DuMouchelles
Live Auction

The October 2022 Auctions: Day 2

Thu, Oct 13, 2022 11:00AM EDT
Lot 1447

GERMAN DRILLING SHOTGUN RIFLE COMBINATION, ANT. HAYDT, AICHACH, 16 GA. AND 9.3X57, EARLY 20TH C., L 28" BARRELS, SN S 15912

Estimate: $1,500 - $3,000

Bid Increments

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$5,000 $500
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$20,000 $2,500
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$150,000 $10,000
Elaborately engraved receiver with scrolling floral designs and a fox, hunting dog and deer. Carved walnut stock with a relief hunter behind the cheek rest. External hammers side by side 16 ga. under lever shotgun barrels with German proof marks on the undersides. One rifle barrel also bearing German proof marks. Marked at the rib 'Ant Haydt Aichach'. Tang mounted lever flips up a rear sight. Engraved butt stock opens to a bullet storage compartment. A work of art and functional firearm. Provenance: Property of a Rochester Hills, MI private collector.