*SPECTACULAR HOWARD DOVE ENGRAVED SMITH & WESSON MODEL 27-2 DA REVOLVER.

*SPECTACULAR HOWARD DOVE ENGRAVED SMITH & WESSON MODEL 27-2 DA REVOLVER. SN N153791. Cal. 357 Mag. Usual configuration with 8-3/8″ ribbed bbl, blue finish with partridge front sight, adjustable rear sight & magnum checkered walnut grips. This revolver is spectacularly engraved by the late Howard M. Dove, former Colt master engraver. Engraving consists of full coverage, intertwined, foliate arabesque patterns with very fine punch-dot background. Each side has silver wire border inlay that follows the contour of frame & terminates in an arabesque scroll at top front of each side. There is also a silver wire band around muzzle with “SMITH & WESSON” in silver on left side of bbl & “S.&W. 357 MAGNUM” in silver on right side of bbl. Right side of frame behind recoil shield has Smith & Wesson intertwined logo in silver & gold. Cylinder is also beautifully engraved with a feather pattern behind each flute & twelve connected silver wire scallops toward rear edge of cylinder. Bottom of bbl has Mr. Dove’s signature stating that he was a Colt Master Engraver. Accompanied by a letter on Colt letterhead dated March 27, 1981, over the signature of Howard M. Dove, and addressed to Mr. Fred Donald Hawkrader of Christiansburg, Virginia wherein he states that he has just completed the custom engraving on the Smith & Wesson. He states that the revolver was stripped of orig finish, “reshaped” & polished to “better than original surfaces”. At the bottom of letter he fully identifies this revolver with finish “Colt’s Royal Blue” & that the engraving was “(Colt desg.) D cov.-100%”. His signature is then followed by “Colt Master Engraver-Colt Clock No. 17732-30 / Colt Custom Gun Shop”. Also accompanied by its orig 2-pc Bangor Punta blue cardboard box with correct end label. CONDITION: Extremely fine, unfired since engraving. Overall retains virtually all of its fine Colt Royal Blue finish. Orig grips retain about all of their orig Smith & Wesson finish. Box is fine. 4-35615 JR264 (3,500-5,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008

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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	1216	$2,587.50	SPECTACULAR HOWARD DOVE ENGRAVED SMITH & WESSON MODEL 27-2 DA REVOLVER. SN N153791. Cal. 357 Mag. Usual configuration with 8-3/8″ ribbed bbl, blue finish with partridge front sight, adjustable rear sight & magnum checkered walnut grips. This revolver is spectacularly engraved by the late Howard M. Dove, former Colt master engraver. Engraving consists of full coverage, intertwined, foliate arabesque patterns with very fine punch-dot background. Each side has silver wire border inlay that follows the contour of frame & terminates in an arabesque scroll at top front of each side. There is also a silver wire band around muzzle with “SMITH & WESSON” in silver on left side of bbl & “S.&W. 357 MAGNUM” in silver on right side of bbl. Right side of frame behind recoil shield has Smith & Wesson intertwined logo in silver & gold. Cylinder is also beautifully engraved with a feather pattern behind each flute & twelve connected silver wire scallops toward rear edge of cylinder. Bottom of bbl has Mr. Dove’s signature stating that he was a Colt Master Engraver. Accompanied by a letter on Colt letterhead dated March 27, 1981, over the signature of Howard M. Dove, and addressed to Mr. Fred Donald Hawkrader of Christiansburg, Virginia wherein he states that he has just completed the custom engraving on the Smith & Wesson. He states that the revolver was stripped of orig finish, “reshaped” & polished to “better than original surfaces”. At the bottom of letter he fully identifies this revolver with finish “Colt’s Royal Blue” & that the engraving was “(Colt desg.) D cov.-100%”. His signature is then followed by “Colt Master Engraver-Colt Clock No. 17732-30 / Colt Custom Gun Shop”. Also accompanied by its orig 2-pc Bangor Punta blue cardboard box with correct end label. CONDITION: Extremely fine, unfired since engraving. Overall retains virtually all of its fine Colt Royal Blue finish. Orig grips retain about all of their orig Smith & Wesson finish. Box is fine. 4-35615 JR264 (3,500-5,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008 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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