Freeman's | Hindman

1550 West Carroll Avenue
Chicago, IL 60607
USA

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Hindman is one of the nation's leading fine art auction houses. With an unyielding focus on client service, Hindman offers holistic solutions to connect clients in local US cities to the global art market. Hindman operates more salerooms in the United States than any other auction house and conducts over 100 auctions a year in categories such as fine jewelry, fine art, modern design, fine books and manuscripts, furniture, decorative arts, couture, Asian works of art, arts of the American west, numismatics, and more.

Headquartered in Chicago, Hindman is home to 150 employees, with additional offices in Atlanta, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Milwaukee, Naples, Palm Beach, Scottsdale and St. Louis.

Recognized for providing exceptional customer service, Hindman regularly handles significant estates from around the country including collections from Oprah Winfrey, Leona Helmsley, John Belushi, David Stickelber, Lily Pulitzer, Arthur Rubloff, Mrs. Robert R McCormick, the Potter Palmer families, Reid I Martin, and many others.

In 1982, Leslie Hindman founded Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago, Illinois, and within a few years it grew to be the largest auction house in the Midwest, and one of largest in the country. As a result of the firm's outstanding reputation, it was acquired by Sotheby's in 1997. When the opportunity presented itself, Leslie reopened Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in 2003 and continued her growth trajectory.

Also part of the Hindman family of auction houses, Cowan's Auctions was opened in 1995 by Wes Cowan in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cowan's quickly earned a reputation for integrity, customer service and great results. In 2018, these two firms became the foundation for Hindman, a rapidly growing organization with the ambition to be the nation's most client-centric auction house.



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Freeman's | Hindman

Nov 11, 2024
Arms, Armor and Militaria Online
This sale begins with a collection of scarce and diverse ethnographic arms begins the sale with items ranging from Jambiyas and Katar daggers to Bazu Bands and Dahl Shields. Following the ethnographic weapons are a series of 19th century pistols followed by a range of martial long-arms, including French service rifles, an American Gallager Carbine, and British service long arms.Also included is a series of fine Randall Made knives followed modern bayonets, including World War I and World War II era types such as the German Model 1898/05 Sawback. Modern arms follow, beginning with contemporary flintlock rifles and reproduction armaments precede a selection of modern sporting arms including brands such as Remington, Ruger, Sig Sauer, and Smith & Wesson. Sprinkled within this latter section, bidders will discover a rare, stamped receiver Chinese Type 56 Carbine, as well as a range of Post-War civilian and military long-arms. Rounding out the sale is a variety of historic military and civilian autoloading pistols, World War Era service rifles, and further sporting pistols before concluding with collections of reference books about the history of Winchester, Historic Military Arms, and assorted famed gunmakers.This auction has a buyer’s premium of 20%. Cowan’s is pleased to present its Arms, Armor & Militaria Online auction featuring collectible firearms, edged weapons, uniforms, sporting arms, and various militaria at attractive price points.During Timed auctions, a countdown clock is displayed on the main auction page and on the lot level. These auctions have a “rolling close, ” with each lot closing in a staggered manner after the previous lot. For these auctions, the countdown clock on the main auction page will be counting down to the close of the first lot. Individual lots will have their own countdown clocks, indicating the specific closing time for that lot. If a bid is placed within one minute of the closing time of a lot, five additional minutes will be added to the designated closing time for that lot. Please note that the extension of one lot’s closing time does not affect other lots’ closing times.