VERY RARE ENGRAVED REMINGTON NEW MODEL NAVY CONVERSION REVOLVER.

SN 45138. Cal. 38 RF. Silver & gold finish with 7-1/2″ oct bbl, pinched post front sight and 3-line address. Cyl is an orig factory conversion item with conversion number “14” on rear face and matching number on bottom of bbl by the rammer stud. Right side of frame has an attached ejector housing and right recoil shield has a loading gate. Cylinder, rammer handle & hammer are gold plated with the balance of the revolver silver plated. Mounted with smooth 2-pc certifiable antique ivory grips matching numbered to this revolver. Left heel of grip frame, under the grip, also has the assembly number “14” which is also found inside each grip in pencil and on front face of recoil shield. Revolver is beautifully engraved in New York style by L.D. Nimschke with about 80% coverage foliate arabesque patterns that have fine pearled background. Top strap is engraved in chip & dot patterns with a beautiful flower blossom on top front of frame. Foliate, floral & geometric patterns extend over the bbl. Rammer handle is engraved in foliate arabesque patterns and the web with snake & dot patterns down the sides. Edges of recoil shield are also engraved in snake & dot patterns. Top of back strap is engraved in diamond & dot patterns with beautiful shell patterns on the back strap and geometric patterns on the butt strap. Cyl is engraved with a full band of matching foliate arabesque patterns with a snake & dot pattern around rear edge. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were about 28,000 of this model revolver produced 1863-1878 with many of them leaving the factory as cartridge revolvers and were in fact not conversions. Such is probably the case with this revolver. These revolvers were a very strong & direct competition with Colt’s conversion revolvers and remained popular well into the 1870s until supplanted by the more efficient & powerful center fire cartridges. They usually saw very hard service and are rarely found in high orig finish. Undoubtedly this revolver would have been ordered by someone of great wealth or as a special presentation to someone of importance or high esteem. Special Note: This item contains or is made of ivory. Do not bid on this lot unless you have read and agreed to our “Ivory Position Statement” and the “Waiver of Legal and Financial Risk to James D. Julia in regards to your Purchase of an Ivory Object”. This information is located in our catalog on pages 30 and 31. PROVENANCE: The Elliott Burka Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus, all matching including cyl & grips. Overall retains about 99% strong orig finish with only light wear on the trigger bow which has exposed the underlying brass. Grips are extremely fine with a couple of minor age lines and show a mellow ivory patina. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore; appears to be new & unfired. 4-56316 JR127 (35,000-50,000) – Lot 1092

Auction: Firearms - March 2015

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
	1092	$28,750.00	VERY RARE ENGRAVED REMINGTON NEW MODEL NAVY CONVERSION REVOLVER. SN 45138. Cal. 38 RF. Silver & gold finish with 7-1/2″ oct bbl, pinched post front sight and 3-line address. Cyl is an orig factory conversion item with conversion number “14” on rear face and matching number on bottom of bbl by the rammer stud. Right side of frame has an attached ejector housing and right recoil shield has a loading gate. Cylinder, rammer handle & hammer are gold plated with the balance of the revolver silver plated. Mounted with smooth 2-pc certifiable antique ivory grips matching numbered to this revolver. Left heel of grip frame, under the grip, also has the assembly number “14” which is also found inside each grip in pencil and on front face of recoil shield. Revolver is beautifully engraved in New York style by L.D. Nimschke with about 80% coverage foliate arabesque patterns that have fine pearled background. Top strap is engraved in chip & dot patterns with a beautiful flower blossom on top front of frame. Foliate, floral & geometric patterns extend over the bbl. Rammer handle is engraved in foliate arabesque patterns and the web with snake & dot patterns down the sides. Edges of recoil shield are also engraved in snake & dot patterns. Top of back strap is engraved in diamond & dot patterns with beautiful shell patterns on the back strap and geometric patterns on the butt strap. Cyl is engraved with a full band of matching foliate arabesque patterns with a snake & dot pattern around rear edge. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were about 28,000 of this model revolver produced 1863-1878 with many of them leaving the factory as cartridge revolvers and were in fact not conversions. Such is probably the case with this revolver. These revolvers were a very strong & direct competition with Colt’s conversion revolvers and remained popular well into the 1870s until supplanted by the more efficient & powerful center fire cartridges. They usually saw very hard service and are rarely found in high orig finish. Undoubtedly this revolver would have been ordered by someone of great wealth or as a special presentation to someone of importance or high esteem. Special Note: This item contains or is made of ivory. Do not bid on this lot unless you have read and agreed to our “Ivory Position Statement” and the “Waiver of Legal and Financial Risk to James D. Julia in regards to your Purchase of an Ivory Object”. This information is located in our catalog on pages 30 and 31. PROVENANCE: The Elliott Burka Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus, all matching including cyl & grips. Overall retains about 99% strong orig finish with only light wear on the trigger bow which has exposed the underlying brass. Grips are extremely fine with a couple of minor age lines and show a mellow ivory patina. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore; appears to be new & unfired. 4-56316 JR127 (35,000-50,000) – Lot 1092 Auction: Firearms - March 2015 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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VERY RARE ENGRAVED REMINGTON NEW MODEL NAVY CONVERSION REVOLVER.