RARE CASED ENGRAVED REMINGTON NEW MODEL POLICE CONVERSION & PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

RARE CASED ENGRAVED REMINGTON NEW MODEL POLICE CONVERSION & PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 1146. Cal. 36 Percussion & 38 RF. Nickel finish with 4-1/2″ oct bbl, half moon front sight and 3-line left hand bbl address. Mounted with smooth 2-pc ivory grips with rare, deep relief, raised carved liberty cap over a sunburst on left side. Inside left grip is scratched “EB 1864”. Accompanied by an orig, mahogany, green velvet lined casing, compartmented in the bottom for the revolver, a dbl-sided eagle & foliate flask, a steel 2-cavity bullet & ball mold with sprue cutter, a packet of Colt’s Cartridge Works combustible cartridges, a Remington L-shaped nipple wrench, a small tin of caps with reproduction Eley’s label, some cast lead balls and its orig factory conversion cylinder. Revolver is engraved in New York style, probably from the L.D. Nimschke shop, with about 60% coverage foliate arabesque patterns on the frame with feather decorations and punch dot background. Top strap is engraved in feather decorations with foliate arabesque patterns over top front of frame and side flats of bbl with matching patterns on both cyls, backstrap, buttstrap & trigger guard. Although this model revolver was produced in fairly large quantities in the period 1865-1873 very few are found to be engraved and of those only an extreme few are cased with both orig cyls. CONDITION: Fine, all matching except cyls & grip which are properly unnumbered. Frame & both cyls retain about all of their strong orig nickel with some light flaking & wear around the muzzle; some slight losses on left side of frame & with some hammer marks on each side of the rammer boss; hammer retains dark case colors. Grips are sound with fine age lines and retain a mellow ivory patina. Case has some minor grain checks in the bottom, otherwise is sound with light handling & storage nicks & scratches and retains most of an old restored finish; interior is moderately faded and heavily soiled; flask shows moderate use and retains a medium brass patina; mold has a dark brown attic patina with dirty cavities; cartridge packet is very fine; other accessories are fine. 4-46702 JR159 (10,000-15,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012

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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	2197	$10,350.00	RARE CASED ENGRAVED REMINGTON NEW MODEL POLICE CONVERSION & PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 1146. Cal. 36 Percussion & 38 RF. Nickel finish with 4-1/2″ oct bbl, half moon front sight and 3-line left hand bbl address. Mounted with smooth 2-pc ivory grips with rare, deep relief, raised carved liberty cap over a sunburst on left side. Inside left grip is scratched “EB 1864”. Accompanied by an orig, mahogany, green velvet lined casing, compartmented in the bottom for the revolver, a dbl-sided eagle & foliate flask, a steel 2-cavity bullet & ball mold with sprue cutter, a packet of Colt’s Cartridge Works combustible cartridges, a Remington L-shaped nipple wrench, a small tin of caps with reproduction Eley’s label, some cast lead balls and its orig factory conversion cylinder. Revolver is engraved in New York style, probably from the L.D. Nimschke shop, with about 60% coverage foliate arabesque patterns on the frame with feather decorations and punch dot background. Top strap is engraved in feather decorations with foliate arabesque patterns over top front of frame and side flats of bbl with matching patterns on both cyls, backstrap, buttstrap & trigger guard. Although this model revolver was produced in fairly large quantities in the period 1865-1873 very few are found to be engraved and of those only an extreme few are cased with both orig cyls. CONDITION: Fine, all matching except cyls & grip which are properly unnumbered. Frame & both cyls retain about all of their strong orig nickel with some light flaking & wear around the muzzle; some slight losses on left side of frame & with some hammer marks on each side of the rammer boss; hammer retains dark case colors. Grips are sound with fine age lines and retain a mellow ivory patina. Case has some minor grain checks in the bottom, otherwise is sound with light handling & storage nicks & scratches and retains most of an old restored finish; interior is moderately faded and heavily soiled; flask shows moderate use and retains a medium brass patina; mold has a dark brown attic patina with dirty cavities; cartridge packet is very fine; other accessories are fine. 4-46702 JR159 (10,000-15,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 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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