Sold at Austin Auction Gallery
(2) Knives Calif. Miner & Dickinson
- Price realized
- $458
- Pre-sale estimate
- $150 – $250
- Hammer price
- $375
- Sold
- April 20, 2024
- Sale
- DAY 2- April 2024 Fine Antiques & Estates 3-Day Auction Event
Lot description
(lot of 2) Vintage Knives: (1) Bowie knife, the highly engraved 8" clip point blade marked at the ricasso in an oval "Thomas Bland, Vol Knife, Gen. Jacob Pat", the blade engraving at left includes "I Can Dig Gold From Quartz, California Bowie Knife, A Californian Ask For Nothing But What is Right and Submit to Nothing That is Wrong, an eagle below the false edge facing right", a foliate embellished handle, overall 12.25"l; (1) Bowie knife, the 9" spear point blade marked at the ricasso C.D. Dickinson & Son, Macon, Ga. (the letters stamped out of sequence reading "I, backwards C, Dckinson & Son"), brass guard, scrolled repousse silver plate handle, knife overall 14"l, for shipping total of both 1.20lbs
This lot sold at a past Austin Auction Gallery sale. Prices realized include the buyer's premium and are provided for research only — they are not an appraisal or a guarantee of future value.