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1207 - GAMBLERS OR SELF-PROTECTION DIRK BY JOSEPH ALLEN & SONS.
This beautiful little weapon is in near mint condition showing a full-polish bright blade and gorgeous mother-of-pearl - spiral-wound grip. The leather sheath retains its original belt loop. 4" blade and almost 7" total, silver mounted and marked, "NON-XLL, JOSEPH ALLEN & SONS, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND.

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1057 - CIVIL WAR, AMES 1860 CAVALRY OFFICERS SABRE.
One of the most desireable Civil War Collectibles of the last 10 years and still a hot commodity, this is the best 1860 Ames Cavalry Officers Sabre that we have ever offered. Simply put, this sword is near mint with the finest blade I have ever seen on this model. 99% gold gilt, near perfect grip-wrap that nearly cuts the hand, near perfect blade and the scabbard in the original bright. Simply excellent and a great investment for a collector or someone that wants a "world-class" collectible asset. I aquired this sabre along with another world-class item in a trade at the recent Gettysburg Civil War Show. I couldn't keep both.

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1027 - UNIQUE AMES STAFF AND FIELD OFFICERS SWORD. IDENTIFIED TO WILLIAM CLEMENS, U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS, HERO OF "THE BATTLE OF FORT FISHER".
This is a truly rare sword. I don't even know if my description will convey how rare when one considers that "Ames" is to American Sword collectors as "COLTS" is to American Gun collectors. At first glance, it's just an excellent to minty Ames Staff & Field Officers Sword. However, a second glance reveals that although the scabbard is stamped Ames on the top mount as usual, the sword blade has no Ames marking, either stamped or etched. In its place, dry needle etched at the ricasso on both sides is the name, William Clemens. Another glance finds that the blade etching appears to be one-of-a-kind. I sent photos to Mr. Ron Manness, a contributor to the John H. Thillmann books on American Army Swords, Ames student & scholar and a collector of probably more Ames Officers blade variations than anyone else in the world. This is undoubtedly nothing other than an AMES product, but we noted that the script "US" etching on the blade does not run from front to back on the blade, but from edge to edge. Unheard of! And the blade is nearly FLAT MINT! In addition, it has the early, wide, heavy scabbard with a blue finish to the body as those that are found on the early 1851 and '52 dated S&F's. The sword is absolutely unique and most likely custom ordered for presentation to Clemens. In any case, the entire sword is excellent to near mint and Clemens' history is exceptional. Here's a sample from his obituary, "Major William W. Clemens died Saturday June 2, 1894 at the home of his mother in Pottsville. Major Clemens was a brave soldier and won high recognition for his service to the country. Major Clemens was born and raised in Pottsville. He was 56 at the time of his death. His father was one of the early settlers of Pottsville, Pa. William attended all the Pottsville schools and was a graduate of the West Chester Academy. Major Clemens who at the time of the Civil War was living in Minersville and joined the Washington Artillerists as a private marched with the First Defenders to Washington. He then joined the 25th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment as a private in Company H. After the muster out of the 25th on 7-23-61, Clemens enlisted in the 129th a nine month regiment under the command of Col. Jacob Frick on July 21, 1862. He enlisted as the First Lieutenant of Company A formed in Minersville under Captain George J. Lawrence. The 129th in its short career fought in two hard battles, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. During the battle of Fredericksburg Clemens and his men made the charge up Marye’s Heights with Humphries Division. Frick won the "Medal of Honor" for action at this engagement and Company A would suffer the loss of Captain George J. Lawrence, John M. Jones, John Nicholas, and Thomas Millington, and many more wounded. Clemens saw Captain Lawrence fall and detailed a man to carry the body to the rear. Where Captain Lawrence would later die from his wounds. After Lawrence’s death Lieutenant Clemens was made commander of Company A. An event that Major Clemens is famous for is his appointment as Chief Signal Officer to Rear Admiral Porter in the two attacks on Fort Fisher in January of 1865. Fort Fisher controlled the entrance to Wilmington, N.C. and Major Clemens as Chief Signal Officer commanded the fleet which made the sea attack. He also signaled for the advance of the land attack, the result of which was the fall of Fort Fisher. Major Clemens was highly recommended for his valor and dauntless courage displayed in his successful attack on Fort Fisher by Rear Admiral David D. Porter. Because of his actions he was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army . Soon after the capture of Fort Fisher, Richmond was taken and Rear Admiral Porter, as a mark of esteem and regard, invited Clemens to accompany him with PRESIDENT LINCOLN on a trip up the James River to the capitol of the Confederacy where they occupied the mansion deserted by Jefferson Davis. CONGRESS GAVE HIM A VOTE OF THANKS FOR HIS SERVICE AND REAR ADMIRAL PORTER ACKNOWLEDGES HIS BRAVERY. This Ames sword is off-the-wall in terms of its rarity of both form and historical context. It is a must-have for the true Ames collector that strives to acquire all variations and/or those with outstanding history...... Collectors may note that one sword belonging to Colonel Jacob Frick is also for sale on this website.

