EXTREMELY RARE COLLINS JAGUAR HEAD BOWIE KNIFE.

EXTREMELY RARE COLLINS JAGUAR HEAD BOWIE KNIFE. Rare Collins Bowie with 9-7/8″ clip point blade, etched on both sides with foliate arabesque patterns. Left ricasso is lightly engraved “COLLINS CO” in script letters. Handle is cast bronze with scroll shaped dbl quillions, with very detailed jaguar head pommel. Both sides of the handle have deep relief oak leaves & acorns. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Blade retains 60-70% etched patterns on the left side and 85-90% on the right side. Left side of the blade has areas of heavy pitting with moderate pitting on the right side. Top quillion is bent but intact. Handle shows light wear having been cleaned a long time ago and now has a fine medium patina. Left side of the hand guard has some light pitting with some light hammer marks on the back of the grip and into the top quillion. Blade has a large nick missing near the tip with some smaller nicks further down the blade. A very rare & desirable Bowie. 4-57088 JR417 (7,500-12,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005

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
	3193	$19,550.00	EXTREMELY RARE COLLINS JAGUAR HEAD BOWIE KNIFE. Rare Collins Bowie with 9-7/8″ clip point blade, etched on both sides with foliate arabesque patterns. Left ricasso is lightly engraved “COLLINS CO” in script letters. Handle is cast bronze with scroll shaped dbl quillions, with very detailed jaguar head pommel. Both sides of the handle have deep relief oak leaves & acorns. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Blade retains 60-70% etched patterns on the left side and 85-90% on the right side. Left side of the blade has areas of heavy pitting with moderate pitting on the right side. Top quillion is bent but intact. Handle shows light wear having been cleaned a long time ago and now has a fine medium patina. Left side of the hand guard has some light pitting with some light hammer marks on the back of the grip and into the top quillion. Blade has a large nick missing near the tip with some smaller nicks further down the blade. A very rare & desirable Bowie. 4-57088 JR417 (7,500-12,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005 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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