Munich-based Hermann Historica oHG has affirmed its position as one of the leading auction houses for antiquities, antique arms and armour, firearms, and objects of military history with a highly successful 2016 Spring Auction season, which the auction house called one of its best ever results with nearly all of its 6300 lots selling out over the April 28-May 12 period.The top lot of the sale was a highly detailed pair of deluxe silver-mounted flintlock pistols, made in St. Petersburg in 1770 by the legendary gunsmith Ivan Permiak, which sold for 80,000 euros against an estimate of 70,000 euros.Coming in second, with a final price of 52,000 euros against an estimate of 25,000 euros, was the sabre presented to General major Georg Freiherr von Krauchenberg (1776 - 1843) by the officer corps of his division to commemorate his 50 years of service.Rounding out the top three was a magnificent sabre originally gifted to Prince Henry of Prussia (1862 - 1929) to mark the occasion of his two-month long visit to the United States in 1902 which sold for for 42,000 euros against an estimate of 22,500 euros.Other highlights included the sale of the interim baton of King Wilhelm II for 28,000 Euros against an estimate of 26,000 euros, an intact Illyrian helmet for 21,000 Euros against an estimate of 8,000 euros, and 8 archer’s rings in jade for 26,000 euros from a starting price of 1,800 euros.
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