Spring 2024 Premier Firearms & Militaria Auction
June 7th, 8th, 9th, & 10th, 2024
This auction will feature an outstanding collection of items spanning multiple categories including Modern, Military, Sporting, & Antique firearms & militaria! Below is just a small grouping of select highlights from the massive offering to be featured in this upcoming sale!
HISTORIC SIOUX PEACE PIPE RECOVERED AFTER LITTLE BIG HORN
02-21511
From the famed Alex Acevedo collection of Custer memorabilia, 27″ overall including catalanoite bowl, quilled haft with ribbons, pasted label: “This pipe was found on the battlefield / after the defeat of General Custer, and / said to have been owned by Sitting Bull”. Alex Acevedo had among the finest collections of Custer-related objects, most sold by Butterfield’s in 1995. This item was added after de-accession of items from Long Island Historical Society (no accession number). UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: 2007 letter signed by Alex Acevedo; housed in Acevedo collection archival box with decorative label.
PROVENANCE: Alex Acevedo collection; Martin Lane Historic & Western Americana Lifetime Collection.
