EXCEEDINGLY RARE SAMUEL COLT PRESENTATION CASED 3-GUN SET, ONE OF ONLY TWO OR THREE KNOWN.

EXCEEDINGLY RARE SAMUEL COLT PRESENTATION CASED 3-GUN SET, ONE OF ONLY TWO OR THREE KNOWN. 1) Cal. 36. SN 41936. Model 1851 Navy 3rd Model Percussion Revolver. Blue & color case hardened with 7-1/2″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and New York City address. Left side of frame is hand engraved “COLTS PATENT” in an arc in a pillow shaped panel. It has usual 6-shot cyl with Ormsby Naval battle scene roll marking and all 6 safety pins mostly serviceable. The silver plated small guard trigger guard & back strap contain a deluxe varnished burl walnut 1-pc grip with last four digits of SN in back strap channel. SN was observed in the usual places, on rammer handle, cyl, bbl lug, frame, trigger guard & butt strap. Last four digits of SN are found on wedge & cyl arbor. Revolver is engraved by Gustave Young in his deluxe presentation coverage consisting of foliate arabesque patterns, very nicely shaded with extra fine punch dot background. Frame has full coverage with a scroll on left recoil shield terminating in a flower blossom. Engraving extends over bbl lug and top side flats of bbl with one scroll on left side terminating in Mr. Young’s distinctive dog’s head pattern and another on right side terminating in a flower blossom. Hammer has also received Mr. Young’s deluxe treatment with foliate arabesque patterns on shank & wolf’s heads on each side of hammer nose. Sides of hammer spur & top edge are engraved with fish scale patterns and the spur has a hand cut checkered panel. Rammer pivot is engraved to match. Top of back strap is engraved in Mr. Young’s distinctive fan pattern with foliate arabesque patterns near the top, at the heel, at the butt strap & trigger guard. Center of back strap is engraved in period script “To Hugh Rose / From Saml Colt”. All screwheads and ends of wedge are also engraved. 2) Model 1849 Pocket Percussion Revolver. Cal. 31. SN 62131. Usual configuration with 4″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and engraved address “Saml Colt”. Left side of frame is engraved “COLTS PATENT” in an arc in a pillow shape. It has 5-shot cyl with stagecoach holdup scene and 4 of the 5 safety pins serviceable. The small guard silver-plated brass trigger guard & back strap contain a nicely figured varnished 1-pc walnut grip with the SN in back strap channel. SN was additionally observed on cyl, bbl lug, frame, trigger guard & back strap. Last four digits of SN are found on rammer handle and last three digits of SN are on cyl arbor. Revolver is engraved by Gustave Young in his deluxe coverage consisting of foliate arabesque patterns with very fine punch dot background. One scroll on left recoil shield terminates in his distinctive dog’s head pattern. Engraving extends over bbl lug & rammer pivot with a scroll on left side terminating in a matching dog’s head pattern. Hammer also received his deluxe treatment with foliate arabesque patterns on sides of shank and wolf’s heads on each side of hammer nose. Sides of spur and top edge are engraved in fish scale patterns with hand cut checkering on the spur. Top of back strap is engraved with Mr. Young’s distinctive fan pattern with foliate arabesque patterns near top, at the heel, on butt strap & trigger guard. Screw heads are also engraved. 3) Root Model 1855 Model 2 Percussion Revolver. Cal. 28. SN 5523. All blue finish with 3-1/2″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight, 2-line address with pointing hand motif. It has 5-shot unfluted cyl with cabin/Indian fight scene roll marking. Mounted with a varnished deluxe burl walnut 1-pc grip that has the SN in back strap channel. SN was observed on bottom of bbl, cyl, & butt strap. Revolver is engraved by Gustave Young in about 40-50% coverage extremely fine foliate arabesque patterns with very fine punch dot background. Rammer pivot, hammer spur & hammer shank are engraved to match and the screw heads are also engraved. Accompanied by this set’s ultra-rare orig deluxe rosewood triple casing with scalloped edge plate in the top inscribed in period script “Hugh Rose Esqre / Compliments of / Col. Colt”. Interior is lined in burgundy velvet with bottom compartmented for the three revolvers; a dbl sided Navy sized angle spout flask; a sgl sided eagle & stars “COLTS PATENT” pocket sized flask and a dbl sided eagle & stars Root sized flask; a blued steel “COLTS PATENT” bullet & ball mold with sprue cutter marked on right side “36B”; a blued steel bullet & ball mold with sprue cutter marked on right side “31 Pkt”; a brass bullet & ball caliber 28 mold with steel sprue cutter marked “H” on right side; two tins of Eley’s caps, both with green & black top labels and one with blue paper wrapping; a central compartment contains a packet of Colt’s Cartridge Works 36 caliber combustible cartridges and a packet of Colt’s Cartridge Works caliber 31 combustible cartridges. Also accompanying is an L-shaped nipple wrench, six spare nipples and a quantity of lead bullets & balls. Additionally accompanied by a 3-ring binder of provenance & information about this fabulous set and the man to whom it was presented. Hugh Rose was from South Carolina and appears to have been a sea captain prior to