SCARCE MARLIN MODEL 1889 DELUXE ENGRAVED RIFLE.

SCARCE MARLIN MODEL 1889 DELUXE ENGRAVED RIFLE. SN 78270. Cal. 38-40. Bbl 26″ oct with full magazine. Sporting front sight, Rocky Mountain rear sight. No. 3 engraving by Conrad Ulrich. Left side has oval forest scene with running white-tail deer surrounded by foliate scroll engraving with fancy borders. Right side has circular forest scene with white-tail deer surrounding by foliate scroll engraving and fancy border. Bolt, receiver top, receiver bottom, top tang, buttplate, and breech section of bbl have scroll engraving. Stocked with fancy flame grain selected American walnut. Buttstock has S-shaped pistol grip and crescent steel buttplate. PROVENANCE: George F. Peters Collection CONDITION: Good. Bbl has 40% thinning blue blending with patina. Oct edges show wear and small nicks. Magazine tube and action are faded to silver and patina with scattered very light corrosion. Buttstock and forearm have high luster re-applied finish with checkering being re-cut in borderless style. Stock has hair-line cracks and small chips around top tang, lower tang, and toe areas with filled swing swivel holes in the toe line. Forearm has chips and light repairs in the action area with filled sling swivel holes near the forend cap. One large dent in the right checkering. Smooth action. Bore has good rifling with light undeveloped pitting. 4-41749 DS32 (5,000-7,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011

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
	1343	$4,025.00	SCARCE MARLIN MODEL 1889 DELUXE ENGRAVED RIFLE. SN 78270. Cal. 38-40. Bbl 26″ oct with full magazine. Sporting front sight, Rocky Mountain rear sight. No. 3 engraving by Conrad Ulrich. Left side has oval forest scene with running white-tail deer surrounded by foliate scroll engraving with fancy borders. Right side has circular forest scene with white-tail deer surrounding by foliate scroll engraving and fancy border. Bolt, receiver top, receiver bottom, top tang, buttplate, and breech section of bbl have scroll engraving. Stocked with fancy flame grain selected American walnut. Buttstock has S-shaped pistol grip and crescent steel buttplate. PROVENANCE: George F. Peters Collection CONDITION: Good. Bbl has 40% thinning blue blending with patina. Oct edges show wear and small nicks. Magazine tube and action are faded to silver and patina with scattered very light corrosion. Buttstock and forearm have high luster re-applied finish with checkering being re-cut in borderless style. Stock has hair-line cracks and small chips around top tang, lower tang, and toe areas with filled swing swivel holes in the toe line. Forearm has chips and light repairs in the action area with filled sling swivel holes near the forend cap. One large dent in the right checkering. Smooth action. Bore has good rifling with light undeveloped pitting. 4-41749 DS32 (5,000-7,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011 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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