$15,000.00 or trade toward high grade swords.
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1020 - IMPORTED, HORSTMANN ETCHED, PRESENTATION GRADE FOOT OFFICERS SWORD PRESENTED TO LT. THOMAS S. HAYES OF THE 37TH NYV'S AND 5TH NY VETERAN INFANTRY.
This is a fine looking Foot that has seen use and carry but a little TLC will improve it prospects. The leather grip is very fine and full and the blade a little tired and should be cleaned but most all of the etching is visible. The German Silver scabbard has a few small dents and is missing the drag, but the sword presents well and has some good history. A drag could possibly be found or fashioned for it. Hayes started out as a sergeant in the 37th but was later reduced to ranks. The 37th (The Irish Rifles) had a great history, seeing action at Yorktown and at Williamsburg it won complimentary mention from Gen. Kearny for gallantry in action. The loss in this battle was 95 killed, wounded and missing. At Fair Oaks and in the Seven Days' battles the regiment was closely engaged. It was present at the battles of Bull Run and Chantilly, was active at Fredericksburg with a total loss of 35 members and encamped near Falmouth during the rest of the winter. On Dec. 24, 1862, the regiment received the veterans of the 101st N. Y. The heaviest loss was suffered in the Chancellorsville campaign in May, 1863, when 222 of the 37th were killed, wounded or missing. The 5th new York Veterans participated in the battle of Cold Harbor and lost at Bethesda Church 87 killed, wounded and missing; proceeded with the 5th corps to Petersburg; was in an encounter at the Weldon railroad in August and lost 119 men; was also active at Poplar Spring Church, Hatcher's run, White Oak road, where the loss was 60 killed, wounded and missing; and shared in the final assault on Petersburg and the battle of Five Forks. Hayes was wounded at Petersburg. This is a fine looking sword with very good action history. A drag would take it to the $5,000 value range.

