One collector (hoarder?) astonishing arms & militaria collection being auctioned in Australiaicon this week.

Australia's biggest collection of historic militaria up for auction

Over 10,000 lots, including -
  • 150 + WW2 Japanese Arisakaicon service rifles, including several rare scoped sniper variants.
  • 15 x WW2 Japanese "knee mortars", and other Jap mortars - fully working order
  • 14 x WW2 German MG34 machine-guns - fully working order
  • 4 x WW1 German Mauser Tankgewehr - first anti-tank rifles
  • 20+ WW2 Japanese Nambu pistols, including the Papa and Baby variants
  • 30 to 40 WW2 German K98icon service rifles
  • 17+ WW2 Japanese machine-guns - Types 11, 94, 97 and others - fully working
  • Several WW2 German and Japanese anti-tank guns, and artillery pieces
  • Enough
WW2 Japanese uniforms, field gear etc to equip a regiment.

Because of the quantity of lots, about 16 different auctions of the same collection were held. The auction house could have done a better job on the lot photos and descriptions, but they were probably overwhelmed by it all.

Some links below -

Lloyds Auctioneers and Valuers - Auction Lots


Lloyds Auctioneers and Valuers - Auction Lots


Lloyds Auctioneers and Valuers - Auction Lots


Lloyds Auctioneers and Valuers - Auction Lots
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