SPECTACULAR MARLIN MODEL 1893 ENGRAVED TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 163058. Cal. 30-30. Special order 26″ octagon to round bbl, full magazine takedown, with ivory beaded combination front sight, and V-notch sporting rear sight with set screw. Also mounted with Lyman tang sight. Mounted with fancy checkered American walnut with pistol grip in style F and crescent buttplate. Factory engraved in no. 2 pattern. Left side scene with a whitetail buck deer being chased by a hound and inscribed with the name “Henry W. Cannon”. Right side engraving is of a smaller whitetail buck deer in a side hill woodland scene. The remainder of action, forend cap and takedown ring all have moderate scroll with punch dot background. The borders on both sides of receiver are of a framing style with wavy lines and punch dots. The top of the receiver borders are that of wavy lines. The inside left of the upper tang is stamped with serial number as is the stock top tang channel and the inside toe of buttplate. Cody Firearms Museum states that this serial number is too high to letter. There is no doubt that this is a factory engraved gun. We can only speculate as to Henry W. Cannon being the one who was comptroller of the currency during President Chester A. Arthur’s presidency. Cannon also gained recognition as a bank financier in St. Paul, MN, Washington, DC and NYC where he became President of Chase National Bank of New York. He was also an active sponsor of Rear Admiral Robert Perry’s dash to the North Pole in 1909, as arctic exploration was one of his hobbies. He is also recognized for building and endowing the library in Delhi, NY, and is also responsible for building the library in Franklin. PROVENANCE: The esteemed collection of Rafael Cruz. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl and mag tube retain 98-99% of its orig blue with just a faint trace of wear on sharp edges of octagon and a few very light storage scratches. Forend cap has nearly all of its orig. case colors showing. Receiver has 95-98% of its orig case coloring with the balance point of receiver and bbl takedown ring starting to silver. The lever and hammer retain nearly all of their visible case colors. Buttplate has most of its fading case colors starting to turn towards silver. Stock is sound with only minor storage marks and a couple of small dings. It retains nearly all of its factory style piano finish. The forend retains 95-98% of its orig. finish with some slight flaking at sharp edges and on the balance point. Checkering is sharp and has darkened with age. Mechanics are crisp, bore is fine with some extremely light pitting. Special Note: This item(s) contains plant or animal properties that may be covered by the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Please read the Conditions of Sale, section 15, for more information regarding the Endangered Species Act, and your responsibilities as a buyer. 53073-4 (17,500-27,500) ESA – Lot 1422

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Auction: Firearms - Spring 2018

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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	1422	$0.00	SPECTACULAR MARLIN MODEL 1893 ENGRAVED TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 163058. Cal. 30-30. Special order 26″ octagon to round bbl, full magazine takedown, with ivory beaded combination front sight, and V-notch sporting rear sight with set screw. Also mounted with Lyman tang sight. Mounted with fancy checkered American walnut with pistol grip in style F and crescent buttplate. Factory engraved in no. 2 pattern. Left side scene with a whitetail buck deer being chased by a hound and inscribed with the name “Henry W. Cannon”. Right side engraving is of a smaller whitetail buck deer in a side hill woodland scene. The remainder of action, forend cap and takedown ring all have moderate scroll with punch dot background. The borders on both sides of receiver are of a framing style with wavy lines and punch dots. The top of the receiver borders are that of wavy lines. The inside left of the upper tang is stamped with serial number as is the stock top tang channel and the inside toe of buttplate. Cody Firearms Museum states that this serial number is too high to letter. There is no doubt that this is a factory engraved gun. We can only speculate as to Henry W. Cannon being the one who was comptroller of the currency during President Chester A. Arthur’s presidency. Cannon also gained recognition as a bank financier in St. Paul, MN, Washington, DC and NYC where he became President of Chase National Bank of New York. He was also an active sponsor of Rear Admiral Robert Perry’s dash to the North Pole in 1909, as arctic exploration was one of his hobbies. He is also recognized for building and endowing the library in Delhi, NY, and is also responsible for building the library in Franklin. PROVENANCE: The esteemed collection of Rafael Cruz. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl and mag tube retain 98-99% of its orig blue with just a faint trace of wear on sharp edges of octagon and a few very light storage scratches. Forend cap has nearly all of its orig. case colors showing. Receiver has 95-98% of its orig case coloring with the balance point of receiver and bbl takedown ring starting to silver. The lever and hammer retain nearly all of their visible case colors. Buttplate has most of its fading case colors starting to turn towards silver. Stock is sound with only minor storage marks and a couple of small dings. It retains nearly all of its factory style piano finish. The forend retains 95-98% of its orig. finish with some slight flaking at sharp edges and on the balance point. Checkering is sharp and has darkened with age. Mechanics are crisp, bore is fine with some extremely light pitting. Special Note: This item(s) contains plant or animal properties that may be covered by the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Please read the Conditions of Sale, section 15, for more information regarding the Endangered Species Act, and your responsibilities as a buyer. 53073-4 (17,500-27,500) ESA – Lot 1422 Click here to view provenance Auction: Firearms - Spring 2018 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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SPECTACULAR MARLIN MODEL 1893 ENGRAVED TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE.