IMPORTANT c1890 BISON HUNT sterling FULL BUFFALO SPOON HEAVY GAUGE STERLING SILVER - FULL RIFLE - KNIVES - WOW Start Price USD 47.77 Current Price USD 158.25 Time Left - Bid Count 8 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, November 16, 2008 End Time Sunday, November 23, 2008 Location CENTRAL OHIO See more about 'IMPORTANT c1890 BISON HUNT sterling FULL BUFFALO SPOON' Description THESE ANTIQUE FULL FIGURE both BOWL AND HANDLE SPOONS HAVE VANISHED - THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HARD TO LOCATE (No matter the figure) - ABSOLUTE TOP ADVANCED COLLECTOR SPOON and one YOU WILL WILL RARELY FIND - PICTURED by RAINWATER as HISTORICAL - Circa 1880-90 - - TITLED "BISON HUNT" - VERY HEAVY GAUGE BLOWN OUT BUFFALO DETAIL that will make TEARS ROLL DOWN YOUR FACE .... perhaps a little wet spot in your pants! (Oh,stop!) - THIS IS AN EXCITING RARE FIND! BEHOLD: PRE-AUCTION ESTIMATE: $185.00 - $245.00 (NOT to worry, fair opener and NO further reserve - FREE Postage!) You know how EXCITED old JUDGE RAE gets with these SPECIAL ANTIQUE TREASURE FINDS ... well this is at the top of my list! Please, TAKE ADVANTAGE of my 36+ YEARS selling fine antiques & collectibles. I could go on for hours... but... I will spare you..... this time. :-) Right at 6" in Length being 1 TROY OUNCE OF STERLING SILVER marked and Early WATSON SILVERSMITH FLAG MARKING. At the TOP of the VERY THICK HANDLE the BUFFALO PROTRUDES as if CHARGING!!! Be STILL my pounding heart! - Then 2 FULL KNIVES topping a FULL FIGURE OF A HUNTING RIFLE! Full HIGHLY EMBOSSED BISON in BOWL, too! Back has WESTERN ROPE and CORN LEAVES or REEDS. No mono or engravings. TOP CONDITION with NO WEAR TO BOTH FIGURES and attachments; NO DINGS or NICKS or Scratches. The ONLY CALL I see is a tiny little line (ripple) as shown in picture. NOT EVEN TO WORRY!!! You would hunt for YEARS to ADD THIS ONE TO YOUR ADVANCED COLLECTION. ---- FREE SHIPPING with Insurance Extra IF wanted. GOOD LUCK - GUARANTEED AS REPRESENTED --- I LOVE MY JOB ----- P.S. Did you know that in about 1870 there were approx. 75 MILLION BUFFALO roaming WILD IN THE US! Then, the SOLDIERS CAME TO "TAME" THE INDIAN ... killed their food to force them to be "civilized" ...... by 1900 they were near total extinction. THE SHAME OF IT ALL. Place a Bid!