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Do you have any antiques guns, swords or other weapons to sell, or any antique armour or related items?, We can advise private owners on the disposal of antique arms and armour. Snaphaunce can offer the an excellent solution. because when it comes to higher value antique weapons and armour, we have we have a network of experienced dealers and serious collectors. We can offer advice and undertake disposal of single items or entire collections. Depending on circumstances, we Read More...

28 Feb

Bristol Fine Antique Arms Fair tomorrow

The Bristol Fine Antique Arms Fair opens at 10.00 am on Sunday 1st March. Trade admission (for £15) is at 9.00 am. This quality fair offers the best examples of fine antique arms and armour from leading dealers. Antique guns of all kinds will be offered for sale. Good antique flintlocks, wheelocks, percussion and obsolete calibre cartridge guns will be available to buy. If you are looking for real antique pistols, rifles, muskets, revolvers or carbines; Bristol is the Read More...

07 Feb

Pembroke Fine Arms joins Snaphaunce

Today Pembroke Fine Arms have started listing their stock on Snaphaunce. With 35 years experience, Pembroke specialise in buying, selling and trading antique and collectable military and sporting rifles, shotguns, pistols and revolvers especially Adams, Tranter, Webley, Enfield, Colt, Remington, Winchester, Martini-Henry, Maynard, Greene and other interesting or notable manufacturers. Listed on our site today is an exceptionally rare transitional shotgun, with dual ignition, flintlock and percussion. It can be viewed here. Read More...

14 Jan

Exceptional Scottish Prize Rifle listed today.

Fine Sporting Collectables have just offered for sale a beautiful percussion rifle by Charles Ingram of Glasgow. It is always more interesting when an antique has a good provenance and can be dated accurately. The rifle was awarded to James Anderson on the 10th September 1861. It can be viewed here. Read More...

04 Jan

Another new dealer for Snaphaunce.

We are pleased to welcome Fine Sporting Collectables Ltd to Snaphaunce. Andrew Iosson has collected sporting guns and related accessories for over 40 years and has been been a fulltime dealer in fine antique guns and their accessories since 2001. Andrew exhibits at all the major antique arms fairs in the U.K. His listings on snaphaunce can be viewed here. Read More...

31 Dec

Happy New Year!

A Happy, Prosperous, and Fruitful New Year to all collectors of Antique Arms and Armour. The Snaphaunce Team. Read More...

11 Dec

How Many Shopping days ’till Christmas?

Dom Vincent, of Garth Vincent Antique Arms and Armour, reminds me that the last show before Christmas is the Leeds Arms Fair - Sunday 14th 09:00-15:00 at The Pudsey Civic Centre LS28 5TA. He will be there with some very interesting items! Read More...

11 Dec

Thomas Del Mar sales results

The 3rd December Thomas Del Mar sale of Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria produced some excellent results, not surprising considering the provenance of many of the best pieces. The top ten lots were all from the Armoury of the Princely House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. The pair of silver-mounted holster pistols by Paul Poser fetched £37,300 (including buyers premium). The 39 bore Nuremburg wheel-lock sporting carbine c.1600 fetched £33,600, and a French bronze mountain howitzer sold for £26,500. You can click Read More...

02 Dec

New Dealer for Snaphaunce

Today we welcome Stand of Arms, who have begun listing their antique arms on Snaphaunce, starting with some interesting revolvers. Chris Berry, of Stand of Arms, has more than 40 years experience specialising in fine British, colonial & American antique firearms. Read More...

28 Nov

Christies catalogue now online

The catalogue for Christies Sporting and Military Firearms sale at South Kensington is now available. The sale includes fine early 20th century firearms from the gunroom of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. Just click on the Christies ad on our homepage. Read More...

28 Nov

Bonhams sale results