CASED REMINGTON NO. 3 VEST POCKET SAW HANDLE SINGLE SHOT DERRINGER.

CASED REMINGTON NO. 3 VEST POCKET SAW HANDLE SINGLE SHOT DERRINGER. SN 4673. Cal. 41 RF. Blue finish with 4″ oct to rnd bbl, brass pin front sight and 2-line address on top flat. Left top flat is engraved “JAS. KERR & CO.” and the right top flat is engraved with that company’s address. Left flat of the bbl has British proofs. It has usual configuration and is mounted with 2-pc rosewood grips matching numbered in pencil inside each grip. Accompanied by its orig red velvet lined burl walnut casing with rnd medallion in the lid engraved “LONDON SCOTTISH GOLF CLUB / AUTUMN MEETING” around the perimeter and “WON BY / 1874” in the center. Obviously the individual who won this pistol did not have the case engraved with his name. Interior has a London Armoury / James Kerr & co. label inside the lid and bottom is compartmented for the derringer, a brass cleaning rod with jag, a small turnscrew, a Hawksley pewter oil bottle and a cartridge block containing twelve Remington 41 Rimfire cartridges. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were about 15,000 or less of these derringers produced in the period 1865-1888 in two calibers. Few survive today and of those very few were ever cased. PROVENANCE: Herb Glass (1997); Robert Howard Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus, all matching including grips. Appears to be new & unfired with only minor flaking on each side of the frame and a few small spots on bottom of bbl; grips are sound with only one minor nick and retain about all of their orig bright varnish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Case is sound with a few minor nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its orig varnish; interior is lightly faded & soiled with yellowed label; accessories are fine; ammunition has oxidized bullets and cartridges are difficult to remove from the block. 4-45372 JR73 (4,500-10,500)

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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	1740	$19,550.00	CASED REMINGTON NO. 3 VEST POCKET SAW HANDLE SINGLE SHOT DERRINGER. SN 4673. Cal. 41 RF. Blue finish with 4″ oct to rnd bbl, brass pin front sight and 2-line address on top flat. Left top flat is engraved “JAS. KERR & CO.” and the right top flat is engraved with that company’s address. Left flat of the bbl has British proofs. It has usual configuration and is mounted with 2-pc rosewood grips matching numbered in pencil inside each grip. Accompanied by its orig red velvet lined burl walnut casing with rnd medallion in the lid engraved “LONDON SCOTTISH GOLF CLUB / AUTUMN MEETING” around the perimeter and “WON BY / 1874” in the center. Obviously the individual who won this pistol did not have the case engraved with his name. Interior has a London Armoury / James Kerr & co. label inside the lid and bottom is compartmented for the derringer, a brass cleaning rod with jag, a small turnscrew, a Hawksley pewter oil bottle and a cartridge block containing twelve Remington 41 Rimfire cartridges. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were about 15,000 or less of these derringers produced in the period 1865-1888 in two calibers. Few survive today and of those very few were ever cased. PROVENANCE: Herb Glass (1997); Robert Howard Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus, all matching including grips. Appears to be new & unfired with only minor flaking on each side of the frame and a few small spots on bottom of bbl; grips are sound with only one minor nick and retain about all of their orig bright varnish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Case is sound with a few minor nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its orig varnish; interior is lightly faded & soiled with yellowed label; accessories are fine; ammunition has oxidized bullets and cartridges are difficult to remove from the block. 4-45372 JR73 (4,500-10,500) 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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