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Olympia Timed: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
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Olympia Timed: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

This online only auction features a great selection of arms, armour and militaria from all over the world, dating from the Bronze Age to the Victorian period and later. There is also a wide selection of books on the subject, featuring the library of William 'Bill' Reid, CBE (1926-2014), Director of the National Army Museum

PLEASE NOTE:

The lots close 30 seconds apart from each other, but if there is another bid in the final 10 minutes of a particular lot closing, the time of this lot will be extended.

Contact Simeon Beever for further information about this auction | simeon.beever@olympiaauctions.com | +44 (0)20 7602 4805

Auction dates
Starts: 29 Nov 2024 01:00 GMT
Ends from: 08 Dec 2024 14:00 GMT
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01 Dec 2024 12:00 - 16:00 GMT
02 Dec 2024 10:00 - 19:00 GMT
03 Dec 2024 10:00 - 17:00 GMT
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25 %
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3 %
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading LA COLLECTION SPITZER, TOME SIXIÈME, ARMES ET ARMURES
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25 - 30 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading MUSÉE DE TZARSKOE-SELO DU COLLECTION D'ARMS DE SA MAJESTÉ L'EMPEREUR DE TOUTES LES RUSSIES
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading PRIEST, GRAHAM: THE SPIRIT OF THE PIKE: BRITISH SOCKET BAYONETS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading RUTH, LARRY L.: WAR BABY! THE US CALIBER .30 CARBINE
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading MADIS, GEORGE: THE WINCHESTER HANDBOOK
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading LAW, RICHARD D.: KARABINER 98K 1934 BIS 1945 UND K98K ALS SCHARFSCHÃœTZENWAFFE
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading RILING, RAY: THE POWDER FLASK BOOK
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading ABBIATICO, MARIO: MODERN FIREARM ENGRAVINGS
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading NEAL, ROBERT J. & JINKS, ROY G.: SMITH AND WESSON 1857-1945: A HANDBOOK FOR COLLECTORS
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading MÜLLER, ROLF H.: GESCHICHTE UND TECHNIK DER EUROPÄISCHEN MILITÄRREVOLVER, BAND 1 & 2
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading ELGOOD, ROBERT (ED.): ISLAMIC ARMS AND ARMOUR
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30 - 40 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading TIRRI, ANTHONY C.: ISLAMIC WEAPONS: MAGHRIB TO MOGHUL
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50 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading GOLDSMITH, DOLF L.: THE DEVIL'S PAINTBRUSH: SIR HIRAM MAXIM'S GUN
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80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading PYLE, BILLY: THE GAS TRAP GARAND
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading SMITH, W. H. B.: MAUSER, WALTHER AND MANNLICHER FIREARMS
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading WALTER, JOHN: GUNS OF THE GURKHAS: THE LOST ARSENAL - PISTOLS, RIFLES AND MACHINE-GUNS OF THE ROYAL
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25 - 30 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading FLOOK, RON: BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH MILITARY KNIVES
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading CARTER, J. ANTHONY: GERMAN KNIFE AND SWORD MAKERS: THE DEFINITIVE DIRECTORY OF MAKERS AND MARKS FROM
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading BREATHED, JR, JOHN W. &  SCHROEDER, JR, JOSEPH J.: SYSTEM MAUSER A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE MODEL 18
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading HENRY, DANIEL EDWARD: COLLINS' MACHETES AND BOWIES, 1845-1965
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading HUON, JEAN: PROUD PROMISE: FRENCH AUTOLOADING RIFLES 1898-1979
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading PANT, G. N.: INDIAN SHIELD
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading WILKINSON LATHAM, R. J.: BRITISH MILITARY BAYONETS FROM 1700 TO 1945
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading GYNGELL, DUDLEY S. HAWTREY: ARMOURERS MARKS; BEING A COMPILATION OF KNOWN MARKS OF ARMOURERS, SWORDS
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading DAEHNHARDT, RAINER: THE BEWITCHED GUN - THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FIREARM IN THE FAR EAST BY THE PORTU
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading HARDING, C. W.: THE BIRMINGHAM CARTRIDGE MANUFACTURERS
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading MÜLLER, KEINRICH & KUNTER, FRITZ: EUROPÄISCHE HELME AUS DER SAMMLUNG DES MUSEUMS FÜR DEUTSCHE GESCHI
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading NEAL, WILLIAM KEITH AND BACK, DAVID H. L.: FORSYTH & CO.: PATENT GUNMAKERS
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading KENNARD, A. N.: GUNFOUNDING AND GUNFOUNDERS: A DIRECTORY OF CANNON FOUNDERS FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 1
