Denhams Auction Catalogue

for our Antique, Fine Art and Collectables auction held on Wednesday 28th of February 2018

Lot No Description Est Image
204 A Corsican vendetta knife and 2 multi bladed knives- German and Spanish both with graduated cartridge extractors 40-60
205 3 knives including an Indian/Sri Lanka Coir knife (rug weavers knife), a European penny knife with folded horn handle and makers mark on blade and a variant of a Ronchetto Valtellinese knife with a ratchet locking sickle blade and olive wood handle 50-80
206 A Puma 1769 cased commemorative knife with stag horn handle and etched blade engraved with gold, complete with certificate no. 1269 of 1769 200-300
207 3 large pocket knives including a horn handled 2 bladed knife stamped ROBtKLAS, a hand made single blade lock back knife by Falcon and a 2 blade corkscrew lock back 40-60
208 A German hunting knife with worked blade back, stag horn handle, white metal bolster and end cap, a small hunting knife and 2 sheath knives - 1 with bone handle and saw back blade 40-60
209 A Norwegian long camping knife, Sami people style marked Lapplandsknives Helle Norge with birch hilt, brass fittings and deep leather scabbard together with a Helle skinning knife 60-80
210 A German multi tool kit pre 1952 German DRGM design reg, stamped BONSA and a French tool knife stamped KTK 50-80
211 7 French multi blade knives, all stamped with brace and VILEBREQUIN, each knife has a horn handle and a different combination of blades or size (these knives came from a factory which closed down in 1926 and are in new and unused condition) together with a section of original box 80-120
212 Derek Jackson "Victorinox Original Schweizer Offiziersmesser" (in German) - the story of Victorinox knife production with illustrations together with Wolfgang Rausch "Das Messer Waffe Und Werkzeug" 30-50
213 A "Goins' Encyclopedia of Cutlery Markings" by J & C Goins and "The Standard Knife Collectors Guide" - 2nd edition by Roy Ritchie and Ron Stewart 40-60
214 Horst A Brunner "Klappmesser aus zwei Jahrtausenden" together with "Das Messer" by Mandel and Rausch, both books contain good knife photographs 40-60
215 Rafael Martinez Del Peral Forton, a signed edition "La Navaja Espanola Antigua" (in Spanish) with many illustrations and guide to makers marks, an essential book for any Navaja knife collector 80-100
216 Ben Kelley Jr. "The Complete Book of Pocket Knife Repair" together with Gerald Witcher "Counterfeiting Antique Cutlery" 50-75
217 Bernard Levine "Levine's Guide to Knives and Their Values" 4th edition, an essential book for knife identification together with a Remington No.5 catalogue 60-80
218 Geoffrey Tweedale "The Sheffield Knife Book" a history and collectors guide of Sheffield knife making together with Ron Flook "The London Knife Book 1820-1954" the A-Z of London Cutlers 60-80
219 B Levine "Pocket Knives", J Bruce Voyles "Antique Knives", Jean-Noel Mouret "Knives of the World" and Gerald Weland "Swords, Daggers and Cutlasses" 40-60
220 A brass and mahogany star back centre pin fishing reel 7cm, a Mitchell 300 reel, a K.P Morritt's intrepid Envoy reel and an Abu 50G reel 30-50
221 2 Mitchell 840 fishing reels - boxed, a Mitchell 300 reel and a Mitchell 410 reel - boxed, an Avon balance and spare spools 30-50
222 A 1920's C Farlow & Co. Ltd fishing tackle catalogue 20-40
223 A Richard Walker Mk.IV Avon carp fishing rod by James & Sons with original canvas carrying case 60-80
224 A Chapman 500 split cane Avon style fishing rod 30-50
225 A Spinflex H W Aiken manufactured in London split cane fishing rod 30-50
226 A Richard Walker Mk.IV Avon carp fishing rod by James & Sons with original canvas carrying case 60-80
227 Kirkmans of Crawley a Superflex S28 H W Aiken manufactured in London twin section carbon fibre fishing rod and 1 other 30-50
228 A Hardy Perfect 8 1/2 cm wide drum salmon fishing reel with nickel silver revolving line guard and smooth brass foot, circa 1926 50-80