*HISTORIC FACTORY ENGRAVED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER USED BY ARIZONA TERRITORY U.S. MARSHALL CHARLES A. OVERLOCK.

*HISTORIC FACTORY ENGRAVED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER USED BY ARIZONA TERRITORY U.S. MARSHALL CHARLES A. OVERLOCK. SN 324695. Cal. 32 WCF (32-20). Fine historic single action, silver finish with 4-3/4″ bbl, slightly altered front sight, 2-line address and caliber marking on left side. Left side of frame has 2-line patent dates and rampant Colt. The SN was observed in the usual three places, on the frame, trigger guard & butt strap with last four digits of SN on rear face of cylinder. Mounted with factory 2-pc pearl grips with left & right, deep, rampant Colt medallions and a deep relief carved American eagle & shield on right grip. Revolver is engraved by Cuno Helfricht with about 80% coverage foliate arabesque patterns on frame and his trademark sunbursts on recoil shield & loading gate. There is a hunter star engraved on ejector rod boss and snake & dash patterns on top strap with foliate arabesque patterns extending down both sides of bbl and Moorish patterns forward of bbl address. Ejector rod housing has a snake & dot pattern in gullet along with a fine zig zag border pattern. Top of back strap is engraved with Mr. Helfricht’s trademark fan pattern with Moorish patterns down back strap, butt strap and on trigger bow. Back strap is engraved, probably by Mr. Helfricht in period script “C.A. Overlock”. Shoulders of back strap are engraved in half blossom patterns. Cyl is engraved in alternating patterns on lands between the flutes and a snake & dot pattern at rear edge. Accompanied by a large packet of information regarding the life of Charles Alton Overlock who was born in Bangor, Maine in 1859, worked as a carpenter in Boston and thence to Portland, Oregon in 1881. In 1882 he relocated to Tombstone, AZ where he engaged in business as a carpenter and in 1883 the cattle business in Sulpher Spring Valley about 25 miles outside of Tombstone. In 1892 he opened a butcher business in Tombstone which he sold in 1896 and then went to Bisbie, AZ where he remained until 1900 when he disposed of all his business interests and founded the town site of Douglas, AZ where he built the first house an developed the community water system. In 1901 he formed the Douglas Lumber Co. and also built a Post Office, becoming the first Postmaster and the first Mayor of the city. He sold the Douglas Lumber Co. in 1907 and then with his son, Harry, started a real estate & brokerage enterprise which made him a wealthy man. In 1909 Mr. Overlock was appointed U.S. Marshall for the Territory of Arizona with residence in Tucson. When the territory was admitted to the Union in 1912 he was reappointed U.S. Marshall for the District of Arizona which he served until Feb. 1914 when he was politically removed from office by the new incoming president, Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat who apparently removed all serving Republicans from the previous administration. Mr. Overlock apparently returned to Douglas becoming the Mayor from 1919-1922 and died in Douglas in 1926. Also accompanying this packet are copies of several pictures of the Overlock residence in Douglas and Mr. Overlock in various positions as Mayor & Marshall as well as copies of numerous newspaper articles regarding law enforcement activities involving Marshall Overlock. Additionally accompanying is a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver, as found, in caliber 32/20 with 4-3/4″ bbl, silver finish, factory engraved with pearl stocks that have carved “American eagle motif”, shipped to A. Steinfeld & Co., Tucson, AZ on Nov. 20, 1912 in a 1-gun shipment. PROVENANCE: David Crocker Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Overall retains about 70% slightly oxidized orig silver finish, showing holster wear around muzzle, left side of bbl and outer radius of ejector rod housing. Back strap is gray metal color with about 50% orig silver on front strap. Frame has some light pimpling in gullets in front of cylinder. Cyl retains about all of its orig silver on outer circumference, in the flutes and rear face with front face dark and moderately pitted. Grips have a chipped right toe, otherwise are extremely fine showing moderate wear to the shield on the eagle’s breast and retain great fire & color. Hammer is not solid in half cock notch, otherwise mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-36858 JR11 (25,000-40,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2010

