RARE CASED ENGRAVED REMINGTON NEW MODEL ARMY PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

RARE CASED ENGRAVED REMINGTON NEW MODEL ARMY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 34. Cal. 44. Silver and blue finish with 8″ oct bbl, pinched post front sight and 3-line address. Mounted with 2-pc smooth ivory grips, matching penciled numbered to this revolver. Revolver is beautifully engraved in New York style, probably from the Nimschke shop, with about 50% coverage well executed foliate arabesque pattern with fine punch dot background. Top of backstrap is engraved in sunburst pattern with geometric patterns top and bottom with a zig-zag border which extends over buttstrap with matching foliate arabesque patterns on trigger bow. Top strap is engraved in feather patterns. Rammer handle is etch engraved on both sides in leaf & vine patterns. Cyl is beautifully etch engraved in semi-relief with a scene of Union and Confederate horsemen shooting at each other with handguns. Accompanied by its orig purple velvet lined mahogany casing, compartmented in the bottom for the revolver and orig double-sided Remington pistol flask, a 2-cavity blued steel Remington bullet mold with sprue cutter, an L-shaped nipple wrench, a sealed packet of 6 combustible cartridges, a very early tin of caps, several lead balls. Few of this popular Civil War revolver were ever engraved, still fewer were plated, and of those only a very small number were ever cased. To find one today in fine orig condition is a great rarity indeed. PROVENANCE: Mitch Luksich (2000); Robert Howard Estate Collection. CONDITION: Revolver retains virtually all orig silver finish, darkly oxided in several places. Rammer handle and cyl retain most of orig factory blue. Grips are sound with a few age lines and retain a fine medium ivory patina. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Chambers of cyl retain most orig blue, indicating this revolver is probably unfired. Case is sound with moderate handling and storage nicks, scratches, bruises & soil and retains generous amounts of orig varnish. Interior is moderately faded inside lid, lightly faded in bottom with some damage from the front sight. Partitions are all sound. Flask retains about 90% orig finish with an open seam. Mold is nicked and dinged with light pitting, sharp cavities and retains an old refinish. Cartridges and cap tin are fine. 4-45265 JR11 (10,000-20,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012

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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	1719	$28,750.00	RARE CASED ENGRAVED REMINGTON NEW MODEL ARMY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 34. Cal. 44. Silver and blue finish with 8″ oct bbl, pinched post front sight and 3-line address. Mounted with 2-pc smooth ivory grips, matching penciled numbered to this revolver. Revolver is beautifully engraved in New York style, probably from the Nimschke shop, with about 50% coverage well executed foliate arabesque pattern with fine punch dot background. Top of backstrap is engraved in sunburst pattern with geometric patterns top and bottom with a zig-zag border which extends over buttstrap with matching foliate arabesque patterns on trigger bow. Top strap is engraved in feather patterns. Rammer handle is etch engraved on both sides in leaf & vine patterns. Cyl is beautifully etch engraved in semi-relief with a scene of Union and Confederate horsemen shooting at each other with handguns. Accompanied by its orig purple velvet lined mahogany casing, compartmented in the bottom for the revolver and orig double-sided Remington pistol flask, a 2-cavity blued steel Remington bullet mold with sprue cutter, an L-shaped nipple wrench, a sealed packet of 6 combustible cartridges, a very early tin of caps, several lead balls. Few of this popular Civil War revolver were ever engraved, still fewer were plated, and of those only a very small number were ever cased. To find one today in fine orig condition is a great rarity indeed. PROVENANCE: Mitch Luksich (2000); Robert Howard Estate Collection. CONDITION: Revolver retains virtually all orig silver finish, darkly oxided in several places. Rammer handle and cyl retain most of orig factory blue. Grips are sound with a few age lines and retain a fine medium ivory patina. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Chambers of cyl retain most orig blue, indicating this revolver is probably unfired. Case is sound with moderate handling and storage nicks, scratches, bruises & soil and retains generous amounts of orig varnish. Interior is moderately faded inside lid, lightly faded in bottom with some damage from the front sight. Partitions are all sound. Flask retains about 90% orig finish with an open seam. Mold is nicked and dinged with light pitting, sharp cavities and retains an old refinish. Cartridges and cap tin are fine. 4-45265 JR11 (10,000-20,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012 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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