A few examples of appraisal values for
DAMASCUS

• A PAIR OF DAMASCUS TILE AND IRON GARDEN
  A PAIR OF DAMASCUS TILE AND IRON GARDEN TABLESA pair of Damascus ceramic tile and iron garden tablesthe tiles 16th/17th centuryheight 23in (58cm); width 17in (43cm) square Provenance:Property from an Important Private Beverly Hills Collection.
• Two Indonesian Kris Daggers, mid-20th
  Two Indonesian Kris Daggers, mid-20th century and earlier the first a Javanese example, with Nunggak Semi type hilt and lacquered and pressed brass scabbard, the second intricately carved example from Bali, with Buta Nawa Sari (demon) form hilt with cabochon set collar, in a 'boat' topped sheath, both daggers with 19th century or earlier Damascus steel blades longest length 24 in — 61 cm
• North Indian Mughal Karach Sword, late
  North Indian Mughal Karach Sword, late 18th/early 19th century the hollow ground 27.5 inch Damascus steel blade with kofgari Islamic cartouche and similarly decorated spine on a characteristic gilt hilt and in a fuchsia velvet scabbard with gilt metallic thread embroidery and engraved gilt furniture overall length 33.5 in — 85.1 cm
• SYRIAN DAMASCUS IZNIK SQUARE TILESyrian
  SYRIAN DAMASCUS IZNIK SQUARE TILESyrian Damascus Iznik Square Tile - Size: 11" x 11"
• DAMASCUS POTTERY TILEDamascus Pottery
  DAMASCUS POTTERY TILEDamascus Pottery Tile - Size: 9"x 9"
• A SET OF FIVE DAMASCUS STEEL KNIVES
  A SET OF FIVE DAMASCUS STEEL KNIVES IN LEATHER ROLL A set of five Damascus steel knives in leather roll, greatest 12.5"l
• A SET OF FIVE DAMASCUS STEEL KNIVES
  A SET OF FIVE DAMASCUS STEEL KNIVES IN LEATHER ROLL A set of five Damascus steel knives in leather roll, greatest 14"l
• A SET OF FIVE DAMASCUS STEEL KNIVES
  A SET OF FIVE DAMASCUS STEEL KNIVES IN LEATHER ROLL A set of five Damascus steel knives in leather roll, greatest 14"l
• AN INDONESIAN JAMBIYA WITH WAVY DAMASCUS
  AN INDONESIAN JAMBIYA WITH WAVY DAMASCUS CURVED BLADE, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY An Indonesian ceremonial jambiya, probably 19th century, the wavy Damascus curved blade fitted with a carved wood handle and a sheath, 17"l, overall 18"l
• CHICAGO LONG RANGE WONDER DOUBLE BARREL
  CHICAGO LONG RANGE WONDER DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN"CHICAGO LONG RANGE WONDER" DOUBLE BARREL SXS SHOTGUN, 12 gauge, 30" Damascus barrels, walnut stock and forend, double triggers, hard rubber butt plate, serial #3522, manufactured for Sears by Meriden Fire arms Co. 1905-1908. Lot requires FFL or background check.
• PARKER BROTHERS "G" GRADE HAMMERLESS
  PARKER BROTHERS "G" GRADE HAMMERLESS SXS SHOTGUNPARKER BROTHERS "G" GRADE HAMMERLESS DOUBLE BARREL SXS SHOTGUN, 12 gauge, 30" Damascus barrels, blued finish, checkered walnut stock and forend, size 2 frame, hard rubber butt plate with dog running in grass, German silver initial shield, engraved receiver, serial #57889, manufactured circa 1889. No FFL or background check required.
• ANCIENT UMAYYAD POTTERY LAMP Umayyad
  ANCIENT UMAYYAD POTTERY LAMP Umayyad pottery lamp, Umayyad, Arab Dynasty (from Damascus), 650-750 C.E. 3" H.
• DAMASCUS CURIO SHELF W/ MOP & BONE INLAYDamascus
  DAMASCUS CURIO SHELF W/ MOP & BONE INLAYDamascus wall shelf, with repeated geometric and foliate motifs in relief, mother of pearl and bone inlay forming stars, turned mashrabiya trim, two tiers of open shelves, losses to trim and inlay, approx 47.5"h, 32"w, 11.5"d
• SCOTTISH BASKET HILT SWORDScottish basket
  SCOTTISH BASKET HILT SWORDScottish basket hilt 1828 pattern sword, 20th c., the ricasso marked at both sides with the Star of Damascus proof mark, the 31.5"l blade with embossing and engraving including a castle with cross and foliage, the multi branch steel basket with leather and cloth linerl over the wire wrapped leather grip, housed in a steel scabbard, overall: 40"l
• 19TH C. SCOTTISH BASKET HILT SWORD,
  19TH C. SCOTTISH BASKET HILT SWORD, 79TH REGIMENTScottish basket hilt 1828 pattern sword, 19th c., the ricasso marked at both sides with the Star of Damascus proof mark and "Buckmaster & Co., 3 Burlington St. London", the 31.75"l foliate engraved blade further marked with a crown over the stylized VR (Queen Victoria) and "79th Cameron Highlanders", the multi branch steel basket with leather and cloth liner over the wire wrapped shagreen grip, housed in a steel scabbard, overall: 39"l *Note: William Buckmaster & Co., London, operated from 1841-1884. The 79th Highland Cameronian Volunteers was formed in 1793. It became the 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Regiment in 1881.
