Current Items For Sale
Michael Simens is an internationally known collector, dealer, buyer, seller and appraiser of Civil War Artifacts to include Civil War flags, uniforms, saddles, drums, photos, badges, medals, guns, swords, cannons, knives and related artifacts.
We provide prices, information, estimates of value, formal appraisals and authentication services on all types of Original Antique Military and Pioneer Arms, Artifacts, Collectibles and Relics manufactured prior to 1898. We buy single items or entire collections and specialize in Confederate and Union Artifacts.
CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR ARTIFACTS BUYER AND SELLER
All remaining items in this catagory are Sold and have been retained on the following pages for reference and information purposes only.
SOLD/SALE PENDING
STARR DOUBLE ACTION CIVIL WAR REVOLVER
This is a very fine condition, Civil War Starr Double Action Revolver in standard 44 caliber. As you can see in the photos, it retains 90% blue on the cylinder and about 80 - 85% on the barrel and frame. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - SOLD !
VOLCANIC RIFLE - CARBINE
This is a good condition Volcanic Rifle with 25" barrel. The barrel has fine markings and is primarily a gray patina with slight areas of very minor roughness, nothing that really detracts from the over-all look of the gun. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - SOLD !
INSCRIBED CIVIL WAR WHITNEY REVOLVER AND SWORD
Here's a group that is as rare as it gets. An untouched Staff & Field Officer's Sword and a Whitney Navy Revolver, both historically inscribed to Lt. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - SOLD ! !!!!!!!
ORIGINAL VOLCANIC FIREARMS BROADSIDE
This is a great condition 1850's period advertising broadside from J. Hapgood of Boston that features their Agency for the sale of "Volcanic Repeating Arms, which will discharge with force and precision, 24 shots in one minute. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - SOLD !
ENGRAVED COLT NAVY REVOLVER, GENERAL WILLIAM L. CABELL
For those that complain that they can't find truly historical guns at the shows and auctions, here's one for you. This is an early 1861production Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver that a friend called me about. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - RECENTLY SOLD !!! !!!
COLT THIRD MODEL DRAGOON
This is an outstanding example of a Martially Marked Colt Third Model Dragoon Revolver. This gun has been pictured on our opening page for ten years for a reason. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - SOLD !
CONFEDERATE CAVALRY SABER, KENANSVILLE
This is a very good condition and standard configuration Kenansville enlisted-man's cavalry saber. Based on the number of surviving examples, the Kenansville or Confederate States Armory in North Carolina was probably one of the top two makers of cavalry sabers in the Confederacy. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - SOLD !
FACTORY ENGRAVED VOLCANIC PISTOL WITH 4" BARREL
This is a fairly good condition small-frame Volcanic Pistol with a factory engraved brass frame. It was obviously found in rusty condition as someone has sanded the barrel to bright, removing almost all of the barrel address and exposing some pitting. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - SOLD !!
HISTORIC CONFEDERATE ENFIELD RIFLE
Here is is a world-class Confederate Civil War Artifact. This is a rare, South Carolina surcharged 3-band Enfield Rifle with unquestionably authentic Confederate use and capture tag. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - SOLD !!!
CIVIL WAR 6-POUNDER CANNON
Here's the perfect artifact for your office or gun library. This is a beautiful, original antique bronze cannon tube cast in Spain in 1798. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - SOLD !!!
CIVIL WAR REGIMENTAL FLAG FOR SALE - REGIMENTAL COLORS
This is an Antique Civil War Flag, possibly made by Tiffany & Company and identified to the 46th Ohio Volunteers. It is an original and authentic Regimental Color and It is in excellent condition as preserved by the family of the soldier that brought it home when his term of service expired. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - SOLD !!
CONFEDERATE D-GUARD KNIFE
Possibly the greatest individual grouping of an identified Confederate D-Guard Bowie ever assembled. These are wonderful examples of the products made at the former prison in Georgia that was turned into a manufactory or "Georgia Armory". CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - SOLD !!!
ANTIQUE GOLDEN SPIKE RAILROAD CDV PHOTO
This is a great condition CDV close-up of the famed "Driving the Golden Spike" scene taken at Promontory Point, Utah when the Union and Central Pacific Railroads finally met each other, completing the Trans-Continental Railroad on May 10, 1869. The actual location was named Promontory Summit, but reporters of the time got the name wrong, and it stuck. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - SOLD !
ANTIQUE GUN, PETTENGILL POCKET REVOLVER
This is a good condition little Pettengill Pocket that retains generous amounts of original blue mixing with patina about its iron surfaces, maybe 20 - 25%. The balance is medium gray and light brown patina. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - SOLD !
1861 SPRINGFIELD RIFLE MUSKET
This is an extremely fine condition Model 1861 Springfield Rifle-Musket dated 1862 on barrel and lock-plate. The gun was obviously very tastefully cleaned at one time as evidenced by a few small areas of roughness, but it was done correctly. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - $3,675.00 - SALE PENDING! !
COLT DRAGOON POWDER FLASK
This is a generally fine condition Colt Powder Flask, martially marked for issue and use with Colt Second and Third Model Dragoon Revolvers as issued to members of Colt Dragoons and U. S. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - SOLD !!!
Moore Civil War Revolver, Inscribed
This is a very good to fine condition Moore Revolver manufactured in Brooklyn, NY. It is accompanied with its original Civil War Officer's belt and holster, both stamped "B. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - SOLD !
Smith & Wesson Volcanic Pistol
This is a standard, large-frame Smith & Wesson Volcanic Pistol. Firing a 41 caliber "Rocket-ball", only 500 or so of these pistols were made and they are rare and desirable. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - SOLD !
Eagle Hilt war of 1812 Saber / SWord
This is a good condition sword from the period 1800 - 1815. The blade shows use and weathering and has been cleaned at one time revealing some scattered light roughness at with the bold eagle head on the pommel, the blade shows an etched patriotic eagle and the mottos "E. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - $ 875.00
COLT THIRD MODEL DRAGOON
This is a sharp and crisp 3rd Model Colt Dragoon with rare, 8" barrel. It shows generous traces of case-colors to the frame, lever and hammer and traces of blue in protected areas of its barrel. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
PRICE - SOLD ! !