A unique bronze barrel wall gun (doppelter Doppelhaken), Nuremberg, ca. 1515-20

Matchlock · 10th October 2014, 10:20 PM

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RESPECTIVE BUYER (who may have been the same in both cases).

The first item is the most ridiculous and primitive mid 20th c. "Italian" piece made to fool the biggest fool ever.

Compared to that, Goofy's "blunderbusses" are purest gold; they, at least, are funny ...

The second item is the world's finest known Nuremberg cast brass, or "bronze", haquebut barrel, half a millennium old, unmatched, and once ordered by an important person of history:
Ulrich von Schellenberg,
whose extremely fine Katzbalger is preserved in the Vienna Habsburg Armory, at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien.

They both fetched the same price, in the land of ... whatsoever.

The consigner, and the auction house, succeeded in generating a truly Freudian slip, misspelling
"hackbutt", for haquebut/hackbut.
On second thought, though, they mave been right ...

The State of Austria could not afford to purchase that singular piece - not now, nor in years in come ...
Tu felix Austria ..?!

A very sad "Good Night",
from a very sad

Michael,
who did his very best to save that barrel
but had to quit,
or commit murder suicide ...

10th October 2014, 10:20 PM	#19
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Duck Tales: An All American Auction - and The World's Finest Haquebut Barrel CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RESPECTIVE BUYER (who may have been the same in both cases). The first item is the most ridiculous and primitive mid 20th c. "Italian" piece made to fool the biggest fool ever. Compared to that, Goofy's "blunderbusses" are purest gold; they, at least, are funny ... The second item is the world's finest known Nuremberg cast brass, or "bronze", haquebut barrel, half a millennium old, unmatched, and once ordered by an important person of history: Ulrich von Schellenberg, whose extremely fine Katzbalger is preserved in the Vienna Habsburg Armory, at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. They both fetched the same price, in the land of ... whatsoever. The consigner, and the auction house, succeeded in generating a truly Freudian slip, misspelling "hackbutt", for haquebut/hackbut. On second thought, though, they mave been right ... The State of Austria could not afford to purchase that singular piece - not now, nor in years in come ... Tu felix Austria ..?! A very sad "Good Night", from a very sad Michael, who did his very best to save that barrel but had to quit, or commit murder suicide ... Attached Images Last edited by fernando; 2nd December 2015 at 05:04 PM.