*EXTRAORDINARY ALVIN WHITE ENGRAVED AND GOLD INLAID COLT 2ND GENERATION SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER INTENDED FOR PRESENTATION TO NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV.

*EXTRAORDINARY ALVIN WHITE ENGRAVED AND GOLD INLAID COLT 2ND GENERATION SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER INTENDED FOR PRESENTATION TO NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV. SN 23311SA. Cal. 38 Special. Highly decorated and very beautiful, this single action has 7-1/2″ bbl, full thick front sight, 1-line block letter address with model & caliber on the left side. Bottom of the bbl, under the ejector rod housing, has the last 2 digits of the serial number. Left side of the frame has 2-line patent dates and rampant Colt. The serial number was also observed on the left side of the front & back straps, under the grip, and last 3 digits of the serial number are around the cylinder bushing hole on the face of the cylinder. Right side of the front strap, under the grip, has the Alvin White recessed silver cartouche which is marked “A A WHITE / ENG.”. The frame, bbl, cylinder, back strap, butt strap & trigger guard, along with the ejector rod housing, are engraved in Mr. White’s distinctive deep intertwined foliate arabesque patterns with about 65-70% coverage. The frame has gold wire borders on both sides and around the recoil shield & loading gate, along with gold wire inlay around the engraving pattern on the upper front sides of the frame. Left recoil shield has a relief raised gold inlay depicting a Russian building with 4 different-height onion domes that may be St. Basil’s on Red Square in Moscow. Top of the back strap has another relief-engraved raised gold Russian building with 4 onion domes, undoubtedly another famous Russian building. This building is surrounded by a silver wire inlay in an onion dome shape. The bbl has beautiful gold wire inlay in onion dome shapes along with a silver band just in front of the frame and gold wire inlay incorporated into the arabesque patterns on top of the bbl. The muzzle has 3 onion dome shapes outlined in silver wire with a silver band around the muzzle. The hammer has light engraved patterns with a gold wire outline on both sides. Ejector rod housing is engraved to match the bbl with gold wire incorporated into the arabesque pattern and an onion dome shape at the front & back ends with gold wire around the rear and silver wire around the front, along with a silver band at the rear end. The back strap also has gold wire incorporated into the arabesque pattern with a silver wire onion dome at the heel. Butt strap has silver wire border with a silver wire onion dome shape around arabesque patterns. Trigger guard also has gold wire incorporated in the arabesque patterns. Cylinder is fully engraved with continuous gold wire around the flutes & lands with onion dome shapes at the rear of the flutes. Rear edge of the cylinder has a silver wire band. Is mounted with 2-pc ivory grips with a raised carved horse head on the right side. Inside of the right grip has the last 2 digits of the serial number in pencil. Accompanied by a Colt Factory letter identifying this revolver in 38 Spcl. caliber, 7-1/2″ bbl, blue finish, type of stocks not listed, sold to Jackson Arms, Dallas, TX, and shipped to Alvin A. White of Attleboro, Mass. in a 2-gun shipment on Jan. 26, 1959. ¶ According to consignor this spectacular single action was one of a pair created for presentation to Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev in the late 1960’s by Mr. Romaine Fielding, president of an export company doing business in the Soviet Union. The revolvers were presented but Premier Khrushchev’s security personnel objected to his keeping them, thinking they may have been booby-trapped or may have contained listening devices. Therefore they remained in the United States and were eventually sold on the open market. Accompanying this lot is a file of copies of numerous letters & newspaper articles regarding Mr. Fielding, including letters from Vice President Richard Nixon, Congressman Wilbur Mills and Senator J. W. Fullbright, as well as letters from Russian businessmen. PROVENANCE: Romaine Fielding; Dr. Joseph A. Murphy Collection. CONDITION: Extraordinarily fine, all matching including bbl, cyl & grips. Overall retains virtually all of its strong blue finish with unusual blued frame, with only very slight muzzle edge wear on the left side. Grips are extremely fine showing no wear with a fine mellow ivory patina. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, probably unfired. 4-36435 JR73 (12,500-22,500)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2009