the Civil War but having been too elderly to participate in active combat, Capt. Rose became a volunteer aide to several Confederate Generals throughout the war including Brig. Gen. Thomas Drayton during the Federal bombardment of Forts Walker & Beauregard; under Maj. Gen. Daniel R. Jones during the Maryland Campaign of Sept. 1862 at the Battle of Antietam; and under Gen. Richard B. Garnett throughout South Carolina & Maryland and back to Richmond. All mentions of his service to these Generals was very favorable in executing orders with great coolness, courage & gallantry. It is not clear just how Mr. Rose & Col. Colt became acquainted or what service he may have rendered to Col. Colt to warrant such a fabulous presentation, but that they were apparently very close is demonstrated by the fact that Mr. Rose was a witness to Samuel Colt’s last will & testament dated June 6, 1856 along with three other individuals, all from New York. A certified copy of Samuel Colt’s will accompanies this lot. It is interesting to note that a codicil to the orig will dated Jan. 12, 1858 and a second codicil dated Feb. 2, 1859 are not witnessed by Mr. Rose. Also accompanying is Mr. Rose’s orig passport, issued in 1849 and signed by James Buchanan, the then Secretary of State under Pres. Polk and later who became the 15th President of the United States. This passport indicates that Mr. Rose was a member of the U.S. Legation and who traveled extensively throughout Europe including Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium & England with the last entries being 1857. Unfortunately this passport is not anything like the modern passport as there is no personal identification data included. Additionally accompanying is a deluxe slip cover edition of Samuel Colt Presents, Wilson, the Colt Exhibit at the Wadsworth Athaneum, Hartford, CT, Nov. 1961 – Jan. 1962. Pages 120 & 121 of this publication pictures this set, as found, missing one packet of cartridges with a full page description of the set & contents. It was on loan to the exhibit from renowned firearms authority, dealer & collector, Herb Glass. CONDITION: 1) Very fine, all matching including rammer, wedge, cyl & grip. Bbl retains 60-70% orig factory blue, glossy & bright in sheltered areas with balance flaked, not worn, to a medium patina. Rammer, pivot & handle retain dark case colors. Frame & hammer also retain dark case colors being mostly a dark brown patina. Cylinder is a mottled brown patina & retains about 85-90% Ormsby Naval battle scene. Trigger guard retains nearly all of its strong orig silver plating with slight edge wear. Back strap is slightly thinned at the heel and over inscription and overall retains 70-75% orig silver plating. Grip is sound with light edge wear and a few scattered minor nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig deluxe varnish. Mechanics are crisp, strong bore with good shine and moderate pitting. 2) Fine to very fine, all matching including rammer, wedge, cyl & grip. Bbl retains about 50% orig blue, strong in sheltered areas, thinning to a blue/gray patina elsewhere. Frame & hammer are darkened case colors with light pitting around hammer nose. Cylinder is a silver/brown patina & retains about 70-75% stagecoach holdup scene. Trigger guard & back strap retain virtually all of their orig strong silver plating with only minor thinning on engraving of back strap and at the heel. Grip is sound with light nicks & scratches and light edge wear and retains most of its orig factory varnish. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with good shine and moderate pitting. 3) Fine to very fine, all matching as noted. Overall retains about 85% strong orig blue with sharp edge wear & thinning on left side of frame & recoil shield. Back strap is also slightly thinned. Cyl is a blue/gray patina with some minor fine pitting and retains about 75% cabin/Indian fight scene. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with good rifling & moderate to heavy pitting. Case has a crack across the lid and several light grain checks with most of its canvas covering on bottom intact. It has very light handling & storage nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its deluxe varnish finish. Interior is lightly to moderately faded in the lid and moderately faded & soiled in bottom with a few reattached partitions. Navy flask retains 70-75% orig finish with a couple of small dents. Pocket flask retains about 90% strong orig finish. Root flask retains 95-96% strong orig finish on body with one small dent and about 60-70% gold wash on collar & spout. Navy mold appears to be unused and retains 95-96% strong orig brushed blue. Pocket mold retains 99% plus strong orig blue and also appears to be unused. The Root mold has a couple of small dings & scratches, also appears to be unused and retains most of its orig polish. The wrapped cap tin retains about 88-90% blue paper covering with a strong top label. The other tin has a worn top label and retains most of its orig lacquer. The two cartridge boxes are still sealed and extremely fine. Nipples & nipple wrench are also fine. 4-36685 JR38 (250,000-350,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 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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	2107	$0.00	EXCEEDINGLY RARE SAMUEL COLT PRESENTATION CASED 3-GUN SET, ONE OF ONLY TWO OR THREE KNOWN. 