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993 - EARLY AND 1851 INSPECTED AMES STAFF AND FIELD OFFICERS SWORD. HISTORICALLY INSCRIBED AND PRESENTED TO FAMED ARKANSAS NATIVE WILLIAM S. QUESENBERRY.
I don't have to tell you all how rare this sword is. A UNION SWORD presented to a CONFEDERATE OFFICER, BY A CONFEDERATE OFFICER! This is a very early Ames Staff & Field with the early etch, smaller hilt, wide blade and even wider blued scabbard. It is dated and inspected. The blade etching is crisp but the end of the blade shows wear. The scabbard is fine with but a single slight dent. The mounts, hilt and grip are superb as is the beautiful inscription. The blade is dated 1851 and fully inspected. Quesenbury was born in 1822 in Arkansas and attended the first school in Fort Smith. In 1838, he went to St. Joseph’s College, a Catholic institution in Bardstown, Kentucky. The following year, he settled in Van Buren (Crawford County) and began writing for the town’s newspapers, Frontier Whig and the more enduring Democratic Arkansas Intelligencer. In 1842, painter John Mix Stanley began his two-year tour of the Indian Territory and northwest Arkansas. Quesenbury, who had been drawing since childhood, took advantage of the opportunity to study under him, probably during Stanley’s stay in Van Buren in 1844. In the late summer of 1845, Quesenbury joined a scouting party of Cherokee interested in settling in Texas. The outbreak of the Mexican War in 1846 prompted Quesenbury to join the Arkansas regiment. He wrote a detailed account of the Battle of Buena Vista and, in an extended poem, castigated his friend, Albert Pike. Because Pike’s detachment had been on the other side of the field, Pike had not observed the engagement, which cost the life of the regiment’s colonel, Archibald Yell. Quesenbury’s personal courage in this battle was noted in the dispatches, and his long letter explaining the battle was much reprinted. Quesenbury did not leave with the first party of gold seekers in 1849 but did join the rush to California in 1850. A diary and two sketchbooks survive from this expedition, and his detailed drawings of Western sites provide important documentation of historic places. Quesenbury did not prosper as a miner, but he did find work writing first for New Orleans’s California True Delta and then for the new Sacramento Daily Union. His art work included “View of Sutter’s Fort” and pictorial letter sheets showing a view of the Tehama block in Sacramento. In 1851, Quesenbury returned from California in the company of J. Wesley Jones, whose plans to use daguerreotypes (reportedly 1,500) as the basis for a vast representation of the West called the Pantoscope included signing up Quesenbury as his staff artist. Quesenbury sketched a variety of scenes along the route back through Salt Lake City, Utah, and east into Nebraska. A printed narrative and Quesenbury’s two sketchbooks survive. In 1853, he started the South-West Independent newspaper. Neutral in politics, he nevertheless promised to “advance or lead in all the great improvements and questions of the day.” The same year, he built a home in Fayetteville that stood well into the twentieth century. He had to stop publication of his newspaper in 1857 because of health problems. His financial predicament was perilous as well, but in 1859, he assisted Superintendent of Indian Affairs Elias Rector in removing some of the Seminole from Florida to Indian Territory. Quesenbury opposed secession, but once the Civil War began, he joined Brigadier General Albert Pike in Indian Territory, serving as major in the commissary department. Pike’s career there was turbulent, and Quesenbury was one of the minor players in the first clashes between Pike and Major General Thomas C. Hindman over lines of authority. His poor health returned, and in 1864, now in Texas, he tendered his resignation. Albert Pike, who knew him for half a century, praised both his landscapes and his caricatures but was most taken by his writing: “I do not know where he got his command of language. No man ever wrote me such letters, so quaint and forcible, so full of acute remarks and bold expressions of opinion, of exuberant mirthfulness and queer fancies and grave reflections and sagacious axioms, expressed in incomparable language.” Two of his lines lived long in Arkansas history: “Be not affronted by a jest: if a man throws salt at thee, it will not hurt thee unless thou hast sore places.” The other, the concluding line in Arkansas: A Poem, was: “GOD LOVES NOT HIM THAT LOVES NOT ARKANSAS.” I believe that E. S. Bell, the presenter, was a Captain from Alabama. More research needs to be done on the military career of this man and his sword. This is very rare stuff.

$13,500.00
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980 - CIVIL WAR AMES NAVAL OFFICERS SWORD, HISTORICALLY INSCRIBED AND IDENTIFIED.
This is a very fine condition Ames Naval Officers Sword inscribed on the top mount, "Geo. E. Wise". It retains 50% gold gilt on the hilt mixing with patina. The mounts show generous gold in their protected areas. The blade shows all of its etching but with softening frost to the etched backround. The scabbard body is sound but missing the drag. George E. Wise was from Massachusetts and enlisted on 11/28/1864 as a Acting Ensign. He was commissioned into US Navy and served on the USS CATSKILL in the South Atlantic Squadron and possibly others. More research needs to be done on this fine sword and a drag could certainly be found to restore it to a high quality Naval Collectible in the $3500 - 4,000 range.

$2,975.00 - REDUCED TO $2,675.00 !!!
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474 - REVOLUTIONARY WAR HORSEMANS SABRE.
This is a great, triple-fullered Rev War Horsemans Sabre with a virtually perfect grip & wrap and a massive blade with much of its original fire blue and purple tinted finish. This is the classic that everyone is looking for in Rev War and second only in popularity to the famed "Potter". I used to have one of the best known Potters, and still cringe when I think that I sold it as I got tired of looking for a set of silver mounted officers pistols to go with it. About six weeks later, I found a great set of the pistols. Now, I'm looking for a another Potter. That's the way it goes.

