SCARCE COLT MODEL 1878 FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER DA REVOLVER.

SCARCE COLT MODEL 1878 FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER DA REVOLVER. SN 20166. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Blue finish with 7-1/2″ bbl, full front sight, 1-line block letter Hartford address and etched panel on left side “COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER”. Left front web of trigger guard is stamped “44 CAL”. The assembly number “213” is found on left side of butt under grip and on loading gate. SN is found in usual place on toe of butt with last two digits of SN on rear face of cylinder. Mounted with 2-pc ivory grips that have a raised carved ox head on right side and it has a lanyard swivel in butt. PROVENANCE: David Crocker Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine, all matching, grips are unnumbered. Bbl retains 75-80% thinning orig blue, stronger in sheltered areas with fully legible etched panel. Frame retains 93-95% strong orig blue with some thinning and sharp edge wear. Front & back straps are a blue/gray patina. Cyl retains thin blue/brown patina with strong blue in flutes. Grips have an age line in each side with some inside pressure cracks around right escutcheon, otherwise are sound and retain a dark mellow ivory patina. Mechanics are fine, brilliant shiny bore. 4-36863 JR37 (3,500-5,000)

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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	2217	$4,600.00	SCARCE COLT MODEL 1878 FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER DA REVOLVER. SN 20166. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Blue finish with 7-1/2″ bbl, full front sight, 1-line block letter Hartford address and etched panel on left side “COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER”. Left front web of trigger guard is stamped “44 CAL”. The assembly number “213” is found on left side of butt under grip and on loading gate. SN is found in usual place on toe of butt with last two digits of SN on rear face of cylinder. Mounted with 2-pc ivory grips that have a raised carved ox head on right side and it has a lanyard swivel in butt. PROVENANCE: David Crocker Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine, all matching, grips are unnumbered. Bbl retains 75-80% thinning orig blue, stronger in sheltered areas with fully legible etched panel. Frame retains 93-95% strong orig blue with some thinning and sharp edge wear. Front & back straps are a blue/gray patina. Cyl retains thin blue/brown patina with strong blue in flutes. Grips have an age line in each side with some inside pressure cracks around right escutcheon, otherwise are sound and retain a dark mellow ivory patina. Mechanics are fine, brilliant shiny bore. 4-36863 JR37 (3,500-5,000) 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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