowned Gateway Collection of important Colts, Winchesters, Smith & Wesson’s and other 19th and 20th Century arms. Amassed over 50 years this esteemed collection was constructed by an exceptionally astute business man who had an eye and a passion for rare, high conditioned and historically significant firearms. The Gateway Collection represents a lifetime of studying, searching, and building, not just buying the best of what was available but meticulous in taste and patience in his purchasing. The collection boasts some incredibly rare and historic arms including: the magnificent and historic factory engraved black powder Colt Single Action Army revolver from the personal property of Bob Dalton documented to have been taken from his dead body after the famous Coffeyville raid. This revolver has an unparalleled amount of documentation and for an outlaw gun its pedigree is unsurpassed as the revolver can be documented back to its original owner who bought the gun from the Coffeyville public auction 9 months after the raid. The collection also features an original factory documented 16” Colt buntline, an original factory documented 10” Buntline, an excellent and original Winchester “1 of 1000”, Factory engraved Henry’s, rare highly desirable U.S. Colt 1890 Gatling gun, and the list goes on and on to include over 20 original Colt flattop target Single Actions and Bisley’s as well over 150 other first generation Colt Single Action many factory engraved and high condition examples.
The Michael Barrett Collection is truly an extraordinary assemblage of European firearms and militaria featuring: 125 spectacular 19th and 20th century European Helmets which include Russian Garde Du Corps officer’s helmets, Royal Dragoons Cavalry helmets, and Early 17th Duke of Cambridge Lancers helmets. The center piece of the collection is without a doubt: the Napoleon presentation silver hilted French saber and the Napoleon Imperial Guard Czapaka.
The Howard “Doc” Janecek Collection of important, high condition and rare Civil War arms. Many pieces in this collection represent the most sought after rarities and the highest known condition examples of particular models. Of note is a Massachusetts Arms Greene Carbine with 26 Inch Barrel Tin Finish and in 45 Caliber. The very finest Lee Single Shot Carbine. For Civil War era revolver the collection features an outstanding martially inspected Pettengill and an original Confederate Lemat.
The William Ashby Collection which spans military conflicts as early as the 17th century all the way through WWII. Featured in this auction was his core grouping
