*RARE SAVAGE MODEL 1899 VICTOR GRADE DELUXE ENGRAVED LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

*RARE SAVAGE MODEL 1899 VICTOR GRADE DELUXE ENGRAVED LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 24975. Cal. 30-30. Wonderful factory engraved deluxe rifle with 26″ tapered oct bbl, ivory bead combination front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and an early Lyman combination tang sight. Top of bbl has the usual 2-line company name & address, patent dates and caliber forward of the rear sight and the caliber marking over the chamber area. Mounted with very highly figured, “B” style carved & checkered, marblecake English walnut stock & schnable tip forearm. Buttstock has checkered raised side panels, a serpentine grip & smooth steel buttplate. Rear face of forearm is stamped with three different SNs “24842” and “25894” and the matching number to this rifle, “24975”. Buttstock is also stamped with number “24842” and the matching number to this rifle. The buttplate is stamped only “24842”. Receiver is spectacularly engraved in “D” style by Enoch Tue with the small oval vignette of a running bull buffalo on left side and a slinking tiger in a jungle scene on right side. Both vignettes are surrounded by full coverage fine foliate arabesque patterns with very fine stippled background & edges. Bottom of receiver is not engraved while the top of the receiver ring is engraved in foliate patterns. Lever boss is engraved in triangle shaped feather patterns on each side. Accompanied by two letters from Savage historian Roe S. Clark, one dated March 15, 1988 and the other Oct. 8, 1992. Both letters contain basically the same information which identifies this rifle with fancy English walnut, shotgun butt & pistol grip with grade “B” checkering and “D” grade engraving. It was accepted from the factory June 29, 1901 and shipped July 1, 1902 to Walbridge & Co. and returned. It was then shipped on Aug. 30, 1902 to Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. and returned and finally shipped to E.K. Tryon, Jr. & Co. on June 15, 1903. The 1988 letter identifies this rifle in caliber 30-30, while the 1992 letter identifies it in caliber 303 Savage. A copy of the Savage shipping records accompanies each letter but only the 1992 letter shows the caliber which is listed as 30-30. Clearly there was a mistake in the 1992 letter from Mr. Clark. PROVENANCE: George R. Adams Collection; LeRoy Merz; Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Bbl retains about 99% glossy orig blue with only a hint of sharp edge wear and a couple of small nicks; receiver retains about 98% glossy orig blue with sharp edge wear and thinning of the bottom; bolt has a few small specks of discoloration; lever retains strong case colors on sides, faded on outer faces; buttplate retains about 95% thin orig blue; wood is sound with several nicks & scratches and a scrape on each side of buttstock and overall retains about all of its orig piano style varnish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-44817 JR383 (15,000-20,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2013

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
	1097	$13,800.00	RARE SAVAGE MODEL 1899 VICTOR GRADE DELUXE ENGRAVED LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 24975. Cal. 30-30. Wonderful factory engraved deluxe rifle with 26″ tapered oct bbl, ivory bead combination front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and an early Lyman combination tang sight. Top of bbl has the usual 2-line company name & address, patent dates and caliber forward of the rear sight and the caliber marking over the chamber area. Mounted with very highly figured, “B” style carved & checkered, marblecake English walnut stock & schnable tip forearm. Buttstock has checkered raised side panels, a serpentine grip & smooth steel buttplate. Rear face of forearm is stamped with three different SNs “24842” and “25894” and the matching number to this rifle, “24975”. Buttstock is also stamped with number “24842” and the matching number to this rifle. The buttplate is stamped only “24842”. Receiver is spectacularly engraved in “D” style by Enoch Tue with the small oval vignette of a running bull buffalo on left side and a slinking tiger in a jungle scene on right side. Both vignettes are surrounded by full coverage fine foliate arabesque patterns with very fine stippled background & edges. Bottom of receiver is not engraved while the top of the receiver ring is engraved in foliate patterns. Lever boss is engraved in triangle shaped feather patterns on each side. Accompanied by two letters from Savage historian Roe S. Clark, one dated March 15, 1988 and the other Oct. 8, 1992. Both letters contain basically the same information which identifies this rifle with fancy English walnut, shotgun butt & pistol grip with grade “B” checkering and “D” grade engraving. It was accepted from the factory June 29, 1901 and shipped July 1, 1902 to Walbridge & Co. and returned. It was then shipped on Aug. 30, 1902 to Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. and returned and finally shipped to E.K. Tryon, Jr. & Co. on June 15, 1903. The 1988 letter identifies this rifle in caliber 30-30, while the 1992 letter identifies it in caliber 303 Savage. A copy of the Savage shipping records accompanies each letter but only the 1992 letter shows the caliber which is listed as 30-30. Clearly there was a mistake in the 1992 letter from Mr. Clark. PROVENANCE: George R. Adams Collection; LeRoy Merz; Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Bbl retains about 99% glossy orig blue with only a hint of sharp edge wear and a couple of small nicks; receiver retains about 98% glossy orig blue with sharp edge wear and thinning of the bottom; bolt has a few small specks of discoloration; lever retains strong case colors on sides, faded on outer faces; buttplate retains about 95% thin orig blue; wood is sound with several nicks & scratches and a scrape on each side of buttstock and overall retains about all of its orig piano style varnish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-44817 JR383 (15,000-20,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2013 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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