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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	2144	$28,750.00	HISTORIC FACTORY ENGRAVED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER USED BY ARIZONA TERRITORY U.S. MARSHALL CHARLES A. OVERLOCK. SN 324695. Cal. 32 WCF (32-20). Fine historic single action, silver finish with 4-3/4″ bbl, slightly altered front sight, 2-line address and caliber marking on left side. Left side of frame has 2-line patent dates and rampant Colt. The SN was observed in the usual three places, on the frame, trigger guard & butt strap with last four digits of SN on rear face of cylinder. Mounted with factory 2-pc pearl grips with left & right, deep, rampant Colt medallions and a deep relief carved American eagle & shield on right grip. Revolver is engraved by Cuno Helfricht with about 80% coverage foliate arabesque patterns on frame and his trademark sunbursts on recoil shield & loading gate. There is a hunter star engraved on ejector rod boss and snake & dash patterns on top strap with foliate arabesque patterns extending down both sides of bbl and Moorish patterns forward of bbl address. Ejector rod housing has a snake & dot pattern in gullet along with a fine zig zag border pattern. Top of back strap is engraved with Mr. Helfricht’s trademark fan pattern with Moorish patterns down back strap, butt strap and on trigger bow. Back strap is engraved, probably by Mr. Helfricht in period script “C.A. Overlock”. Shoulders of back strap are engraved in half blossom patterns. Cyl is engraved in alternating patterns on lands between the flutes and a snake & dot pattern at rear edge. Accompanied by a large packet of information regarding the life of Charles Alton Overlock who was born in Bangor, Maine in 1859, worked as a carpenter in Boston and thence to Portland, Oregon in 1881. In 1882 he relocated to Tombstone, AZ where he engaged in business as a carpenter and in 1883 the cattle business in Sulpher Spring Valley about 25 miles outside of Tombstone. In 1892 he opened a butcher business in Tombstone which he sold in 1896 and then went to Bisbie, AZ where he remained until 1900 when he disposed of all his business interests and founded the town site of Douglas, AZ where he built the first house an developed the community water system. In 1901 he formed the Douglas Lumber Co. and also built a Post Office, becoming the first Postmaster and the first Mayor of the city. He sold the Douglas Lumber Co. in 1907 and then with his son, Harry, started a real estate & brokerage enterprise which made him a wealthy man. In 1909 Mr. Overlock was appointed U.S. Marshall for the Territory of Arizona with residence in Tucson. When the territory was admitted to the Union in 1912 he was reappointed U.S. Marshall for the District of Arizona which he served until Feb. 1914 when he was politically removed from office by the new incoming president, Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat who apparently removed all serving Republicans from the previous administration. Mr. Overlock apparently returned to Douglas becoming the Mayor from 1919-1922 and died in Douglas in 1926. Also accompanying this packet are copies of several pictures of the Overlock residence in Douglas and Mr. Overlock in various positions as Mayor & Marshall as well as copies of numerous newspaper articles regarding law enforcement activities involving Marshall Overlock. Additionally accompanying is a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver, as found, in caliber 32/20 with 4-3/4″ bbl, silver finish, factory engraved with pearl stocks that have carved “American eagle motif”, shipped to A. Steinfeld & Co., Tucson, AZ on Nov. 20, 1912 in a 1-gun shipment. PROVENANCE: David Crocker Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Overall retains about 70% slightly oxidized orig silver finish, showing holster wear around muzzle, left side of bbl and outer radius of ejector rod housing. Back strap is gray metal color with about 50% orig silver on front strap. Frame has some light pimpling in gullets in front of cylinder. Cyl retains about all of its orig silver on outer circumference, in the flutes and rear face with front face dark and moderately pitted. Grips have a chipped right toe, otherwise are extremely fine showing moderate wear to the shield on the eagle’s breast and retain great fire & color. Hammer is not solid in half cock notch, otherwise mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-36858 JR11 (25,000-40,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2010 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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