RARE CASPER SUTER, SELMA ALABAMA DERINGER.

SN NSN. This very rare deringer is one of few specimens known and this exact gun is pictured on p. 145 of Eberhart & Wilson The Deringer in America Vol. 1. Measures 5-7/8″ overall, bbl 2-1/8″, 45 Cal. German silver mounted, engraved and marked in 2-lines on bbl “C.SUTER/SELMA,ALA”. Suter who was born in Switzerland in 1796 came to Alabama in about 1850. He sold other guns including shotguns and rifles with his agent mark which sometimes are associated with Confederate used arms. This is a fine example of a rarely offered gun pictured in Eberhart’s The Deringer Bible. PROVENANCE: Dr. G.W. Huckaba, Memphis, TN. Collection of John Montague. CONDITION: Very good to fine overall. Gun appears orig and complete still retaining about half of its varnish. Metal is well fit, engraving and makers mark easily read. “Cast Steel” is also stamped on front right flat which is thought to make this a product by Wurfflein of Philadelphia according to Eberhart. Gun functions mechanically with good discernible rifling in bore, though pitted. 4-54327 JS168 (6,000-8,000) – Lot 3442

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
	3442	$6,325.00	RARE CASPER SUTER, SELMA ALABAMA DERINGER. SN NSN. This very rare deringer is one of few specimens known and this exact gun is pictured on p. 145 of Eberhart & Wilson The Deringer in America Vol. 1. Measures 5-7/8″ overall, bbl 2-1/8″, 45 Cal. German silver mounted, engraved and marked in 2-lines on bbl “C.SUTER/SELMA,ALA”. Suter who was born in Switzerland in 1796 came to Alabama in about 1850. He sold other guns including shotguns and rifles with his agent mark which sometimes are associated with Confederate used arms. This is a fine example of a rarely offered gun pictured in Eberhart’s The Deringer Bible. PROVENANCE: Dr. G.W. Huckaba, Memphis, TN. Collection of John Montague. CONDITION: Very good to fine overall. Gun appears orig and complete still retaining about half of its varnish. Metal is well fit, engraving and makers mark easily read. “Cast Steel” is also stamped on front right flat which is thought to make this a product by Wurfflein of Philadelphia according to Eberhart. Gun functions mechanically with good discernible rifling in bore, though pitted. 4-54327 JS168 (6,000-8,000) – Lot 3442 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 CASPER SUTER, SELMA ALABAMA DERINGER.