*WONDERFUL AFTER MARKET HELFRICHT STYLE ENGRAVED SILVER PLATED COLT BISLEY SINGLE ACTION REVOLVER.

*WONDERFUL AFTER MARKET HELFRICHT STYLE ENGRAVED SILVER PLATED COLT BISLEY SINGLE ACTION REVOLVER. SN 263656. Cal. 32 WCF. Beautiful silver finish Bisley with 4-3/4″ bbl, slightly altered front sight with 2-line address, marked on left side “(BISLEY MODEL) 32 W.C.F.” Left side of frame has 2-line patent dates with rampant Colt in a circle. Mounted with exceptional real pearl grips with raised carved steer head with ruby eyes on right side. Frame, cylinder, bbl, back strap, butt strap & trigger guard are engraved in Cuno Helfricht style, probably from his shop with about 80% coverage on frame, fine sweeping foliate arabesque patterns with his trademark sunburst on left recoil shield & loading gate. Ejector rod housing radius on frame has a delicate flower blossom. Matching engraving patterns extend up sides of bbl nearly to the muzzle with simple line border around bbl address terminating in a Moorish pattern with dots. Top strap & ejector rod housing gullet are engraved with snake & dot pattern with a hunter star in center of the ejector rod housing and sunbursts at each end. Top of back strap shoulders are engraved with delicate fan patterns with foliate arabesque patterns on sides of back strap shoulders & trigger guard shoulders. Top & heel of back strap along with butt strap & trigger bow are engraved with matching foliate arabesque patterns. Cylinder is engraved with matching foliate arabesque patterns on lands between the flutes with foliate patterns at rear of each flute. Entire revolver is beautifully & professionally after market silver plated. Accompanied by a Colt Factory letter identifying this revolver in caliber 32-20 with 4-3/4″ bbl, blue finish, type of stocks not listed and shipped to K.L. Hart, Tucson, AZ on Feb. 21, 1905 in a shipment of three same type guns. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Overall retains virtually all of its strong silver plating with only a minor nick or two. Grips are exceptional with tremendous color & fire. Safety notch in hammer is not functional, otherwise mechanics are crisp. Strong bright bore with light scattered pitting, probably unfired since replating. 4-36355 JR113 (3,000-5,000)

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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	2165	$3,680.00	WONDERFUL AFTER MARKET HELFRICHT STYLE ENGRAVED SILVER PLATED COLT BISLEY SINGLE ACTION REVOLVER. SN 263656. Cal. 32 WCF. Beautiful silver finish Bisley with 4-3/4″ bbl, slightly altered front sight with 2-line address, marked on left side “(BISLEY MODEL) 32 W.C.F.” Left side of frame has 2-line patent dates with rampant Colt in a circle. Mounted with exceptional real pearl grips with raised carved steer head with ruby eyes on right side. Frame, cylinder, bbl, back strap, butt strap & trigger guard are engraved in Cuno Helfricht style, probably from his shop with about 80% coverage on frame, fine sweeping foliate arabesque patterns with his trademark sunburst on left recoil shield & loading gate. Ejector rod housing radius on frame has a delicate flower blossom. Matching engraving patterns extend up sides of bbl nearly to the muzzle with simple line border around bbl address terminating in a Moorish pattern with dots. Top strap & ejector rod housing gullet are engraved with snake & dot pattern with a hunter star in center of the ejector rod housing and sunbursts at each end. Top of back strap shoulders are engraved with delicate fan patterns with foliate arabesque patterns on sides of back strap shoulders & trigger guard shoulders. Top & heel of back strap along with butt strap & trigger bow are engraved with matching foliate arabesque patterns. Cylinder is engraved with matching foliate arabesque patterns on lands between the flutes with foliate patterns at rear of each flute. Entire revolver is beautifully & professionally after market silver plated. Accompanied by a Colt Factory letter identifying this revolver in caliber 32-20 with 4-3/4″ bbl, blue finish, type of stocks not listed and shipped to K.L. Hart, Tucson, AZ on Feb. 21, 1905 in a shipment of three same type guns. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Overall retains virtually all of its strong silver plating with only a minor nick or two. Grips are exceptional with tremendous color & fire. Safety notch in hammer is not functional, otherwise mechanics are crisp. Strong bright bore with light scattered pitting, probably unfired since replating. 4-36355 JR113 (3,000-5,000) 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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