RARE MATCHED PAIR OF R.P. BRUFF PEANUT SIZED DERRINGER PERCUSSION PISTOLS.

RARE MATCHED PAIR OF R.P. BRUFF PEANUT SIZED DERRINGER PERCUSSION PISTOLS. Cal. 45. Exceptional unmarked Deringer-style pistols with 1-3/4″ ovoid shaped bbls, tiny German silver front sights and tang mounted fixed rear sights. They have engraved back action locks with engraved hammers, breechblocks, top tangs and trigger guards. They are mounted in 1-pc walnut stocks with German silver furniture and a single key through ball-end escutcheons. Trigger guard and trigger plate are also German silver with a long decorated pointed finial. Butts are sharp birdhead-style with coarse checkering.This is most certainly the work of R.P. Bruff of New York City. Attributes nearly identical to Bruff pistols pictured on pp 99 & 100 of The Deringer in America, Wilson & Eberhart. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbls retain about 50% orig Damascus pattern being mostly a gray-brown patina. Lockplates, triggers and hammers are a smooth even brown patina. One stock has a crack on the left side of the tip and the other has a repaired crack in the bottom of the forestock, otherwise wood is sound with usual handling and use marks and retain most of their orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp, strong bores with scattered pitting. 8-87610 (5,500-6,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

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
	2430	$5,175.00	RARE MATCHED PAIR OF R.P. BRUFF PEANUT SIZED DERRINGER PERCUSSION PISTOLS. Cal. 45. Exceptional unmarked Deringer-style pistols with 1-3/4″ ovoid shaped bbls, tiny German silver front sights and tang mounted fixed rear sights. They have engraved back action locks with engraved hammers, breechblocks, top tangs and trigger guards. They are mounted in 1-pc walnut stocks with German silver furniture and a single key through ball-end escutcheons. Trigger guard and trigger plate are also German silver with a long decorated pointed finial. Butts are sharp birdhead-style with coarse checkering.This is most certainly the work of R.P. Bruff of New York City. Attributes nearly identical to Bruff pistols pictured on pp 99 & 100 of The Deringer in America, Wilson & Eberhart. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbls retain about 50% orig Damascus pattern being mostly a gray-brown patina. Lockplates, triggers and hammers are a smooth even brown patina. One stock has a crack on the left side of the tip and the other has a repaired crack in the bottom of the forestock, otherwise wood is sound with usual handling and use marks and retain most of their orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp, strong bores with scattered pitting. 8-87610 (5,500-6,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 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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