COLT MODEL 1849 PERCUSSION POCKET REVOLVER.

COLT MODEL 1849 PERCUSSION POCKET REVOLVER. SN 284816. Cal. 31. Usual configuration with 4″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight with 1-line New York U.S. America address. It has 6-shot cylinder with brass trigger guard & backstrap and 1-pc walnut grip. PROVENANCE: Glenn Marsh Collection. CONDITION: Very good, all matching including wedge except rammer which is properly unnumbered. Bbl retains 30-40% blue mixed with mottled silver/brown patina with some scattered fine pitting & hammer marks over wedge slot. Cylinder is a mottled gray/brown patina and retains 25-30% stagecoach holdup scene. Frame has a dark finish that appears to have been dipped in a bluing tank. Trigger guard & backstrap retain traces of silver plating being a wonderful medium mustard patina. Grip has a repaired, chipped toe with a gouge on right side and some battering on bottom with light wear and retains most of its orig varnish. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with scattered moderate pitting. 4-59617 JR411 (750-1,250)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007

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
	1401	$1,150.00	COLT MODEL 1849 PERCUSSION POCKET REVOLVER. SN 284816. Cal. 31. Usual configuration with 4″ oct bbl, brass pin front sight with 1-line New York U.S. America address. It has 6-shot cylinder with brass trigger guard & backstrap and 1-pc walnut grip. PROVENANCE: Glenn Marsh Collection. CONDITION: Very good, all matching including wedge except rammer which is properly unnumbered. Bbl retains 30-40% blue mixed with mottled silver/brown patina with some scattered fine pitting & hammer marks over wedge slot. Cylinder is a mottled gray/brown patina and retains 25-30% stagecoach holdup scene. Frame has a dark finish that appears to have been dipped in a bluing tank. Trigger guard & backstrap retain traces of silver plating being a wonderful medium mustard patina. Grip has a repaired, chipped toe with a gouge on right side and some battering on bottom with light wear and retains most of its orig varnish. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with scattered moderate pitting. 4-59617 JR411 (750-1,250) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007 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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