EXCEEDINGLY RARE PERIOD LEATHER COVERED BOOK CASING MADE ONLY TO FIT 1ST MODEL COLT DERINGER

EXCEEDINGLY RARE PERIOD LEATHER COVERED BOOK CASING MADE ONLY TO FIT 1ST MODEL COLT DERINGER. This rare orig book casing made only to fit a 1st Model Colt Deringer is circa 1880-1890. Many book casings of a specious nature have turned up in the last fifty years & they are easily recognized. Fakes are cut outs in an old book; real casings like this one are made to appear as a real book but the pages’ appearances are solid cardboard that looks like pages. This book casing is leather bound with the title of “Longfellow’s Poems”. PROVENANCE: Greg Martin Collection, L.D. Eberhart Collection. CONDITION: The exterior, which is covered in brown Moroccan leather, has normal scrapes & wear at the corners & on the spine which is to be expected from a 120 yr old ‘book’. The spine shows in gold leaf “Longfellow’s/Poems”. The spine is completely intact. The corners & edges show wear with small amounts of the surface finishes having been scraped off. The interior of the box shows wine-colored interior, English-style cut-out casing for the 1st Model Colt Deringer which is the only gun that will fit in this case. There is also a walnut block inside the casing which is bored-out to hold six orig 41 cal. short rim fire cartridges & they are remaining. The inside which houses the gun over all the flat surfaces contain a very fine library-grade covering with just one small corner piece missing. This is an exceptionally rare period book casing, probably not Colt but surely of the period. Extremely fine condition if you have the correct gun to go in it. 4-47451 DE71 (750-1,500)

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
	2058	$2,530.00	EXCEEDINGLY RARE PERIOD LEATHER COVERED BOOK CASING MADE ONLY TO FIT 1ST MODEL COLT DERINGER. This rare orig book casing made only to fit a 1st Model Colt Deringer is circa 1880-1890. Many book casings of a specious nature have turned up in the last fifty years & they are easily recognized. Fakes are cut outs in an old book; real casings like this one are made to appear as a real book but the pages’ appearances are solid cardboard that looks like pages. This book casing is leather bound with the title of “Longfellow’s Poems”. PROVENANCE: Greg Martin Collection, L.D. Eberhart Collection. CONDITION: The exterior, which is covered in brown Moroccan leather, has normal scrapes & wear at the corners & on the spine which is to be expected from a 120 yr old ‘book’. The spine shows in gold leaf “Longfellow’s/Poems”. The spine is completely intact. The corners & edges show wear with small amounts of the surface finishes having been scraped off. The interior of the box shows wine-colored interior, English-style cut-out casing for the 1st Model Colt Deringer which is the only gun that will fit in this case. There is also a walnut block inside the casing which is bored-out to hold six orig 41 cal. short rim fire cartridges & they are remaining. The inside which houses the gun over all the flat surfaces contain a very fine library-grade covering with just one small corner piece missing. This is an exceptionally rare period book casing, probably not Colt but surely of the period. Extremely fine condition if you have the correct gun to go in it. 4-47451 DE71 (750-1,500) 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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