• U.S. NAVY OFFICER SWORD & SCABBARDU.S.
  U.S. NAVY OFFICER SWORD & SCABBARDU.S. Navy Officer sword marked at the ricasso "GEMSCO" over "Germany", the opposite ricasso marked with the Star of Damascus proof mark and "stainless", the bright 31" blade with etching including the owner name "James E. Teague", an eagle, USN, stars foliage and shield, the spine with foliate etching, the pierced guard with USN, a wire wrapped grip, the pommel with eagle and stars, overall with scabbard: 36.75"l
• ANTIQUE BRAZILIAN PERCUSSION SMOOTHBORE
  ANTIQUE BRAZILIAN PERCUSSION SMOOTHBORE LONG GUNAntique percussion rifle, Brazil, about .40 caliber, the part octagonal round 28" Damascus barrel gilt marked "Troxado de Aco", foliate engraved lockplate marked L&T (Lambin & Theate, Leige, Belgium), mounted cleaning/ram rod, brass trigger guard, figural carved rosewood stock with brass cap box, overall: 44.5"
• (PAIR) BELGIUM PERCUSSION DOUBLE BARREL
  (PAIR) BELGIUM PERCUSSION DOUBLE BARREL PISTOLS(pair) Brace of Belgium percussion double barrel pistols, 11" barrels having the Leige mark at the underside, engraved rabbits at lock plates, Damascus barrels, approx. 50 caliber, wood stocks with cap chamber at base, stocks need refinishing, one lacking hammer screw, one hammer spring likely broken, overall: 18"l, total: 3.8lbs
• ANTIQUE BRAZILIAN PERCUSSION SMOOTHBORE
  ANTIQUE BRAZILIAN PERCUSSION SMOOTHBORE LONG GUNAntique percussion rifle, Brazil, about .40 caliber, the part octagonal round 28" Damascus barrel gilt marked "Troxado de Aco", foliate engraved lockplate marked L&T (Lambin & Theate, Leige, Belgium), mounted cleaning/ram rod, brass trigger guard, figural carved rosewood stock with brass cap box, overall: 44.5"
• (2) ANTIQUE DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS.
  (2) ANTIQUE DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS. To include a R. Barclay Belgian laminated steel, choke bored, machine made SxS double barrel hammer shot gun and a Sussex Pieper breech, Damascus finish SxS double barrel hammer shot gun. Dimensions: R. Barclay shotgun barrel measures approx. 18.4mm in diameter and the barrel measures approx. 30" in length. Sussex shotgun barrel measures approx. 18.25 in diameter and the barrel measures approx. 26 1/2" in length. Condition: R. Barclay shotgun exhibits a functioning action, crack to butt of stock losses to forearm, surface scratches corrosion and dings/dents. Sussex shot exhibits a non functioning action, right hammer missing losses to stock and forearm,corrosion, dent to right barrel tip, front sight missing and dings/dents.
