FINE CASED 5″ COLT MODEL 1849 LONDON POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

SN 8111. 31 Cal. Blue & color case hardened with 5″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and 2-line London address with brackets. Left side of frame is marked “COLTS PATENT”. Cyl is 5-shots with stagecoach holdup scene. Bbl lug & cyl have British proofs. The large guard silver plated trigger guard & backstrap contain a 1-pc, nicely figured walnut grip with SN in backstrap channel. Accompanied by a fine, red velvet lined mahogany English casing with brass plaque which reads “D Mackinder” in the lid. D. Mackinder most likely Dr. Draper Mackinder of Gainsborough, born Lincolnshire, England in 1819 and father of Sir Halford Mackinder, a founding father of geopolitics and geostrategy. Inside the lid has a “Directions for Loading Colt’s Pistols” label and two agents labels of John Liversidge, in Gainsborough. Bottom is compartmented for the revolver, a Dixon copper & brass bag shaped flask, a blued steel 2-cavity “COLTS PATENT” bullet & ball mold with sprue cutter, a steel handled metal cleaning rod, an extra main spring and several extra nipples, L-shaped gun tool/nipple wrench, pack of Colt cartridges for revolving belt pistol, 2-3/4″ cylindrical metal oiler as well as functioning case key. Lewis Yearout bought this same London cased Colt intact in 1960. PROVENANCE: Dean Yearout, Great Falls, MT. Lewis Yearout 1960. Estate Collection of Lewis & Leyton Yearout. CONDITION: Fine to very fine, all matching including wedge, cyl & grip. Bbl retains about 20-30% glossy inky orig blue with the loss areas flaked to a dark mottled patina; frame, hammer and loading assembly retain about 70-80% bright case colors; cyl shows about 98% stagecoach holdup scene with about 20% bright blue; trigger retains most orig fired blue. Trigger guard & backstrap retain about 90% of their original silver plate though dull. Grip is sound and solid retaining 95% of its varnish with light edge wear. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. Case overall is very good with much of its original varnish with light handling & storage scratches; interior is not faded but soiled and minor damage from the front sight and muzzle of revolver; three paper labels inside the lid are intact, moderately yellowed with a few small holes; flask is sound and solid and retains about 70% of its thinning varnish with scratches; mold retains 80-90% original inky bright blue. L-shaped gun tool retains almost all its original bright finish. Cartridge pack is fine overall with good label. 4-53812 JS41 (5,000-7,000) – Lot 3027

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	3027	$4,312.50	FINE CASED 5″ COLT MODEL 1849 LONDON POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 8111. 31 Cal. Blue & color case hardened with 5″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and 2-line London address with brackets. Left side of frame is marked “COLTS PATENT”. Cyl is 5-shots with stagecoach holdup scene. Bbl lug & cyl have British proofs. The large guard silver plated trigger guard & backstrap contain a 1-pc, nicely figured walnut grip with SN in backstrap channel. Accompanied by a fine, red velvet lined mahogany English casing with brass plaque which reads “D Mackinder” in the lid. D. Mackinder most likely Dr. Draper Mackinder of Gainsborough, born Lincolnshire, England in 1819 and father of Sir Halford Mackinder, a founding father of geopolitics and geostrategy. Inside the lid has a “Directions for Loading Colt’s Pistols” label and two agents labels of John Liversidge, in Gainsborough. Bottom is compartmented for the revolver, a Dixon copper & brass bag shaped flask, a blued steel 2-cavity “COLTS PATENT” bullet & ball mold with sprue cutter, a steel handled metal cleaning rod, an extra main spring and several extra nipples, L-shaped gun tool/nipple wrench, pack of Colt cartridges for revolving belt pistol, 2-3/4″ cylindrical metal oiler as well as functioning case key. Lewis Yearout bought this same London cased Colt intact in 1960. PROVENANCE: Dean Yearout, Great Falls, MT. Lewis Yearout 1960. Estate Collection of Lewis & Leyton Yearout. CONDITION: Fine to very fine, all matching including wedge, cyl & grip. Bbl retains about 20-30% glossy inky orig blue with the loss areas flaked to a dark mottled patina; frame, hammer and loading assembly retain about 70-80% bright case colors; cyl shows about 98% stagecoach holdup scene with about 20% bright blue; trigger retains most orig fired blue. Trigger guard & backstrap retain about 90% of their original silver plate though dull. Grip is sound and solid retaining 95% of its varnish with light edge wear. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. Case overall is very good with much of its original varnish with light handling & storage scratches; interior is not faded but soiled and minor damage from the front sight and muzzle of revolver; three paper labels inside the lid are intact, moderately yellowed with a few small holes; flask is sound and solid and retains about 70% of its thinning varnish with scratches; mold retains 80-90% original inky bright blue. L-shaped gun tool retains almost all its original bright finish. Cartridge pack is fine overall with good label. 4-53812 JS41 (5,000-7,000) – Lot 3027 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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FINE CASED 5″ COLT MODEL 1849 LONDON POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER.