RARE MARLIN MODEL 1889 DELUXE ENGRAVED LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 78448. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Fine early Marlin with 24″ oct bbl, full magazine, Beach’s combination front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight & Lyman combination tang sight with spiral knurled barrel. Mounted with very nicely figured, flame grain American walnut with B-style checkered forearm and serpentine grip buttstock with crescent buttplate. Left side of upper tang, under the wood, inside top tang channel of buttstock and inside buttplate all have matching serial numbers. Receiver is engraved in #1 patterns by Conrad Ulrich with the vignette of a whitetail buck standing on a promontory surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns and latch hook borders. Right side is engraved in simple foliate arabesque patterns and matching borders. Rear lever latch is missing. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms, there were only about 55,000 of these rifles produced in the period 1889-1899 in rifles, carbines & muskets in four calibers, of which about 21,000 were in caliber 44 and the majority with 24″ bbls. However very few were manufactured in deluxe configuration and of those few are found today with orig finish. PROVENANCE: Estate Collection of Lewis & Leyton Yearout. CONDITION: Very good, all matching. Bbl retains mostly a plummy/brown patina with blue in sheltered area and freckling. Magazine tube also retains blue in sheltered areas being mostly a plummy/brown patina with a cleaned area toward the front end; receiver, lever & hammer are freckled, silvered case colors. Stock has a couple of hairlines in the wrist, otherwise wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches, a chemical streak on the stock and shows evidence of having been cleaned. Mechanics are fine; bright shiny bore. 4-53798 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 2137

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014

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
	2137	$4,830.00	RARE MARLIN MODEL 1889 DELUXE ENGRAVED LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 78448. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Fine early Marlin with 24″ oct bbl, full magazine, Beach’s combination front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight & Lyman combination tang sight with spiral knurled barrel. Mounted with very nicely figured, flame grain American walnut with B-style checkered forearm and serpentine grip buttstock with crescent buttplate. Left side of upper tang, under the wood, inside top tang channel of buttstock and inside buttplate all have matching serial numbers. Receiver is engraved in #1 patterns by Conrad Ulrich with the vignette of a whitetail buck standing on a promontory surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns and latch hook borders. Right side is engraved in simple foliate arabesque patterns and matching borders. Rear lever latch is missing. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms, there were only about 55,000 of these rifles produced in the period 1889-1899 in rifles, carbines & muskets in four calibers, of which about 21,000 were in caliber 44 and the majority with 24″ bbls. However very few were manufactured in deluxe configuration and of those few are found today with orig finish. PROVENANCE: Estate Collection of Lewis & Leyton Yearout. CONDITION: Very good, all matching. Bbl retains mostly a plummy/brown patina with blue in sheltered area and freckling. Magazine tube also retains blue in sheltered areas being mostly a plummy/brown patina with a cleaned area toward the front end; receiver, lever & hammer are freckled, silvered case colors. Stock has a couple of hairlines in the wrist, otherwise wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches, a chemical streak on the stock and shows evidence of having been cleaned. Mechanics are fine; bright shiny bore. 4-53798 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 2137 Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014 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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RARE MARLIN MODEL 1889 DELUXE ENGRAVED LEVER ACTION RIFLE.