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a wooden box with a bunch of items inside of ita wooden chest with a gun and a cross on ita lamp that is sitting on a table next to a booka picture of a gun and a plaque on a walla box full of bullet shells sitting on top of a tablean old book sitting on top of a wooden table next to a pair of scissorsa glass jar sitting on top of a metal tablea wooden box filled with bottles of alcohol next to a pile of other bottlesan old gun is laying on top of a rug on the floora silver box with a crucifix on itan old trunk with a latch on it on the floor
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77 - A military-style wooden case with a silver-plated figure of …
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Estimate €400 - €450
Description
A military-style wooden case with a silver-plated figure of Christ riveted to the lid, containing a vampire-hunter’s kit comprising a 9mm pin-fire revolver dating from the second half of the 19th century, with a functional mechanism, in ABE condition, no parts missing, with its period pin-fire cartridges concealed within a fake antique book; note the cross engraved on each cartridge tip (Category D: the set is available for sale to adults only), a book entitled *Le Combat Spirituel* dated 1842 (damaged), a missal dating from 1913, two stakes, a large mallet, a crucifix, old white sheets of paper with a metal and bone quill, an inkwell, garlic, a vial for holy water, a holy water font attached to the inside of the lid, a leather case and a wooden box… a mixed collection from the 19th and early 20th centuries, a case measuring approx. 45cm by 30cm
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About the sale Online Sale August #2: From a villa in the Alpilles and miscellaneous items: sculptures, militaria, display pieces, etc.
Auction location
Auction time 08/25/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 88462891
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