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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	2039	$11,500.00	EXTRAORDINARY ALVIN WHITE ENGRAVED AND GOLD INLAID COLT 2ND GENERATION SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER INTENDED FOR PRESENTATION TO NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV. SN 23311SA. Cal. 38 Special. Highly decorated and very beautiful, this single action has 7-1/2″ bbl, full thick front sight, 1-line block letter address with model & caliber on the left side. Bottom of the bbl, under the ejector rod housing, has the last 2 digits of the serial number. Left side of the frame has 2-line patent dates and rampant Colt. The serial number was also observed on the left side of the front & back straps, under the grip, and last 3 digits of the serial number are around the cylinder bushing hole on the face of the cylinder. Right side of the front strap, under the grip, has the Alvin White recessed silver cartouche which is marked “A A WHITE / ENG.”. The frame, bbl, cylinder, back strap, butt strap & trigger guard, along with the ejector rod housing, are engraved in Mr. White’s distinctive deep intertwined foliate arabesque patterns with about 65-70% coverage. The frame has gold wire borders on both sides and around the recoil shield & loading gate, along with gold wire inlay around the engraving pattern on the upper front sides of the frame. Left recoil shield has a relief raised gold inlay depicting a Russian building with 4 different-height onion domes that may be St. Basil’s on Red Square in Moscow. Top of the back strap has another relief-engraved raised gold Russian building with 4 onion domes, undoubtedly another famous Russian building. This building is surrounded by a silver wire inlay in an onion dome shape. The bbl has beautiful gold wire inlay in onion dome shapes along with a silver band just in front of the frame and gold wire inlay incorporated into the arabesque patterns on top of the bbl. The muzzle has 3 onion dome shapes outlined in silver wire with a silver band around the muzzle. The hammer has light engraved patterns with a gold wire outline on both sides. Ejector rod housing is engraved to match the bbl with gold wire incorporated into the arabesque pattern and an onion dome shape at the front & back ends with gold wire around the rear and silver wire around the front, along with a silver band at the rear end. The back strap also has gold wire incorporated into the arabesque pattern with a silver wire onion dome at the heel. Butt strap has silver wire border with a silver wire onion dome shape around arabesque patterns. Trigger guard also has gold wire incorporated in the arabesque patterns. Cylinder is fully engraved with continuous gold wire around the flutes & lands with onion dome shapes at the rear of the flutes. Rear edge of the cylinder has a silver wire band. Is mounted with 2-pc ivory grips with a raised carved horse head on the right side. Inside of the right grip has the last 2 digits of the serial number in pencil. Accompanied by a Colt Factory letter identifying this revolver in 38 Spcl. caliber, 7-1/2″ bbl, blue finish, type of stocks not listed, sold to Jackson Arms, Dallas, TX, and shipped to Alvin A. White of Attleboro, Mass. in a 2-gun shipment on Jan. 26, 1959. ¶ According to consignor this spectacular single action was one of a pair created for presentation to Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev in the late 1960’s by Mr. Romaine Fielding, president of an export company doing business in the Soviet Union. The revolvers were presented but Premier Khrushchev’s security personnel objected to his keeping them, thinking they may have been booby-trapped or may have contained listening devices. Therefore they remained in the United States and were eventually sold on the open market. Accompanying this lot is a file of copies of numerous letters & newspaper articles regarding Mr. Fielding, including letters from Vice President Richard Nixon, Congressman Wilbur Mills and Senator J. W. Fullbright, as well as letters from Russian businessmen. PROVENANCE: Romaine Fielding; Dr. Joseph A. Murphy Collection. CONDITION: Extraordinarily fine, all matching including bbl, cyl & grips. Overall retains virtually all of its strong blue finish with unusual blued frame, with only very slight muzzle edge wear on the left side. Grips are extremely fine showing no wear with a fine mellow ivory patina. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, probably unfired. 4-36435 JR73 (12,500-22,500) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2009 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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