1) Cal. 36. SN 41936. Model 1851 Navy 3rd Model Percussion Revolver. Blue & color case hardened with 7-1/2″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and New York City address. Left side of frame is hand engraved “COLTS PATENT” in an arc in a pillow shaped panel. It has usual 6-shot cyl with Ormsby Naval battle scene roll marking and all 6 safety pins mostly serviceable. The silver plated small guard trigger guard & back strap contain a deluxe varnished burl walnut 1-pc grip with last four digits of SN in back strap channel. SN was observed in the usual places, on rammer handle, cyl, bbl lug, frame, trigger guard & butt strap. Last four digits of SN are found on wedge & cyl arbor. Revolver is engraved by Gustave Young in his deluxe presentation coverage consisting of foliate arabesque patterns, very nicely shaded with extra fine punch dot background. Frame has full coverage with a scroll on left recoil shield terminating in a flower blossom. Engraving extends over bbl lug and top side flats of bbl with one scroll on left side terminating in Mr. Young’s distinctive dog’s head pattern and another on right side terminating in a flower blossom. Hammer has also received Mr. Young’s deluxe treatment with foliate arabesque patterns on shank & wolf’s heads on each side of hammer nose. Sides of hammer spur & top edge are engraved with fish scale patterns and the spur has a hand cut checkered panel. Rammer pivot is engraved to match. Top of back strap is engraved in Mr. Young’s distinctive fan pattern with foliate arabesque patterns near the top, at the heel, at the butt strap & trigger guard. Center of back strap is engraved in period script “To Hugh Rose / From Saml Colt”. All screwheads and ends of wedge are also engraved. 2) Model 1849 Pocket Percussion Revolver. Cal. 31. SN 62131. Usual configuration with 4″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight and engraved address “Saml Colt”. Left side of frame is engraved “COLTS PATENT” in an arc in a pillow shape. It has 5-shot cyl with stagecoach holdup scene and 4 of the 5 safety pins serviceable. The small guard silver-plated brass trigger guard & back strap contain a nicely figured varnished 1-pc walnut grip with the SN in back strap channel. SN was additionally observed on cyl, bbl lug, frame, trigger guard & back strap. Last four digits of SN are found on rammer handle and last three digits of SN are on cyl arbor. Revolver is engraved by Gustave Young in his deluxe coverage consisting of foliate arabesque patterns with very fine punch dot background. One scroll on left recoil shield terminates in his distinctive dog’s head pattern. Engraving extends over bbl lug & rammer pivot with a scroll on left side terminating in a matching dog’s head pattern. Hammer also received his deluxe treatment with foliate arabesque patterns on sides of shank and wolf’s heads on each side of hammer nose. Sides of spur and top edge are engraved in fish scale patterns with hand cut checkering on the spur. Top of back strap is engraved with Mr. Young’s distinctive fan pattern with foliate arabesque patterns near top, at the heel, on butt strap & trigger guard. Screw heads are also engraved. 3) Root Model 1855 Model 2 Percussion Revolver. Cal. 28. SN 5523. All blue finish with 3-1/2″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight, 2-line address with pointing hand motif. It has 5-shot unfluted cyl with cabin/Indian fight scene roll marking. Mounted with a varnished deluxe burl walnut 1-pc grip that has the SN in back strap channel. SN was observed on bottom of bbl, cyl, & butt strap. Revolver is engraved by Gustave Young in about 40-50% coverage extremely fine foliate arabesque patterns with very fine punch dot background. Rammer pivot, hammer spur & hammer shank are engraved to match and the screw heads are also engraved. Accompanied by this set’s ultra-rare orig deluxe rosewood triple casing with scalloped edge plate in the top inscribed in period script “Hugh Rose Esqre / Compliments of / Col. Colt”. Interior is lined in burgundy velvet with bottom compartmented for the three revolvers; a dbl sided Navy sized angle spout flask; a sgl sided eagle & stars “COLTS PATENT” pocket sized flask and a dbl sided eagle & stars Root sized flask; a blued steel “COLTS PATENT” bullet & ball mold with sprue cutter marked on right side “36B”; a blued steel bullet & ball mold with sprue cutter marked on right side “31 Pkt”; a brass bullet & ball caliber 28 mold with steel sprue cutter marked “H” on right side; two tins of Eley’s caps, both with green & black top labels and one with blue paper wrapping; a central compartment contains a packet of Colt’s Cartridge Works 36 caliber combustible cartridges and a packet of Colt’s Cartridge Works caliber 31 combustible cartridges. Also accompanying is an L-shaped nipple wrench, six spare nipples and a quantity of lead bullets & balls. Additionally accompanied by a 3-ring binder of provenance & information about this fabulous set and the man to whom it was presented. Hugh Rose was from South Carolina and appears to have been a sea captain prior to the Civil War but having been too