SPECTACULAR NIMSCHKE ENGRAVED SILVER & GOLD SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER.

SPECTACULAR NIMSCHKE ENGRAVED SILVER & GOLD SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. Cal. 45 Colt. SN 25355. Fabulous single action with 7-1/2″ bbl, bull’s eye ejector rod head and diamond checkered ebony 2-pc grips. It is spectacularly engraved by L.D. Nimschke with about 60% coverage, extremely well executed foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background. The cylinder has a flourish in between each flute. The top strap is decorated with small squares & dots. The top of the backstrap has the traditional fan with a cross hatched & dot center. It has small flourishes at the top and bottom of the backstrap, on the butt strap, the bottom of the trigger guard and toe of the trigger guard. The sides of the frame at the bbl also have the cross hatched & dot patterns. The ejector rod housing is engraved with the square & dot patterns matching the top strap with a light border and flourishes at each end. The bbl has about 4″ of engraving on each side with a wave & dot border around the address with an arabesque flourish at the forward end as well as flourishes on each side of the muzzle. The muzzle and cylinder ends of the bbl have a dbl-incised line. Strangely the arabesque flourish on the top of the bbl is without punch dot background. The loading gate is engraved with a fan similar to that at the top of the backstrap and each side of the web at the rear end of the trigger plate has the cross hatched & dot pattern with the left side leaving a small panel with the cal. marking. The ejector rod housing, ejector rod head, cylinder & hammer have gold wash while the balance of the revolver is silver plated with niter blued screws, cylinder pin & trigger. A detailed 8 pg R.L. Wilson letter accompanies this. Included in this letter are extracted factory notes regarding the original shipment, which indicates shipment October 3, 1876 to J.P. Moores & Sons, New York City. Wilson also states the engraved decoration is a virtual match to set # 25499 and 26094 (sold by our firm in October 2003 for $276,000). A pair of grips similar to these can be found on a fine single action revolver in the Colt Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. All matching. Overall retains about 95% strong orig silver & gold-plating with some fine pitting on the right side of the bbl near the front sight and on the bottom of the bbl by the ejector rod housing. There is another small area of fine pitting on the backstrap. Bottom of the bbl has a long scratch by the ejector rod housing. Cylinder is bright and clean, showing evidence of having been fired, with some lost plating on the front around the chambers that has turned to dark patina. Ejector rod housing retains fine gold-plating in the gullets with the outer edge being exposed silver-plating, which is the under-plating for this revolver. Hammer retains virtually all of its orig gold-plating with some light scuffs on the sides. Grips are sound with crisp checkering and very minor diamond point wear. Mechanics are crisp with strong bright bore and fine pitting near the cylinder end. Truly one of the more spectacular Colts to come to market in a long time. 4-54021 JR682 (80,000-120,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2005

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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	1155	$0.00	SPECTACULAR NIMSCHKE ENGRAVED SILVER & GOLD SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. Cal. 45 Colt. SN 25355. Fabulous single action with 7-1/2″ bbl, bull’s eye ejector rod head and diamond checkered ebony 2-pc grips. It is spectacularly engraved by L.D. Nimschke with about 60% coverage, extremely well executed foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background. The cylinder has a flourish in between each flute. The top strap is decorated with small squares & dots. The top of the backstrap has the traditional fan with a cross hatched & dot center. It has small flourishes at the top and bottom of the backstrap, on the butt strap, the bottom of the trigger guard and toe of the trigger guard. The sides of the frame at the bbl also have the cross hatched & dot patterns. The ejector rod housing is engraved with the square & dot patterns matching the top strap with a light border and flourishes at each end. The bbl has about 4″ of engraving on each side with a wave & dot border around the address with an arabesque flourish at the forward end as well as flourishes on each side of the muzzle. The muzzle and cylinder ends of the bbl have a dbl-incised line. Strangely the arabesque flourish on the top of the bbl is without punch dot background. The loading gate is engraved with a fan similar to that at the top of the backstrap and each side of the web at the rear end of the trigger plate has the cross hatched & dot pattern with the left side leaving a small panel with the cal. marking. The ejector rod housing, ejector rod head, cylinder & hammer have gold wash while the balance of the revolver is silver plated with niter blued screws, cylinder pin & trigger. A detailed 8 pg R.L. Wilson letter accompanies this. Included in this letter are extracted factory notes regarding the original shipment, which indicates shipment October 3, 1876 to J.P. Moores & Sons, New York City. Wilson also states the engraved decoration is a virtual match to set # 25499 and 26094 (sold by our firm in October 2003 for $276,000). A pair of grips similar to these can be found on a fine single action revolver in the Colt Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. All matching. Overall retains about 95% strong orig silver & gold-plating with some fine pitting on the right side of the bbl near the front sight and on the bottom of the bbl by the ejector rod housing. There is another small area of fine pitting on the backstrap. Bottom of the bbl has a long scratch by the ejector rod housing. Cylinder is bright and clean, showing evidence of having been fired, with some lost plating on the front around the chambers that has turned to dark patina. Ejector rod housing retains fine gold-plating in the gullets with the outer edge being exposed silver-plating, which is the under-plating for this revolver. Hammer retains virtually all of its orig gold-plating with some light scuffs on the sides. Grips are sound with crisp checkering and very minor diamond point wear. Mechanics are crisp with strong bright bore and fine pitting near the cylinder end. Truly one of the more spectacular Colts to come to market in a long time. 4-54021 JR682 (80,000-120,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2005 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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