RARE FACTORY ENGRAVED DELUXE SPECIAL ORDER MARLIN MODEL 1889 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 76813. Cal. 38 WCF (38-40). Beautiful special order Marlin rifle with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, slightly damaged front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with very highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with B-style checkered forearm and serpentine grip buttstock and crescent buttplate. Receiver is beautifully engraved, probably by Conrad Ulrich, in #2/3 style which consists of the vignette of a whitetail buck & doe in a forest scene vignette on the left side and English Setter on point vignette on the right side. Both vignettes are surrounded by very fine foliate arabesque patterns and wavelet borders. Engraving extends over the top & bottom of the receiver and top tang. Bbl, magazine tube, forend cap, loading gate and buttplate are factory nickel finished. Receiver, lever & hammer are color case hardened. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum/Marlin Firearms Co. letter which identifies this rifle in 38 caliber with 26″ oct bbl, shipped Apr. 29,1893. No mention of the deluxe wood, engraving or nickel trims is in the letter and is normal for Marlin records. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were about 55,000 of this model produced in four calibers and a multitude of bbl lengths, of which only 3,729 were 26″. Of that small number very few were deluxe configuration and extremely few had special plating. This was Marlins first side eject rifle model and was very successful. These arms usually saw very hard service and are rarely found today with high orig finish. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl, loading gate, magazine tube & forend cap retain about 95% strong orig nickel with some minor flaking about mid-point on the bbl and on the forend cap; buttplate retains about 85% strong orig nickel; receiver, lever & hammer retain traces of case colors having mostly turned silver. Both front edges of the receiver have small dings. Wood is sound and retains most of its finish. Mechanics are fine; bright shiny bore. 4-51289 (12,500-17,500) – Lot 2138a

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Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014

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	2138a	$18,400.00	RARE FACTORY ENGRAVED DELUXE SPECIAL ORDER MARLIN MODEL 1889 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 76813. Cal. 38 WCF (38-40). Beautiful special order Marlin rifle with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, slightly damaged front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with very highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with B-style checkered forearm and serpentine grip buttstock and crescent buttplate. Receiver is beautifully engraved, probably by Conrad Ulrich, in #2/3 style which consists of the vignette of a whitetail buck & doe in a forest scene vignette on the left side and English Setter on point vignette on the right side. Both vignettes are surrounded by very fine foliate arabesque patterns and wavelet borders. Engraving extends over the top & bottom of the receiver and top tang. Bbl, magazine tube, forend cap, loading gate and buttplate are factory nickel finished. Receiver, lever & hammer are color case hardened. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum/Marlin Firearms Co. letter which identifies this rifle in 38 caliber with 26″ oct bbl, shipped Apr. 29,1893. No mention of the deluxe wood, engraving or nickel trims is in the letter and is normal for Marlin records. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were about 55,000 of this model produced in four calibers and a multitude of bbl lengths, of which only 3,729 were 26″. Of that small number very few were deluxe configuration and extremely few had special plating. This was Marlins first side eject rifle model and was very successful. These arms usually saw very hard service and are rarely found today with high orig finish. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl, loading gate, magazine tube & forend cap retain about 95% strong orig nickel with some minor flaking about mid-point on the bbl and on the forend cap; buttplate retains about 85% strong orig nickel; receiver, lever & hammer retain traces of case colors having mostly turned silver. Both front edges of the receiver have small dings. Wood is sound and retains most of its finish. Mechanics are fine; bright shiny bore. 4-51289 (12,500-17,500) – Lot 2138a Click here to view provenance Auction: Firearms - Fall 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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RARE FACTORY ENGRAVED DELUXE SPECIAL ORDER MARLIN MODEL 1889 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.