VERY RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED MARLIN MODEL 1889 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

VERY RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED MARLIN MODEL 1889 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 114243. Cal. 38 WCF (38-40). Wonderful deluxe ’89 with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine with German silver Rocky Mountain front sight and long, semi-buckhorn rear sight. Top of receiver is marked “MARLIN SAFETY”. Left side of upper tang has matching SN which number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside buttplate. Receiver is engraved in style-1 with the rnd vignette of a standing white tail buck in a forest scene on left side with light foliate arabesque patterns fore & aft and stamped circles in the border around the vignette. Right side of frame is engraved in light foliate arabesque patterns with a shell pattern back of the loading gate opening. Side of bolt, top & bottom of frame and top tang are engraved to match with a rosette around the tang screw. Mounted with very nicely figured burl & shell grain American walnut with Grade B checkering, a serpentine grip cap and crescent buttplate. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were a total of 55,072 Model 1889 rifles produced in the period 1889-1899. Of that total there were 18,635 produced in 38-40 caliber and only 2,268 with 28″ bbls. Extrapolating the numbers shows that about 767 rifles in caliber 38-40 had 28″ bbls. Very few of those had deluxe wood and extremely few were engraved, making this an extremely rare rifle. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching. Bbl, magazine tube & forend cap retain about 99% crisp, orig factory blue; receiver, lever & hammer retain virtually all of their orig factory case colors, brilliant on sides and top of receiver, slightly faded on bottom at carry point and outer face of lever; buttplate retains most of its orig case colors turned silvery; wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and retains most of its brilliant factory varnish finish; checkering shows very light diamond point wear. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, probably unfired. 4-44640 JR316 (18,000-30,000)

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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	2125	$36,225.00	VERY RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED MARLIN MODEL 1889 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 114243. Cal. 38 WCF (38-40). Wonderful deluxe ’89 with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine with German silver Rocky Mountain front sight and long, semi-buckhorn rear sight. Top of receiver is marked “MARLIN SAFETY”. Left side of upper tang has matching SN which number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside buttplate. Receiver is engraved in style-1 with the rnd vignette of a standing white tail buck in a forest scene on left side with light foliate arabesque patterns fore & aft and stamped circles in the border around the vignette. Right side of frame is engraved in light foliate arabesque patterns with a shell pattern back of the loading gate opening. Side of bolt, top & bottom of frame and top tang are engraved to match with a rosette around the tang screw. Mounted with very nicely figured burl & shell grain American walnut with Grade B checkering, a serpentine grip cap and crescent buttplate. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were a total of 55,072 Model 1889 rifles produced in the period 1889-1899. Of that total there were 18,635 produced in 38-40 caliber and only 2,268 with 28″ bbls. Extrapolating the numbers shows that about 767 rifles in caliber 38-40 had 28″ bbls. Very few of those had deluxe wood and extremely few were engraved, making this an extremely rare rifle. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching. Bbl, magazine tube & forend cap retain about 99% crisp, orig factory blue; receiver, lever & hammer retain virtually all of their orig factory case colors, brilliant on sides and top of receiver, slightly faded on bottom at carry point and outer face of lever; buttplate retains most of its orig case colors turned silvery; wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and retains most of its brilliant factory varnish finish; checkering shows very light diamond point wear. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, probably unfired. 4-44640 JR316 (18,000-30,000) 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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