EXCEEDINGLY RARE DELUXE ENGRAVED NICKEL FINISH MODEL 1873 SADDLE RING CARBINE.

EXCEEDINGLY RARE DELUXE ENGRAVED NICKEL FINISH MODEL 1873 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 484723. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Nickel finish with 20″ rnd bbl, full magazine with two bands, barleycorn front sight and 900 yard carbine ladder rear sight. Bbl has standard 2-line markings and caliber over chamber area. Mounted with very highly figured, marbled, uncheckered American walnut with straight stock & carbine buttplate with trap that contains an orig 3-pc nickel plated iron & brass cleaning rod. Receiver is lightly engraved in foliate arabesque patterns on both sides from the Ulrich shop with the name “Luis Esnarriaga” in a ribbon on left sideplate. Top & bottom of receiver and top tang, along with buttplate tang are lightly engraved to match. Carrier is marked “44 CAL.”. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with assembly number “2222” and “XX”. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter, addressed to Mr. Arlin McCroskie, which identifies this firearm as a carbine in 44 caliber with fancy stock, full nickel and engraved $2.50 with the name on sideplate “Louis (sic) Esvarriaga (sic)”, received at warehouse Nov. 3, 1894 and shipped Nov. 15, 1894 to Order #23966. It seems likely that Luis Esnarriaga was someone of importance in South or Central America to receive such a fine gift. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extraordinarily fine, all matching. Overall retains virtually all of its crisp orig nickel with some scattered chemical spots on front half of bbl; dust cover has some minor pinprick pimpling and there are a few other pin pricks of pimpling elsewhere but the nickel is crisp & bright; wood is sound with a few minor nicks & scratches with a small wear spot on bottom left of wrist and a series of scratches on right side of buttstock and overall retains virtually all of its bright piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, probably unfired; bolt face retains about all of its orig nickel. 4-44585 JR342 (25,000-40,000)

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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	2006	$40,250.00	EXCEEDINGLY RARE DELUXE ENGRAVED NICKEL FINISH MODEL 1873 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 484723. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Nickel finish with 20″ rnd bbl, full magazine with two bands, barleycorn front sight and 900 yard carbine ladder rear sight. Bbl has standard 2-line markings and caliber over chamber area. Mounted with very highly figured, marbled, uncheckered American walnut with straight stock & carbine buttplate with trap that contains an orig 3-pc nickel plated iron & brass cleaning rod. Receiver is lightly engraved in foliate arabesque patterns on both sides from the Ulrich shop with the name “Luis Esnarriaga” in a ribbon on left sideplate. Top & bottom of receiver and top tang, along with buttplate tang are lightly engraved to match. Carrier is marked “44 CAL.”. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with assembly number “2222” and “XX”. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter, addressed to Mr. Arlin McCroskie, which identifies this firearm as a carbine in 44 caliber with fancy stock, full nickel and engraved $2.50 with the name on sideplate “Louis (sic) Esvarriaga (sic)”, received at warehouse Nov. 3, 1894 and shipped Nov. 15, 1894 to Order #23966. It seems likely that Luis Esnarriaga was someone of importance in South or Central America to receive such a fine gift. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extraordinarily fine, all matching. Overall retains virtually all of its crisp orig nickel with some scattered chemical spots on front half of bbl; dust cover has some minor pinprick pimpling and there are a few other pin pricks of pimpling elsewhere but the nickel is crisp & bright; wood is sound with a few minor nicks & scratches with a small wear spot on bottom left of wrist and a series of scratches on right side of buttstock and overall retains virtually all of its bright piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, probably unfired; bolt face retains about all of its orig nickel. 4-44585 JR342 (25,000-40,000) 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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