• 105 FRANKLIN LIBRARY SIGNED 1ST ED BOOKS
  105 FRANKLIN LIBRARY SIGNED 1ST ED BOOKS LEATHER 105 Franklin Library Signed First Edition Leather Bound books, to include: "Memories of the Ford Administration", John Updike, "Toward the End of Time", John Updike, "The Hundred Secret Senses" Amy Tan, "Unto The Sons", Gay Talese, "Personal Injuries" Scott Turow, "Heart of War", Lucian K. Truscott IV, "Kowloon Tong", Paul Theroux, "O-Zone", Paul Theroux, "One Hundred Fairy Tales", The Brothers Grimm, "Gods of War", John Toland, "Lincoln", Gore Vidal, "A God In Ruins", Leon Uris, "Brazil", John Updike, "Original Sin", P.D. James (sealed), "Redemption", Leon Uris, "Damascus Gate", Robert Stone, "Outerbridge Reach", Robert Stone, "Crossing To Safety", Wallace Stegner, "Billy Straight", Jonathan Kellerman, "The Volcano Lover", Susan Sontag, "Black Alley", Mickey Spillane, "The Kitchen God's Wife", Amy Tan, "Journals 1939 - 1983", Stephen Spender, "Depths of Glory", Irving Stone, "Spock on Spock", Benjamin Spock & Mary Morgan, "The Killing Man", Mickey Spillane, "Saint Maybe", Anne Tyler, "Breathing Lessons", Anne Tyler, "Pleading Guilty", Scott Turow, "Ladder of Years", Anne Tyler, "The Burden of Proof", Scott Turow, "TheLaws of Our Fathers", Scott Turow, "Where I'm Calling From", Raymond Carver, "The Songlines", Butch Chatwin, "Recessional", James A. Michener, "Oswald's Tale", Norman Mailer, "Anything Considered", Peter Mayle, "Chasing Cezanne", Peter Mayle, "Hotel Pastis, Peter Mayle, "Tough Guys Don't Dance", Norman Mailer, "The Truth About Lorin Jones", Alison Lurie, "A Dangerous Woman", Mary McGarry Morris, "Hong Kong", Jan Morris, "Timebends", Arthur Miller, "Our Game", John Le Carre, "A Cloak of Light", Wright Morris, "The Bourne Supremacy", Robert Ludlum, "Nine Women", Shirley Ann Grau, "Foreign Affairs", Alison Lurie, "We Are Still Married", Garrison Keillor, "Devices and Desires", P.D. James, "Rabbit At Rest", John Updike, "A Patchwork Planet", Anne Tyler, "The Bonfire of the Vanities", Tom Wolfe, "Roger's Version", John Updike, "The Witches of Eastwick", John Updike, "New and Selected Poems, 1923- 1985", Robert Penn Warren, "In The Beauty of the Lilies", John Updike, "Gertrude And Claudius", John Updike, "A Man In Full", Tom Wolfe, "The Haj", Leon Uris, "Hocus Pocus", Kurt Vonnegut, "The Smithsonian Institution", Gore Vidal, "Bluebeard", Kurt Vonnegut, "Galapagos", Kurt Vonnegut, "The Fifth Son", Elie Wiesel, "Empire", Gore Vidal, "No Safe Place", Richard North Patterson, "The Thanatos Syndrome", Walker Percy, "Celebration", Mary Lee Settle, "A Time Of Change", Harrison E. Salisbury, "Dark Lady", Richard North Patterson, "The Long March", Harrison E. Salisbury, "Three From The Stage", Neil Simon, "The Anatomy Lesson", Philip Roth, "Rose", Martin Cruz Smith, "In America", Susan Sontag, "The Counterlife", Philip Roth, "The Death of Methuselah", Isaac Bashevis Singer, "The Penitent", Isaac Bashevis Singer, "The Human Stain", Philip Roth, "I Married A Communist", Philip Roth, "The Cycles of American History", Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., "A Fanatic Heart", Edna O'Brien, "Polar Star", Martin Cruz Smith, "Operation Shylock", Philip Roth, "Closing Time" Joseph Heller, "Airframe", Michael Crichton, "Travels", Michael Crichton, "Timeline", Michael Crichton, "The Lost World", Michael Crichton, "The Call", John Hersey, "The Centurion", Jan De Hartog, "The Short History of a Prince", Jane Hamilton, "Disclosure" Michael Crichton, "Rising Sun", Michael Crichton, "Now and Then", Joseph Heller, "Playing For Keeps", David Halberstam, "Prizzi's Money", Richard Condon, "Jurassic Park", Michael Crichton, "Gump & Co.", Winston Groom, "The Patient Has The Floor", Alistair Cooke, "The Venerable Bead", Richard Condon, "A Son of The Circus", John Irving, and "The Big Picture", Douglas Kennedy. One of two large groupings in this sale of these books. Condition: All books are like new / as new. Cataloger does not believe that these have ever been read.
• INDO-PERSIAN STEEL DAGGER WITH GOLD
  INDO-PERSIAN STEEL DAGGER WITH GOLD INLAY THROUGHOUT 19th century, lion's head pommel, 4-3/4 in. Damascus blade; panels with Arabic text on sheath, grip and blade.
• ANTIQUE DOUBLE BARREL PERCUSSION SHOTGUN.
  ANTIQUE DOUBLE BARREL PERCUSSION SHOTGUN. Damascus barrels, unsigned engraved lock plate, barrels 33.25”L, overall with walnut stock, 49.5”L.
• HARRINGTON & RICHARDSON TOPPER MODEL
  HARRINGTON & RICHARDSON TOPPER MODEL 138 12 GAUGE. A Harrington & Richardson Topper model 138 12 gauge break action shotgun with Damascus receiver. SN AJ256435. 51”L overall, 36”L barrel. T-449. *NICS Background check required unless FFL or C&R exempt, out of state buyers must ship to an FFL in your state.
• 1878 PARKER 12 GAUGE EXTERIOR HAMMERS.