elderly to participate in active combat, Capt. Rose became a volunteer aide to several Confederate Generals throughout the war including Brig. Gen. Thomas Drayton during the Federal bombardment of Forts Walker & Beauregard; under Maj. Gen. Daniel R. Jones during the Maryland Campaign of Sept. 1862 at the Battle of Antietam; and under Gen. Richard B. Garnett throughout South Carolina & Maryland and back to Richmond. All mentions of his service to these Generals was very favorable in executing orders with great coolness, courage & gallantry. It is not clear just how Mr. Rose & Col. Colt became acquainted or what service he may have rendered to Col. Colt to warrant such a fabulous presentation, but that they were apparently very close is demonstrated by the fact that Mr. Rose was a witness to Samuel Colt’s last will & testament dated June 6, 1856 along with three other individuals, all from New York. A certified copy of Samuel Colt’s will accompanies this lot. It is interesting to note that a codicil to the orig will dated Jan. 12, 1858 and a second codicil dated Feb. 2, 1859 are not witnessed by Mr. Rose. Also accompanying is Mr. Rose’s orig passport, issued in 1849 and signed by James Buchanan, the then Secretary of State under Pres. Polk and later who became the 15th President of the United States. This passport indicates that Mr. Rose was a member of the U.S. Legation and who traveled extensively throughout Europe including Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium & England with the last entries being 1857. Unfortunately this passport is not anything like the modern passport as there is no personal identification data included. Additionally accompanying is a deluxe slip cover edition of Samuel Colt Presents, Wilson, the Colt Exhibit at the Wadsworth Athaneum, Hartford, CT, Nov. 1961 – Jan. 1962. Pages 120 & 121 of this publication pictures this set, as found, missing one packet of cartridges with a full page description of the set & contents. It was on loan to the exhibit from renowned firearms authority, dealer & collector, Herb Glass. CONDITION: 1) Very fine, all matching including rammer, wedge, cyl & grip. Bbl retains 60-70% orig factory blue, glossy & bright in sheltered areas with balance flaked, not worn, to a medium patina. Rammer, pivot & handle retain dark case colors. Frame & hammer also retain dark case colors being mostly a dark brown patina. Cylinder is a mottled brown patina & retains about 85-90% Ormsby Naval battle scene. Trigger guard retains nearly all of its strong orig silver plating with slight edge wear. Back strap is slightly thinned at the heel and over inscription and overall retains 70-75% orig silver plating. Grip is sound with light edge wear and a few scattered minor nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig deluxe varnish. Mechanics are crisp, strong bore with good shine and moderate pitting. 2) Fine to very fine, all matching including rammer, wedge, cyl & grip. Bbl retains about 50% orig blue, strong in sheltered areas, thinning to a blue/gray patina elsewhere. Frame & hammer are darkened case colors with light pitting around hammer nose. Cylinder is a silver/brown patina & retains about 70-75% stagecoach holdup scene. Trigger guard & back strap retain virtually all of their orig strong silver plating with only minor thinning on engraving of back strap and at the heel. Grip is sound with light nicks & scratches and light edge wear and retains most of its orig factory varnish. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with good shine and moderate pitting. 3) Fine to very fine, all matching as noted. Overall retains about 85% strong orig blue with sharp edge wear & thinning on left side of frame & recoil shield. Back strap is also slightly thinned. Cyl is a blue/gray patina with some minor fine pitting and retains about 75% cabin/Indian fight scene. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with good rifling & moderate to heavy pitting. Case has a crack across the lid and several light grain checks with most of its canvas covering on bottom intact. It has very light handling & storage nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its deluxe varnish finish. Interior is lightly to moderately faded in the lid and moderately faded & soiled in bottom with a few reattached partitions. Navy flask retains 70-75% orig finish with a couple of small dents. Pocket flask retains about 90% strong orig finish. Root flask retains 95-96% strong orig finish on body with one small dent and about 60-70% gold wash on collar & spout. Navy mold appears to be unused and retains 95-96% strong orig brushed blue. Pocket mold retains 99% plus strong orig blue and also appears to be unused. The Root mold has a couple of small dings & scratches, also appears to be unused and retains most of its orig polish. The wrapped cap tin retains about 88-90% blue paper covering with a strong top label. The other tin has a worn top label and retains most of its orig lacquer. The two cartridge boxes are still sealed and extremely fine. Nipples & nipple wrench are also fine. 4-36685 JR38 (250,000-350,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 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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