FINE HELFRICHT ENGRAVED SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER.

FINE HELFRICHT ENGRAVED SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 126414. Cal. 45 Colt. Nickel finish with 7-1/2″ bbl, full front sight and 1-line block letter address. Left side of frame has 3-line patent dates and caliber marking is on left front web of trigger guard. Mounted with smooth 2-pc pearl grips. Revolver is beautifully engraved by master engraver Cuno Helfricht with full coverage on the frame consisting of foliate arabesque patterns on sides, sunbursts on recoil shield & loading gate with small sunbursts on each side of the ejector boss and cyl pin boss. Bottom front frame gullets have zig zag and snake & dot patterns. Top strap is engraved in snake & dot patterns with extensive foliate arabesque patterns over both sides of bbl and around front sight at the muzzle. Ejector housing is engraved with snake & dot patterns in the top gullet & outer radius. Cyl is engraved with Mr. Helfricht’s distinctive alternating sunburst and foliate arabesque patterns on the lands between the flutes and has a snake & dot border around rear edge. Cyl is gold plated. Top of backstrap has Mr. Helfricht’s distinctive fan pattern with geometric patterns down backstrap, on buttstrap & trigger bow. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver in caliber 45 Colt with 7-1/2″ bbl, nickel finish with gilt cyl, type of stocks not listed, factory engraved and shipped to E.C. Meacham Arms Co., St. Louis, MO on June 28, 1888 in a 1-gun shipment. Under remarks the company reports that there is another revolver with the same SN listed as caliber 44-40 with 7-1/2″ bbl, nickel finish & rubber stocks shipped to the San Francisco Agency on May 31, 1888. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl, frame & ejector housing retain virtually all of their strong orig nickel finish with some slight sharp edge & high point losses; trigger guard & buttstrap retain most of their strong orig nickel with some fine flaking on the front strap; backstrap is a gray metal patina; cyl retains about 93-95% gold plating. Grips are sound with great fire & color. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-48350 (35,000-40,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013

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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	2041	$34,500.00	FINE HELFRICHT ENGRAVED SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 126414. Cal. 45 Colt. Nickel finish with 7-1/2″ bbl, full front sight and 1-line block letter address. Left side of frame has 3-line patent dates and caliber marking is on left front web of trigger guard. Mounted with smooth 2-pc pearl grips. Revolver is beautifully engraved by master engraver Cuno Helfricht with full coverage on the frame consisting of foliate arabesque patterns on sides, sunbursts on recoil shield & loading gate with small sunbursts on each side of the ejector boss and cyl pin boss. Bottom front frame gullets have zig zag and snake & dot patterns. Top strap is engraved in snake & dot patterns with extensive foliate arabesque patterns over both sides of bbl and around front sight at the muzzle. Ejector housing is engraved with snake & dot patterns in the top gullet & outer radius. Cyl is engraved with Mr. Helfricht’s distinctive alternating sunburst and foliate arabesque patterns on the lands between the flutes and has a snake & dot border around rear edge. Cyl is gold plated. Top of backstrap has Mr. Helfricht’s distinctive fan pattern with geometric patterns down backstrap, on buttstrap & trigger bow. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver in caliber 45 Colt with 7-1/2″ bbl, nickel finish with gilt cyl, type of stocks not listed, factory engraved and shipped to E.C. Meacham Arms Co., St. Louis, MO on June 28, 1888 in a 1-gun shipment. Under remarks the company reports that there is another revolver with the same SN listed as caliber 44-40 with 7-1/2″ bbl, nickel finish & rubber stocks shipped to the San Francisco Agency on May 31, 1888. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl, frame & ejector housing retain virtually all of their strong orig nickel finish with some slight sharp edge & high point losses; trigger guard & buttstrap retain most of their strong orig nickel with some fine flaking on the front strap; backstrap is a gray metal patina; cyl retains about 93-95% gold plating. Grips are sound with great fire & color. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-48350 (35,000-40,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013 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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