FABULOUS CIVIL WAR ARTILLERY COLLECTION.

FABULOUS CIVIL WAR ARTILLERY COLLECTION. This is your chance to buy 19 rare Civil War rifle projectiles. All excavated, in good to excellent condition. All shells have been deactivated, cleaned and coated and ready for display. Some shells have added fuses or anvils that in many projectiles unscrew. Interested parties should look close at this lot. Also included in this lot are 4 sizing rings for cannon balls. The 4 sizing rings consist of: 1) 12 pounder, 4.49″, Allegheny Arsenal: 2) 18 pounder, 5.18″, this ring is dated 1841 and marked Washington Arsenal; 3) 42 pounder, marked Washington Arsenal 1841; 4) 12.80″, marked Washington Arsenal 1840. Four sizing rings listed here all have solid wood handles with iron ferrules, handles appear orig to rings, rings appear to have been found in same place because they all have the same salt and pepper pitting on all their surfaces, making markings hard to read in some cases. The 19 projectiles are all in good excavated condition. All have typical pitting associated with excavated shells, some better than others, but generally these are “better” examples. 1) Rifled, Navy & Seacoast, 32 pounder with wrought iron sabot, this shell was recovered from lower casement of Fortress Monroe, VA, exc cond. 2) 4.6″ Britain shell {see page 88 – 96 Dickey and George), this shell retains its orig lead sabot and appears unfired. 3) 20 pounder Brooke, this rare Confederate shell is painted “Port Hudson, LA 1863″, sabot has the Selma G markings and is in exc original cond. 4) Ex Rare 2.5″ Mullane Tennessee Sabot(see figure 271 Dickey and George) w/ copper ring sabot and partial wood spacer dowel in place, this shell was excavated in the Savannah River at Augusta, GA, exc cond. 5) 3” Archer, still retains orig sabot, appears fired however sabat did not take well for rifling. Archers with their orig sabots are quite scarce. 6) 20 pounder Confed Read Parrott, wrought iron sabot, painted on side of shell in white paint “Found July 3rd 1913 / Wheatfield / Gettysburg, Pa”. Whether of not this shell was found at the wheatfield in 1913 we won’t warrant. Confed shells recovered at Gettysburg are very rare and desirable. 7) Dahlgren 3.4″ blind shell, this shell is in beautiful condition, brass cap still intact, sabat does have some bends but does retains some of orig rope cord. 8) James bolt for rifled 6 pounder. 9) 30 pounder Hotchkiss with brass percussion fuse. 10) 3″ Confederate Read Parrott with wrought iron sabot, brass Confederate fuse (see page 206 Dickey and George). 11) Rare 20 pounder Schenkl, brass fuse which unscrews easily, exc cond(see page 250 Dickey and George). 12) 3″ Schenkl, non excavated, with removable Schenkl brass percussion fuse. 13) 3.73″ Hotchkiss, these shells were made for the 14 pounder James rifle w/ intact sabot and cup.(page 142 Dickey and George). 14) 4.5″ Dyer w/zinc paper time fuse intact, no sabot. 15) 3″ Hotchkiss w/ 14 sec Borman combo time-percussion fuse, missing sabot and base. 16) 3″ Amsterdam, patent date stamped in sabot Febuary 28, 1864. 17) 3″ Hotchkiss, case shot, complete. 18) 3″ Hotchkiss, zinc fuse plug, no flame grooves and missing sabot. 19) Confed Read 3.25″ Selma ring sabot shell with percussion fuse and copper sabot. This shell excavated in the Oconee River, Milledgville, Ga. Remarkably, this shell still retains visible lathe turning marks on the body of the shell. PROVENANCE: Ken Horn Collection CONDITION: As noted above. 4-38978 JS51 (10,000-20,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2511	$14,950.00	FABULOUS CIVIL WAR ARTILLERY COLLECTION. This is your chance to buy 19 rare Civil War rifle projectiles. All excavated, in good to excellent condition. All shells have been deactivated, cleaned and coated and ready for display. Some shells have added fuses or anvils that in many projectiles unscrew. Interested parties should look close at this lot. Also included in this lot are 4 sizing rings for cannon balls. The 4 sizing rings consist of: 1) 12 pounder, 4.49″, Allegheny Arsenal: 2) 18 pounder, 5.18″, this ring is dated 1841 and marked Washington Arsenal; 3) 42 pounder, marked Washington Arsenal 1841; 4) 12.80″, marked Washington Arsenal 1840. Four sizing rings listed here all have solid wood handles with iron ferrules, handles appear orig to rings, rings appear to have been found in same place because they all have the same salt and pepper pitting on all their surfaces, making markings hard to read in some cases. The 19 projectiles are all in good excavated condition. All have typical pitting associated with excavated shells, some better than others, but generally these are “better” examples. 1) Rifled, Navy & Seacoast, 32 pounder with wrought iron sabot, this shell was recovered from lower casement of Fortress Monroe, VA, exc cond. 2) 4.6″ Britain shell {see page 88 – 96 Dickey and George), this shell retains its orig lead sabot and appears unfired. 3) 20 pounder Brooke, this rare Confederate shell is painted “Port Hudson, LA 1863″, sabot has the Selma G markings and is in exc original cond. 4) Ex Rare 2.5″ Mullane Tennessee Sabot(see figure 271 Dickey and George) w/ copper ring sabot and partial wood spacer dowel in place, this shell was excavated in the Savannah River at Augusta, GA, exc cond. 5) 3” Archer, still retains orig sabot, appears fired however sabat did not take well for rifling. Archers with their orig sabots are quite scarce. 6) 20 pounder Confed Read Parrott, wrought iron sabot, painted on side of shell in white paint “Found July 3rd 1913 / Wheatfield / Gettysburg, Pa”. Whether of not this shell was found at the wheatfield in 1913 we won’t warrant. Confed shells recovered at Gettysburg are very rare and desirable. 7) Dahlgren 3.4″ blind shell, this shell is in beautiful condition, brass cap still intact, sabat does have some bends but does retains some of orig rope cord. 8) James bolt for rifled 6 pounder. 9) 30 pounder Hotchkiss with brass percussion fuse. 10) 3″ Confederate Read Parrott with wrought iron sabot, brass Confederate fuse (see page 206 Dickey and George). 11) Rare 20 pounder Schenkl, brass fuse which unscrews easily, exc cond(see page 250 Dickey and George). 12) 3″ Schenkl, non excavated, with removable Schenkl brass percussion fuse. 13) 3.73″ Hotchkiss, these shells were made for the 14 pounder James rifle w/ intact sabot and cup.(page 142 Dickey and George). 14) 4.5″ Dyer w/zinc paper time fuse intact, no sabot. 15) 3″ Hotchkiss w/ 14 sec Borman combo time-percussion fuse, missing sabot and base. 16) 3″ Amsterdam, patent date stamped in sabot Febuary 28, 1864. 17) 3″ Hotchkiss, case shot, complete. 18) 3″ Hotchkiss, zinc fuse plug, no flame grooves and missing sabot. 19) Confed Read 3.25″ Selma ring sabot shell with percussion fuse and copper sabot. This shell excavated in the Oconee River, Milledgville, Ga. Remarkably, this shell still retains visible lathe turning marks on the body of the shell. PROVENANCE: Ken Horn Collection CONDITION: As noted above. 4-38978 JS51 (10,000-20,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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