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380 - AMES FOOT OFFICERS SWORD.
This is close to as good as it gets. This foot is near mint with an about perfect blade, grip and hilt with just a little bit of gold worn off the high edges. The scabbard is extremely fine with some slight cracking here and there but still in strong condition.

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376 - PRESENTATION GRADE, HORSTMANN STAFF & FIELD OFFICERS SWORD.
This is a stunning sword showing full gold wash, near mint frosty blade and a shark or ray-skin scabbard that shows one slight dent and tiny cut. No other creases or damage and other than these two tiny flaws is excellent. Extra large high relief mounts with the lower ring mount containing an sweated-on silver bust-plaque of George Washington. This is a beauty, and I just saw an inferior example at the Mansfield, Ohio Civil War show with no plaque priced at $10,500.

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372 - FINE INSCRIBED CIVIL WAR FOOT OFFICERS SWORD INSCRIBED TO "LT. THOMAS BURRILL".
GREAT HISTORY. WOUNDED TWICE AT GETTYSBURG.

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333 - CIVIL WAR OFFICERS SWORD - INSCRIBED STAFF & FIELD OFFICERS SWORD HISTORICALLY INSCRIBED TO "HENRY B. DOUGLAS" / "Co. I" / "84th Regt." / "N.G.S.N.Y."
This is a very fine condition Horstmann & Sons, Staff and Field Officers Sword. The blade shows excellent deep etching but very little frosting. The hilt and grip are also very fine to excellent with traces of gilt. The scabbard is excellent showing most of its original brown lacquer finish. The inscription is original and to the period. We have not had time to researchj this soldier, however we do know that the 84th was mustered in for two short terms of service early in the Civil War. This is a very fine condition sword that is priced very fairly.We purchased it at a bargain price and are perfectly willing to pass the savings on to the lucky customer that calls first.

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328 - CIVIL WAR SWORD - RICH PRESENTATION GRADE CAVALRY OFFICERS SABRE.
This is a beautifull Cavalry Officers Sabre in extremely fine condition. The hilt retains prox. 70% original gold gilt that surrounds a fluted, solid silver grip. The pommel and quillion are adorned with Goddess of Liberty Heads. The blade retains virtually all of its beautifull frosty etch with military motifs. The etching is quite similar to that of the extremely rare Ames Model 1840 Cavalry Officers Sabre with Tecumseh etched on the its surface. The dent-free scabbard retains much of its thinning original finish mixing with patina. The mounts are unusual and beautifull. This is a great Officers Sword of the most in-demand pattern; Cavalry. Shop and compare. The search could be long for a sabre of this quality at this price.

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312 - CIVIL WAR CAVALRY SABRE. AMES, INSPECTED & DATED 1855.
Excellent condition Ames with beautifull near mint blade showing virtually all of its original polish, excellent grip and hilt and an undented scabbard. This sword is a 9.4 and one of the best we've seen offered recently. Compare other sources that price similar swords at $3,000.00 and beyond.

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286 - CIVIL WAR OFFICERS SWORD. PRESENTATION GRADE STAFF & FIELD, NEAR MINT !!!
This is a beautifull, presentation-grade Staff & Field Officers Sword with virtually all of its original gold gilt on its guard, mounts and gold washed blade. Boldly etched spread-winged American Eagle and "US" motifs on blade. Reposed American Eagle-head quillion with ruby-set eyes. The scabbard is also excellent. Only the very smallest, few scattered specks of corrosion. Civil War Presentation Swords of this quality are getting harder to find, even at the best Military Auctions worldwide. This would be a great addition to any Civil War or sword collection.

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274 - CIVIL WAR SWORDS - IMPORTED CIVIL WAR FOOT OFFICERS SWORD FOR THE AMERICAN MARKET.
In very good to fine condition, this sword has a sharkskin wrapped grip on its hilt,. which shows much of its original gold wash. The blade shows all of its etching and is in nice, uncleaned condition that could be improved upon with proper cleaning. The relatively dry scabbard needs some conditioning to bring it back to life. If you're looking for a nice Civil War sword at a bargain price that could be made more valuable with a little care, this is a great candidate.

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