RARE CASED PAIR H.E. DEMICK SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI DUELING OR TARGET PISTOLS.

SN NSN. Beautiful pair of high condition pistols with browned oct bbls measuring 11-5/8″ including breeches. Pistols are marked on top flats “H.E. DEMICK/ST LOUIS”. Locks are case hardened, trigger guards are fire blued, escutcheons are iron, nosecaps are pewter and there are small silver escutcheons in butt. Stocks are nicely figured and oil finished. Ellen Murry in her book on Colonel William Orbelo’s collection The Code of Honor, Dueling in America shows a similar Demick pistol stating “Horace E. Demick was one of the pioneer gun makers of the American Frontier…few pistols by the better known St. Louis gun makers have survived”. PROVENANCE: Collection of John Montague. CONDITION: Guns are very fine overall. Bbls retain most of their thinning brown finish with sharp edge wear. Markings are crisp, locks, hammers and breeches retain case colors with balance silver/gray with pin prick pitting. Trigger guards retain much of their fire blue with welded repair to front finial on one trigger guard. Stocks are sound with numerous small storage dings and dents. Butt on one gun has two large chips at rear edge as can be seen in photographs. Nosecaps have dents, scratches and other minor blemishes. Accompanying case is an old 19th century box but appears to be more recently compartmentalized, with nipple wrench, screwdriver, 3-compartment powder cap and ball flask, large cap tin and a modern made combination loading tool and ball extractor. Mechanically guns are sound with crisp shiny bores. 4-54397 JS196 (5,000-7,000) – Lot 3453

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
	3453	$6,325.00	RARE CASED PAIR H.E. DEMICK SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI DUELING OR TARGET PISTOLS. SN NSN. Beautiful pair of high condition pistols with browned oct bbls measuring 11-5/8″ including breeches. Pistols are marked on top flats “H.E. DEMICK/ST LOUIS”. Locks are case hardened, trigger guards are fire blued, escutcheons are iron, nosecaps are pewter and there are small silver escutcheons in butt. Stocks are nicely figured and oil finished. Ellen Murry in her book on Colonel William Orbelo’s collection The Code of Honor, Dueling in America shows a similar Demick pistol stating “Horace E. Demick was one of the pioneer gun makers of the American Frontier…few pistols by the better known St. Louis gun makers have survived”. PROVENANCE: Collection of John Montague. CONDITION: Guns are very fine overall. Bbls retain most of their thinning brown finish with sharp edge wear. Markings are crisp, locks, hammers and breeches retain case colors with balance silver/gray with pin prick pitting. Trigger guards retain much of their fire blue with welded repair to front finial on one trigger guard. Stocks are sound with numerous small storage dings and dents. Butt on one gun has two large chips at rear edge as can be seen in photographs. Nosecaps have dents, scratches and other minor blemishes. Accompanying case is an old 19th century box but appears to be more recently compartmentalized, with nipple wrench, screwdriver, 3-compartment powder cap and ball flask, large cap tin and a modern made combination loading tool and ball extractor. Mechanically guns are sound with crisp shiny bores. 4-54397 JS196 (5,000-7,000) – Lot 3453 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 CASED PAIR H.E. DEMICK SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI DUELING OR TARGET PISTOLS.