RARE NEW ORLEANS AGENT MARKED CASED ENGRAVED TRANTER DA PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

RARE NEW ORLEANS AGENT MARKED CASED ENGRAVED TRANTER DA PERCUSSION REVOLVER. Cal. 38. SN 12656. Blue finish with 4-1/2″ oct bbl, small pin dovetail front sight with the top strap engraved “F.T. GUION. NEW ORLEANS.” Probably Confederate used during the Civil War. It has flat-sided frame with 1-pc checkered walnut grip with metal butt cap. It has Tranter’s patent side-mounted rammer, an unusual spring safety with an extended trigger spur for cocking the hammer & rotating the cylinder. When the hammer is at full extension the trigger extends from the front of the bar for pressing or releasing the hammer to fire. It has 5-shot cylinder. Frame, rammer & butt cap are lightly engraved with arabesque patterns. Accompanied by its orig walnut English casing with compartments for the revolver, a turn screw & nipple wrench, a small Dixon bag flask, a Tranter’s patent #80 brass mold with sprue cutter, an ebony, brass tipped wiping rod, a Dixon pewter oil bottle, a lacquered tin box containing several broken skin cartridges, a lacquered tin of Tranter’s patent lubricating composition (about full) and a tin of Goldmark’s caps. Also the orig key is in its own tiny compartment along with another small compartment containing three spare nipples. CONDITION: Revolver is very fine. Retains about 90% glossy orig blue. Grip is sharp with one or two dinged diamond points. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore with scattered fine pitting. Case has two cracks across the lid & another in the bottom with light nicks & scratches and retains generous amounts of orig varnish. Lining is lightly faded and soiled in the bottom with some light mothing. Accessories are mostly fine with some light rust on the nipple wrench & turn screw. 4-56860 JR487 (3,000-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005

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
	3119	$7,762.00	RARE NEW ORLEANS AGENT MARKED CASED ENGRAVED TRANTER DA PERCUSSION REVOLVER. Cal. 38. SN 12656. Blue finish with 4-1/2″ oct bbl, small pin dovetail front sight with the top strap engraved “F.T. GUION. NEW ORLEANS.” Probably Confederate used during the Civil War. It has flat-sided frame with 1-pc checkered walnut grip with metal butt cap. It has Tranter’s patent side-mounted rammer, an unusual spring safety with an extended trigger spur for cocking the hammer & rotating the cylinder. When the hammer is at full extension the trigger extends from the front of the bar for pressing or releasing the hammer to fire. It has 5-shot cylinder. Frame, rammer & butt cap are lightly engraved with arabesque patterns. Accompanied by its orig walnut English casing with compartments for the revolver, a turn screw & nipple wrench, a small Dixon bag flask, a Tranter’s patent #80 brass mold with sprue cutter, an ebony, brass tipped wiping rod, a Dixon pewter oil bottle, a lacquered tin box containing several broken skin cartridges, a lacquered tin of Tranter’s patent lubricating composition (about full) and a tin of Goldmark’s caps. Also the orig key is in its own tiny compartment along with another small compartment containing three spare nipples. CONDITION: Revolver is very fine. Retains about 90% glossy orig blue. Grip is sharp with one or two dinged diamond points. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore with scattered fine pitting. Case has two cracks across the lid & another in the bottom with light nicks & scratches and retains generous amounts of orig varnish. Lining is lightly faded and soiled in the bottom with some light mothing. Accessories are mostly fine with some light rust on the nipple wrench & turn screw. 4-56860 JR487 (3,000-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005 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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