Miller & Miller's online-only auction, March 29th, features sporting art, cartridge boards, decoys

NEW HAMBURG, Ontario - March 14, 2025 - PRLog -- An online-only Firearms & Sporting Auction, featuring the diverse and long-time collections of Wayne G. Connor and Robert Warwick, along with many outstanding individual consignments, is planned for Saturday, March 29^th, by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd., starting promptly at 9am Eastern time. In all, 211 lots will be offered.

The catalog is packed with early and rare firearms art and advertising, store displays, factory cartridge boards, fine Winchester rifles and shotguns, Colt percussion revolvers, flintlocks, Smith & Wesson cartridge revolvers, North American trade muskets, magnificent decoys, factory reloading tools, scarce ammunition boxes, and a sprinkling of iconic military rifles.

"This exciting and diverse sale featuring advertising, Canadian decoys, collectible ammunition, sporting, military, and antique firearms will appeal to both seasoned and new collectors alike," said Paul Matheson, Miller & Miller's Consignment Director for the auction.

Lot #181 is an American circa 1897 Winchester Double "W" cartridge display board No. 291, an oak framed lithographed backboard displaying dummy inert samples of all the pistol and rifle cartridges and shotgun shells then being produced in the firm's New Haven, Conn. factory. The 40 inch by 57 ½ inch board is in very good condition with strong colors (est. $35,000-$45,000).

All estimates quoted in this report are in Canadian dollars.

Lot #182 is a Winchester circa 1888 inverted "V" cartridge display board, slightly altered from the 1886 introduced version by the addition of two additional rifle cartridges, the .38-56 WCF added on the left side above a primer tin and the .40-60 WCF added on the right side, above a primer tin. The board is housed in a 32 ¼ inch by 42 ¾ inch oak frame (est. $25,000-$40,000).

Lot #55 is the framed watercolor painting by the Columbus, Ohio artist, curator, historian and antique gun collector, John Joseph Barsotti. Titled The Hide Hunters, the 1959 work depicts hunters with heavy caliber Sharps single shot rifles shooting American buffalo for their hides in North Dakota. Beside the hunter lies his Winchester Model 1866 carbine (est. $22,000-$38,000).

Lot #51 is a circa 1863-1865 New Haven Arms .44 caliber rimfire ammunition box for the Henry rifle. The 2-piece cardboard box with light green paper top label, black lettering and border scroll contains 50 copper case rim fire cartridges with raised headstamp in a dished circle and loaded with 26 grains of black powder and a 216-grain flat-nose lead bullet (est. $12,000-$18,000).

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