The Poulin Antiques and Auctions’ Spring Premier Firearms and Militaria Auction is right around the corner May 8th-11th. This sale features collections from across the globe including the private collection of Lewis Drake which includes extraordinary sporting arms such as the Historic Daniel Fraser Mannlicher Takedown that was made for the close friend of Theodore Roosevelt, Sir Alfred Pease in the early 1890’s. Sir Alfred Pease was a renowned African lion hunter. When Teddy Roosevelt and his son, Kermit, began their historic African safari in 1909, their first stop was an extended visit with Sir Alfred and Lady Pease who gave an introduction to lion hunting. Roosevelt and Pease, during that time, both developed a mutual admiration and friendship, so much so, that later Roosevelt in his famous book, “African Game Trails”, devoted the first three chapters of the book to their stay with the Pease’s. Pease was a unique lion hunter, choosing to use this little 256 Cal. rifle to hunt a very dangerous quarry rather than a traditional large bore rifle used by others. Sir Alfred’s manner of hunting lions was both unorthodox and amazing. The stock of Pease’s rifle documents a detailed list of some of the species he harvested with this gun.
The spring sale will also include a superb offering of Browning High Powers from the second session of the Estate Collection of Charles Wagner with extremely rare variations and contracts, the lifelong NFA collection of Brian Linde will include fantastic variations of rare transferable machine guns and other interesting military firearms, the Don “Duck” Combs collection of beautiful engraved Remington small bore rifles.
Some other notable individual consignments include rare, high-condition martial Henry rifles, early Civil War Union and Confederate firearms, swords, knives and flags, and much more.
Many select highlights and the entire catalog are available now at www.poulinauctions.com. A detailed printed color catalog is available and live bidding on PoulinLive.com, Proxibid, Liveauctioneers, & Icollector. Preview will be held May 6 & 7 with the auction beginning on May 8 and running through the 11th. Contact 207-453-2114 for more information or questions about consigning to one of the upcoming sales.