31 Jan 10 added - Irish Flintlock (Man Stopper) Great Coat Pistol by CLARKE, DUBLIN.
27 Jan 10 added - British East India Company Contract Officer's Ship's Fusil by NICHOLSON, dated 1779 with associated bayonet.
24 Jan 10 - We will NOT be sitting up at the Louisville gun show but will be at best Military Show in the world right next door at the Fair Grounds. This show runs Thur., Fri. & Sat. but the gun show (same time) is only Sat. & Sun.
SHOW OF SHOWS - 1,622 tables - International Militaria Show February 18-21, 2010 Exposition Center on the Kentucky Fair Grounds in Louisville, KY. Hours: Thursday open 12:30PM – 6PM to member of Ohio Valley Military Society (Memberships available at the door). Friday & Saturday open to the public 9AM – 6PM. Best time to come to this show is Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.
British Military Royal Navy Flintlock Long Sea Service Pistol with Belt Hook, circa 1777-1780
21 Jan 10 Added - Cased Engraved COLT Model 1849 pocket revolver with accessories, made during the Civil War (1862); back-strap engraved with Col. Wm Le Mause, NATCHEZ, MISS.; Provenance: de-accessed from The Haralds Club Gun Collection, Reno, Nevada 1994.
18 Jan 10 Added - Antique English Cased Pair of Box-Lock Percussion Belt Pistols by OSBORN GUNBY & Co., LONDON, circa 1840
15 Jan 10 Added - Antique British Sea Service Brass Barrel Flintlock Blunderbuss for the British East India Company, dated 1781, contract by HENSHAW
14 Jan 10 Added - Holy Land - Terracotta oil lamp dating from around the 1st century AD. On the bottom of this oil lamp is a Byzantine Period cross. From personal collection
13 Jan 10 Added - Luristan Spear Head, Bronze Age, 3000 to 5000 Years Old; blade shows heavy battle damage; from personal collection.
12 Jan 10 - For the last week I have been “stuck” in the cold, ice and snow resulting in no new items have been loaded on to the website. After a hard fall on the ice, I have not been able to set in a chair for a few days and work on the computer. Now that I’m better, I will be adding new items shortly including some antiquities from my own collection.
Sometimes when you look back at unpleasant things they are really a little funny and not so bad. To read my story of DANGEROUS - Ice, snow, blond with cell phone on the road and not necessarily in a car click here
Pretty but its 1-inch of ice & 2 inches of snow – slick!
5 Jan 10 Added - Very rare British Military King George I Infantry Musket, circa 1714-1727; can be viewed as the pre-cursor pattern to the standard 1st Model Brown Bess Long Land pattern 1730 and pattern 1742.
2 Jan 10 Added - Antique Edo Period (1603-1867) Japanese Hand Cannon
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