IMPORTANT WINCHESTER MODEL 1897 DOUBLE-W CARTRIDGE BOARD IN ORIGINAL FRAME.

SN 905. Very Fine cartridge board with history to a Muskogee, Oklahoma hardware store. Overall dimensions are 57-1/4″ x 40″ with 49″ x 32″ exposed image. Board has 182 cartridges, shot shells & bullets and ten glass top primer & cap tins. Center image is by famous artist A.B. Frost depicting two North Woods hunters and their dead bear with one hunter standing and the other sitting on a log with both their rifles leaning on the log. Left center of the board has the image of a flying mallard drake and right center a bull moose head. This board was discovered in the mid-1960s in a hardware store in Muskogee, Oklahoma and purchased by Johnnie Smith of Fort Smith, Arkansas in about 1965. He sold it to Mr. Rholes in about 1990. Accompanied by a hand-written letter from Mr. Smith to Mr. Rholes detailing this information. Paper backing has a black & white label exhorting the owner to display it in a prominent spot. Paper backing also has SN 905. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. This cartridge board hung in Tommy’s office for many years and was a personal and family favorite. CONDITION: Very fine. Board is completely intact with all orig cartridges present and only one having been reattached; all the ammunition is lightly oxidized but fine; bullets show no white oxidation; paper patches are dark brownish color; images are lightly faded but very sharp with the red lettering still clean & sharp, only moderately faded, with light soil and fly specks. Frame is fine with some of the gold jesso lining lightly faded. Orig paper backing is dark brown but completely intact as is the label. 4-50778 JR494 (15,000-25,000) – Lot 1089

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1089	$32,200.00	IMPORTANT WINCHESTER MODEL 1897 DOUBLE-W CARTRIDGE BOARD IN ORIGINAL FRAME. SN 905. Very Fine cartridge board with history to a Muskogee, Oklahoma hardware store. Overall dimensions are 57-1/4″ x 40″ with 49″ x 32″ exposed image. Board has 182 cartridges, shot shells & bullets and ten glass top primer & cap tins. Center image is by famous artist A.B. Frost depicting two North Woods hunters and their dead bear with one hunter standing and the other sitting on a log with both their rifles leaning on the log. Left center of the board has the image of a flying mallard drake and right center a bull moose head. This board was discovered in the mid-1960s in a hardware store in Muskogee, Oklahoma and purchased by Johnnie Smith of Fort Smith, Arkansas in about 1965. He sold it to Mr. Rholes in about 1990. Accompanied by a hand-written letter from Mr. Smith to Mr. Rholes detailing this information. Paper backing has a black & white label exhorting the owner to display it in a prominent spot. Paper backing also has SN 905. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. This cartridge board hung in Tommy’s office for many years and was a personal and family favorite. CONDITION: Very fine. Board is completely intact with all orig cartridges present and only one having been reattached; all the ammunition is lightly oxidized but fine; bullets show no white oxidation; paper patches are dark brownish color; images are lightly faded but very sharp with the red lettering still clean & sharp, only moderately faded, with light soil and fly specks. Frame is fine with some of the gold jesso lining lightly faded. Orig paper backing is dark brown but completely intact as is the label. 4-50778 JR494 (15,000-25,000) – Lot 1089 Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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IMPORTANT WINCHESTER MODEL 1897 DOUBLE-W CARTRIDGE BOARD IN ORIGINAL FRAME.