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading DE ROUGEMENT, HERBERT: A CENTURY OF LLOYD'S PATRIOTIC FUND 1803-1903
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading CARTER, ANTHONY: GERMAN BAYONETS, VOLUME II, THE MODELS 71/84, 69/98, 71/98, 98, KS98, 1914 AND 84/9
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading BEXFIELD, HAROLD: THE HOUSE OF WOSTENHOLM 1745-1945
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading BRUCE, GORDON & REINHART, CHRISTIAN: WEBLEY REVOLVERS: REVISED FROM WILLIAM CHIPCHASE DOWELL'S THE W
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120 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading SPRING, CHRISTIAN: AFRICAN ARMS AND ARMOUR
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading HAIDER, DR SYED ZAFAR: ISLAMIC ARMS AND ARMOUR OF MUSLIM INDIA
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300 - 400 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading SWAYZE, NATHAN L.: 51 COLT NAVIES
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading STONE, G. C.: A GLOSSARY OF THE CONSTRUCTION DECORATION AND USE OF ARMS AND ARMOR IN ALL COUNTRIES A
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading SUTHERLAND, R. Q.  & WILSON, R. L.: THE BOOK OF COLT FIREARMS
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40 - 60 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading WATTS, JOHN & WHITE, PETER: THE BAYONET BOOK
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80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading ELGOOD, ROBERT: HINDU ARMS AND RITUAL: ARMS AND ARMOUR FROM INDIA 1400 - 1865
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30 - 40 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading KEMPERS, R. T. W.: EPROUVETTES: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF EARLY DEVICES FOR THE TESTING OF GUNPOWDER
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20 - 30 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading TEMPLE, B. A. & SKENNERTON, I. D.: A TREATISE ON THE BRITISH MILITARY MARTINI: THE .40 & .303 MARTIN
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30 - 40 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading ROWE, DAVID JJ AND CARMAN, WILLIAM Y.: HEAD DRESS OF THE BRITISH LANCERS: 1816 TO THE PRESENT
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15 - 20 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading MOWBRAY, E. ANDREW: THE AMERICAN EAGLE-POMMEL SWORD: THE EARLY YEARS 1793 - 1830
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15 - 20 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading COMFORT, SIM: NAVAL SWORDS AND DIRKS; A STUDY OF BRITISH, FRENCH AND AMERICAN NAVAL SWORDS, CUTLASSE
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25 GBP
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100 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading CRONAU, RUDOLF: GESCHICHTE DER KLINGENINDUSTRIE SOLINGENS
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20 - 30 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading WEYERSBERG KIRSCHBAUM & CIE. SOLINGEN ACT: GESELLSCHAFT FÃœR WAFFEN U. FAHRRADTEILE
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20 - 30 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading BRUCE, GORDON: WEBLEY & SCOTT AUTOMATIC PISTOLS
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20 - 30 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading BEER, CAREL DE (ED.): THE ART OF GUNFOUNDING - THE CASTING OF BRONZE CANNON IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY
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80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading HILL, TRACIE L.: THOMPSON: THE AMERICAN LEGEND: THE FIRST SUBMACHINE GUN
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70 - 90 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading MORIN, MARCO & HELD, ROBERT: BERETTA: THE WORLDS OLDEST INDUSTRIAL DYNASTY
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15 - 20 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading CHAPMAN, JOHN RATCLIFFE: INSTRUCTIONS TO YOUNG MARKSMEN,
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15 - 20 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading BUDDLE, ANNE: TIGERS ROUND THE THRONE: THE COURT OF TIPU SULTAN (1750-1799)
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60 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading SKENNERTON, IAN D.: THE BROAD ARROW: BRITISH AND EMPIRE FACTORY PRODUCTION, PROOF, INSPECTION, ARMOU
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60 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading GALE, RYAN R.: A SOLDIER-LIKE WAY: THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE BRITISH INFANTRY
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading BEZDEK, RICHARD H.: SWORDS AND SWORD MAKERS OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading JAMES PURDEY & SONS: INSTRUCTIONS FOR PURDEY GUNS
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading GILCHRIST, M. M.: PATRICK FERGUSON: A MAN OF SOME GENIUS
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading CALDWELL, DAVID H.: SCOTTISH WEAPONS AND FORTIFICATIONS 1100-1800
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading FULLER, RICHARD & GREGORY, RON: MILITARY SWORDS OF JAPAN 1868-1945
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