Wanted American Firearms
I am always interested in buying
single pieces, complete or incomplete, and entire collections in the following
fields: American Firearms, mostly pre-1900. I am especially
interested in New York State and Pennsylvania State handmade firearms from the
Colonial period up to the turn of the 20th Century. These are today
referred to as "Kentucky Rifles". Thin barreled
smoothbores are called "Fowlers", while smooth bore rifles are called
"Buck and Ball" types. Especially those with brass or German
Silver inlays, including patch boxes and cap boxes, octagon barrels, full-stock
or half-stock, flint and percussian. Specific Rochester area gun makers
that are wanted are: William Billinghurst, B.C.Wood of Painted Post, Sela
Vossburg of Alabama,NY, James and John Miller of Rochester, Benjamin Bigelow of
Rochester, C.Miller, Honeoye Falls. I am also interested in American
Military Shoulder Arms and Side Arms, from the Colonial period up until about
1900. Those attributed to the
Revolutionary War and Civil War are especially desired. Colt firearms----percussian
and cartridge Revolvers, single and double
action, including muskets and revolving rifles. Winchester lever Action Rifles with octagon barrels from the early
Volcanic, Henry's, and the Yellow Boys up through the various models into the
early part of the 20th Century.
I am not interested in any cartridge type handguns that
need to be registered.
Wanted Old telephones & Parts
Telephones span the range from the early Coffin types, 3-box sets, with special
interest in early transmitters like Blake, Berliner, Edison, Gower, Hunnings,
Clammond, carbon rod, Wilhelm Double Diaphragm, Overland, Cushman, Phelps, etc.
Floor Tandems and wall Tandems are sought, as are Vanity Desk sets, pot Belly
desk sets, tapered-shaft desk sets, fluted-shaft ones. I will buy these
"in any condition", and relish the opportunity to restore them to 100%
original condition. I am also interested in purchasing any and all
parts for these early phones. The following picture (TelephoneParts.jpg) shows an example of the kinds of parts I want to
purchase. Native American Artifacts desired are
mostly the flint and chert implements and weapons points found throughout
America. I am keenly interested in their weapons, including Clovis points,
spear heads, tomahawk heads, knife blades, arrow points, peace pipes etc.
American knifes include mostly those that were hand forged in Colonial America,
up until the turn of the 20th Century. Especially those fashioned
from old Steel Files, and those with deer and elk antlers for handle materials.
Especially interested in
any
and all parts, literature, complete phones etc. of the Wilhelm Telephone Mfg.
Co. Buffalo, NY, the Sun Telephone Mfg. Co. of Philadelphia, Pa, the Charles
Williams Co. Boston, Ma., the Davis and Watts Telephone Mfg. Co. of Baltimore,
Md., Viaduct Telephone Mfg. of Baltimore, Md., Standard Electrical Works
Telephone Mfg.Co., Gilliland Telephone Mfg. Co., National
Telephone Mfg. Co. of Boston, National Bell Telephone. Co., American Bell
Telephone, and Western Electric Mfg. Co.
To contact me please click the
link below
Walt's
American Antique Phones
