VERY RARE JAMES CONNING, MOBILE, ALABAMA DERINGER.

SN NSN. Although James Conning was best known as a jeweler and silversmith he sold and advertised many guns at his business starting in 1842 through the Civil War. Very few marked firearms of any kind are known by this firm and this may be the only other example as shown on p.86 of Turner Kirkland’s Southern Derringers of the Mississippi Valley. This gun measures 7-3/4″ with a 3-1/2″ bbl, 4-3/16 with breech. Gun is German silver mounted and engraved with checkered varnished stocks. Eberhart & Wilson The Deringer in America Vol. 1 only make mention of the above mentioned gun and do not have photograph of an example in their text. This might be your only opportunity to ever buy a James Conning Mobile deringer style pistol. PROVENANCE: Collection of John Montague. CONDITION: Very good to fine overall. Bbl retains traces of brown though overall gray, pitted and stained. Breech and lock are gray overall with good, crisp engraving still discernible. Rear lock screw is missing one ear. German silver mounts appear orig though keyway escutcheons are possibly replaced but are fairly well fit but engraving appears to be by a different hand. Hammer is also possibly replaced though engraved in same style of rest of gun. Hammer is smoother and crisper than rest of metal on gun. Stock is sound and solid with typical small blemishes, still retaining strong thin varnish especially in protected areas. Mechanically gun is functional with well discerned rifling in pitted bore. 4-54332 JS173 (5,000-7,000) – Lot 3443

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
	3443	$5,405.00	VERY RARE JAMES CONNING, MOBILE, ALABAMA DERINGER. SN NSN. Although James Conning was best known as a jeweler and silversmith he sold and advertised many guns at his business starting in 1842 through the Civil War. Very few marked firearms of any kind are known by this firm and this may be the only other example as shown on p.86 of Turner Kirkland’s Southern Derringers of the Mississippi Valley. This gun measures 7-3/4″ with a 3-1/2″ bbl, 4-3/16 with breech. Gun is German silver mounted and engraved with checkered varnished stocks. Eberhart & Wilson The Deringer in America Vol. 1 only make mention of the above mentioned gun and do not have photograph of an example in their text. This might be your only opportunity to ever buy a James Conning Mobile deringer style pistol. PROVENANCE: Collection of John Montague. CONDITION: Very good to fine overall. Bbl retains traces of brown though overall gray, pitted and stained. Breech and lock are gray overall with good, crisp engraving still discernible. Rear lock screw is missing one ear. German silver mounts appear orig though keyway escutcheons are possibly replaced but are fairly well fit but engraving appears to be by a different hand. Hammer is also possibly replaced though engraved in same style of rest of gun. Hammer is smoother and crisper than rest of metal on gun. Stock is sound and solid with typical small blemishes, still retaining strong thin varnish especially in protected areas. Mechanically gun is functional with well discerned rifling in pitted bore. 4-54332 JS173 (5,000-7,000) – Lot 3443 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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VERY RARE JAMES CONNING, MOBILE, ALABAMA DERINGER.