  1878 PARKER 12 GAUGE EXTERIOR HAMMERS. 19th C. double barrel shotgun 12 ga., with exterior hammers, lock plate signed, Parker Bros, Damascus barrels, walnut stock. 48.5”L barrel 32”L.
• A 19TH CENTURY DOUBLE BARRELLED PERCUSSION
  A 19TH CENTURY DOUBLE BARRELLED PERCUSSION SHOTGUN belonging to Captain Tillbrook 50th Regiment late 24th Foot. The shotgun was made by J Nobbs of the Isle of Wight. The lock plate is engraved ‘J Nobbs’. The barrel has a Damascus style pattern and retain 90% of its finish. Each lock is tight at full and half and can be dry fired. Housed in a wooden case with a metal circular plate engraved ‘ Philip L Tillbrook 24th Regt. The case is filled with accessories for the gun, powder flasks and shot measures
• A CONTINENTAL SINGLE BARREL FLINTLOCK
  A CONTINENTAL SINGLE BARREL FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN with walnut stock, Damascus barrel, steel trigger guard, butt plate and ramrod, 130cm long; and a single barrel flintlock sporting gun, 140cm long (2)
• A CONTINENTAL SINGLE BARREL PERCUSSION
  A CONTINENTAL SINGLE BARREL PERCUSSION GUN with walnut stock, Damascus octagonal single barrel, steel ramrod, trigger guard and butt plate, with back-sight to the single barrel, floral engraving to the hammer, 120cm long
• A FARINER SINGLE BARREL DAMASCUS PERCUSSION
  A FARINER SINGLE BARREL DAMASCUS PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN with walnut stock, steel floral engraved trigger guard and steel butt plate, brass-tipped ramrod and engraved floral decoration to the sidelock and hammer, 120cm long
• British Percussion Cap Pistol, Isaac
  British Percussion Cap Pistol, Isaac Blissett, Leadenhall St., London, early-mid 19th century the 3.25 inch signed Damascus barrel with Birmingham proofs and inset silver fore-sight on an engraved steel frame with dolphin hammer, the cross hatched walnut grip with vacant silver escutcheon and patch box butt cap length 8.1 in — 20.5 cm
• British Percussion Cap Duelling or Target
  British Percussion Cap Duelling or Target Pistol, Thomas Hewson, London, c.1825 the 8 inch octagonal Damascus barrel signed Hewson, London with platinum line and plug on a mahogany stock with captive ramrod, cross hatched grip, engraved steel furniture, and vacant silver escutcheon behind the tang, the lock plate signed Hewson with dolphin form hammer length 13.25 in — 33.7 cm
• French Side-by-Side' Double Barrelled
  French Side-by-Side' Double Barrelled Flintlock Pistol, 19th century the 5 inch Damascus octagonal barrels with inset silver fore-sight, on a walnut stock with octagonal butt cap, engraved steel furniture and plain lock plates
• Syrian Persian Gem Set Silver, Bone
  Syrian Persian Gem Set Silver, Bone and Horn Khanjar Dagger, Damascus, 1922` signed and dated on the nielloed silver sheath and the front quillon, the gold fullered, coral and turquoise inset curved blade on an intricately pieced hilt mounted with rubies and pearls, all on a leather suspension belt length 10.6 in — 27 cm
• Pair of English Flintlock Target Pistols,
  Pair of English Flintlock Target Pistols, John Blanch, London, c.1830 each 4.75 inch octagonal Damascus steel barrel inscribed 'London' on a mahogany full stock with ram rod and signed engraved lock plate with safety slide, all in a facsimile fitted baize lined case with period accessories pistol length 9.25 in — 23.5 cm; case 2.9 x 14.25 x 7.6 in — 7.4 x 36.2 x 19.3 cm
• VINTAGE DEPENDON DAMASCUS STEEL STRING
  VINTAGE DEPENDON DAMASCUS STEEL STRING DISPLAY. Vintage lithographed tin store display, decorated with faux wood grain paint and case sides with lettering, Depend on Damascus Steel Strings & High Grade Gut and Silk Strings, 17.75”H x 16.25”W x 13.25”.
• J.P. CLABROUGH & BROS. (LONDON) DOUBLE-BARREL
  J.P. CLABROUGH & BROS. (LONDON) DOUBLE-BARREL SHOTGUNEnglish-made, circa 1884-1887. Extensively engraved adornment including pheasant vignettes and Damascus steel barrels. The barrel rib is engraved "J.P. Clabrough & Bros London" and "Treble Wedge Fast". Barrel length: 28 1/4". 12 gauge, marked to the underside of each barrel "12B 14M NOT FOR BALL". Serial number 17304. Included is an old leather and canvas shotgun case. Shotgun measures 44 3/4" length in total. Condition Wear to the outer trigger guard which has partially obscured the engraved image of a hunting dog. Some rust on the exterior of each barrel.