FINE FACTORY ENGRAVED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER.

FINE FACTORY ENGRAVED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 126590. Cal. 45 Colt. Nickel finish with 4-3/4″ bbl, full front sight and 2-line address. Left side of frame has 3-line patent dates with caliber on left front web of trigger guard. Mounted with old 2-pc ivory grips. Revolver is engraved by Cuno Helfricht with about “D” coverage consisting of foliate arabesque patterns on sides of frame with Mr. Helfricht’s sunburst patterns on recoil shield & loading gate. Top strap has a wavy leaf pattern with foliate arabesque patterns on bbl boss and sunburst patterns on cylinder pin boss and ejector rod housing boss. Foliate arabesque patterns extend up sides of the bbl with geometric patterns back of front sight. Ejector rod housing gullet is engraved with a snake pattern. Top of backstrap has Mr. Helfricht’s sunburst pattern with geometric patterns down backstrap, on buttstrap & trigger guard. Cylinder is engraved with sunburst patterns on lands between the flutes with a snake & dot pattern around back edge. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver in 45 caliber with 5-1/2″ bbl, blue finish with rubber grip, factory engraved and shipped to Hartley & Graham, New York, NY on June 19, 1888 in a shipment of six same type guns. CONDITION: Very good. Overall retains about all of a professionally restored finish with the engraving moderately worn. Grips are extremely fine with numerous age lines and a fine mellow ivory color. Hammer is not solid in safety or half cock notches, otherwise mechanics are fine, strong bore with scattered light pitting. 4-39000 JR194 (6,000-10,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2183	$8,625.00	FINE FACTORY ENGRAVED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 126590. Cal. 45 Colt. Nickel finish with 4-3/4″ bbl, full front sight and 2-line address. Left side of frame has 3-line patent dates with caliber on left front web of trigger guard. Mounted with old 2-pc ivory grips. Revolver is engraved by Cuno Helfricht with about “D” coverage consisting of foliate arabesque patterns on sides of frame with Mr. Helfricht’s sunburst patterns on recoil shield & loading gate. Top strap has a wavy leaf pattern with foliate arabesque patterns on bbl boss and sunburst patterns on cylinder pin boss and ejector rod housing boss. Foliate arabesque patterns extend up sides of the bbl with geometric patterns back of front sight. Ejector rod housing gullet is engraved with a snake pattern. Top of backstrap has Mr. Helfricht’s sunburst pattern with geometric patterns down backstrap, on buttstrap & trigger guard. Cylinder is engraved with sunburst patterns on lands between the flutes with a snake & dot pattern around back edge. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver in 45 caliber with 5-1/2″ bbl, blue finish with rubber grip, factory engraved and shipped to Hartley & Graham, New York, NY on June 19, 1888 in a shipment of six same type guns. CONDITION: Very good. Overall retains about all of a professionally restored finish with the engraving moderately worn. Grips are extremely fine with numerous age lines and a fine mellow ivory color. Hammer is not solid in safety or half cock notches, otherwise mechanics are fine, strong bore with scattered light pitting. 4-39000 JR194 (6,000-10,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 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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