LOT OF THREE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 SADDLE RING CARBINES.

LOT OF THREE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 SADDLE RING CARBINES. SN 47830, 48505 & 49157. Cal. 44 RF Henry. All three carbines are nearly identical with 20″ bbls, full magazines, integral front sights/front bbl bands with 2-position flip rear sights graduated to 500 yards. They have Winchester bbl addresses and are mounted with uncheckered straight grain walnut with straight stocks and crescent brass buttplates with traps. Stocks & forearms are all incised in geometric and arabesque patterns with silver wire inlay, most of which is missing. Carbines are all engraved, probably by the same hand with SNs 47830 & 49157 being identical with heavy coverage wonderful foliate arabesque patterns with fine stippled background. Receivers have about 75% coverage with full coverage on carriers, sides of levers with matching patterns on top tangs, sides & back edges of hammers, bottom tangs, levers, even to the inside faces of the levers which face the bottom tangs. Bbl bands & buttplates are identically engraved. SN 48505, although engraved by the same hand does not have as extensive coverage as the other two and with different patterns. All three have engraved screw heads with fine rosettes around the top & bottom tang screw holes and buttplate tang screw holes. Bbl bands are also engraved but with slightly less coverage. Borders on all three are identical. The engraver of these carbines is unknown to this cataloger but whoever he was, was a fine artisan equal to his better known contemporaries. These three carbines were part of the cover of Arms and Armor Annual Volume I, Robert Held. They are discussed in a 6-page article by Mr. Held with numerous pictures of the engraving and stock inlays. Mr. Held discusses that this trio of carbines was purchased in 1968 in Santiago, Chile, and later traded. In 1973 they were sold to a European collector, presumably where they remained until they were purchased by the consignor. Mr. Held continues that up until the time this trio was purchased in Chile in 1968, they were accompanied by a brass bound mahogany case bearing a St. Louis retailer label but that the Chilean owner had found a better use for the case as a home tool chest. Nothing more is known regarding the origin of this trio. Accompanied by a copy of the referenced publication. CONDITION: SNs 47830 and 49157 are nearly identical with the bbls & magazine tubes retaining a thin blue/brown patina with a few scattered spots of surface rust. Number 47830 bbl & magazine tube have been lightly cleaned. Receivers, levers, hammers & buttplates of these two carbines retain most of their strong orig nickel. Wood is sound on both with #47830 having been cleaned to a light walnut patina and #49157 having a very dark oil stained patina. #47830 has lost all of its silver wire inlay with the other retaining a few small pieces. SN 48505 also retains a blue/brown patina on bbl & magazine tube with its receiver retaining about 60% strong orig nickel with the exposed brass a very dark mustard patina. Wood is sound showing heavy wear with all of the wire inlay missing from the forearm and partially missing from the buttstock. Wood retains a dark hand worn patina. Mechanics on all three are fine. Two of the carbines have strong bright bores with scattered light pitting. The third has a dark bore with fine pitting. 4-41806 (75,000-125,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011

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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	2024	$86,250.00	LOT OF THREE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 SADDLE RING CARBINES. SN 47830, 48505 & 49157. Cal. 44 RF Henry. All three carbines are nearly identical with 20″ bbls, full magazines, integral front sights/front bbl bands with 2-position flip rear sights graduated to 500 yards. They have Winchester bbl addresses and are mounted with uncheckered straight grain walnut with straight stocks and crescent brass buttplates with traps. Stocks & forearms are all incised in geometric and arabesque patterns with silver wire inlay, most of which is missing. Carbines are all engraved, probably by the same hand with SNs 47830 & 49157 being identical with heavy coverage wonderful foliate arabesque patterns with fine stippled background. Receivers have about 75% coverage with full coverage on carriers, sides of levers with matching patterns on top tangs, sides & back edges of hammers, bottom tangs, levers, even to the inside faces of the levers which face the bottom tangs. Bbl bands & buttplates are identically engraved. SN 48505, although engraved by the same hand does not have as extensive coverage as the other two and with different patterns. All three have engraved screw heads with fine rosettes around the top & bottom tang screw holes and buttplate tang screw holes. Bbl bands are also engraved but with slightly less coverage. Borders on all three are identical. The engraver of these carbines is unknown to this cataloger but whoever he was, was a fine artisan equal to his better known contemporaries. These three carbines were part of the cover of Arms and Armor Annual Volume I, Robert Held. They are discussed in a 6-page article by Mr. Held with numerous pictures of the engraving and stock inlays. Mr. Held discusses that this trio of carbines was purchased in 1968 in Santiago, Chile, and later traded. In 1973 they were sold to a European collector, presumably where they remained until they were purchased by the consignor. Mr. Held continues that up until the time this trio was purchased in Chile in 1968, they were accompanied by a brass bound mahogany case bearing a St. Louis retailer label but that the Chilean owner had found a better use for the case as a home tool chest. Nothing more is known regarding the origin of this trio. Accompanied by a copy of the referenced publication. CONDITION: SNs 47830 and 49157 are nearly identical with the bbls & magazine tubes retaining a thin blue/brown patina with a few scattered spots of surface rust. Number 47830 bbl & magazine tube have been lightly cleaned. Receivers, levers, hammers & buttplates of these two carbines retain most of their strong orig nickel. Wood is sound on both with #47830 having been cleaned to a light walnut patina and #49157 having a very dark oil stained patina. #47830 has lost all of its silver wire inlay with the other retaining a few small pieces. SN 48505 also retains a blue/brown patina on bbl & magazine tube with its receiver retaining about 60% strong orig nickel with the exposed brass a very dark mustard patina. Wood is sound showing heavy wear with all of the wire inlay missing from the forearm and partially missing from the buttstock. Wood retains a dark hand worn patina. Mechanics on all three are fine. Two of the carbines have strong bright bores with scattered light pitting. The third has a dark bore with fine pitting. 4-41806 (75,000-125,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011 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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