*CASED PAIR OF ENGRAVED NICKEL & GOLD FINISH COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVERS.

*CASED PAIR OF ENGRAVED NICKEL & GOLD FINISH COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVERS. SN 219055 & 240397. Cal. 45 Colt & 45 ACP. Nickel & gold finish with 5-1/2″ bbls, full front sights, 1-line block letter addresses with model & caliber markings on left sides. Left sides of frames have 2-line 3-patent dates and rampant Colt in circles. They are mounted with very fine custom fitted Sambar stag grips. Each revolver is accompanied by a spare nickeled cylinder in 45 ACP caliber. Revolvers are engraved identically by Horacio Acevedo and signed on bottom front edge of frame. Engraving consists of very well-executed foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background with about 80% coverage on frames which extends over both sides of bbls terminating just behind front sights with small patterns on each side of muzzles. Loading gates are engraved with Helfricht-style sunbursts with flower blossoms on each side of front of frame. Ejector rod housings are engraved with climbing leaf patterns on outer radii with snake & dot patterns in top gullets. Top straps are engraved with unusual fleur-de-lis and dot patterns. Sides of hammers are engraved with feather patterns and foliate arabesque patterns on spurs. Top of backstraps are beautifully engraved with initials “McL”. Backstraps have foliate arabesque patterns near the tops, at the heels and on buttstraps with matching patterns on trigger bows. Cylinders are all identically engraved with foliate arabesque patterns on lands between the flutes and back of flutes with scalloped borders at rear edges. Screws & base pins are all fire-blued. This set is accompanied by a fine custom oak casing with brass corner reinforcements and a scalloped edge plaque in the center, engraved “McLaughlin / Lake Forest”. Interior is green velvet lined with bottom compartmented for two revolvers with two empty covered compartments and a compartment for the two spare cylinders. Each revolver has a nickeled steel cleaning rod. Each end of case has a cartridge block for twelve cartridges with one end having 45 Colt cartridges and the other 45 ACP cartridges. Also accompanied by an unsigned, hand-written letter which states “Guns belonged to her 3rd husband Major Frederick McLaughlin, owner of Chicago Blackhawks. They were married from 1923-49. A personal friend George Strong upper management at Colt factory, had guns rebarreled & chambered for 45 Colt with extra 45 ACP cylinders, sometime during their marriage. The guns were given to her son William L. McLaughlin of Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1970s, he had guns engraved and gold plated by Horacio Acevedo signed each gun”. Additionally accompanied by a brief biography of Frederick McLaughlin. He was the Harvard educated son of the WF McLaughlin Coffee Company founder (on LaSalle St. in Chicago). At age 39 in June 1916 Frederick enlisted in the Illinois National Guard, joining Battery C 1st Illinois Field Artillery which was Federalized the same day. He served on the Mexican border patrolling against raids by Pancho Villa and was listed on the muster rolls as a Stable Sergeant. After his National Guard service he joined the Army’s 85th Division, nicknamed Black Hawk Division, which was formed when America joined WWI. He rose to the rank of Major and commanded the 333rd Machine Gun Battalion during the war. After the war he and a consortium of Chicago businessmen purchased the Portland Rosebuds hockey team for $200,000. He moved the franchise to Chicago and renamed the team “Black Hawks” in honor of the Indian Chief and/or his wartime unit. His wife, Irene Castle McLaughlin designed the first team uniform and the team played their first game on Nov. 17, 1926 in the old Chicago Coliseum. Mr. McLaughlin died on Dec. 17, 1944. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Overall both revolvers retain all of their fine custom nickel & gold finishes with only a faint drag line on the gold cylinders. The nickeled cylinders do not appear to have ever been installed and none of them have been fired since finishing. Grips are all fine and fit perfectly. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bores. Case is sound with a few minor storage handling marks with small pry marks around lock. 4-37517 JR216 (12,500-17,500)

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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	2233	$0.00	CASED PAIR OF ENGRAVED NICKEL & GOLD FINISH COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVERS. SN 219055 & 240397. Cal. 45 Colt & 45 ACP. Nickel & gold finish with 5-1/2″ bbls, full front sights, 1-line block letter addresses with model & caliber markings on left sides. Left sides of frames have 2-line 3-patent dates and rampant Colt in circles. They are mounted with very fine custom fitted Sambar stag grips. Each revolver is accompanied by a spare nickeled cylinder in 45 ACP caliber. Revolvers are engraved identically by Horacio Acevedo and signed on bottom front edge of frame. Engraving consists of very well-executed foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background with about 80% coverage on frames which extends over both sides of bbls terminating just behind front sights with small patterns on each side of muzzles. Loading gates are engraved with Helfricht-style sunbursts with flower blossoms on each side of front of frame. Ejector rod housings are engraved with climbing leaf patterns on outer radii with snake & dot patterns in top gullets. Top straps are engraved with unusual fleur-de-lis and dot patterns. Sides of hammers are engraved with feather patterns and foliate arabesque patterns on spurs. Top of backstraps are beautifully engraved with initials “McL”. Backstraps have foliate arabesque patterns near the tops, at the heels and on buttstraps with matching patterns on trigger bows. Cylinders are all identically engraved with foliate arabesque patterns on lands between the flutes and back of flutes with scalloped borders at rear edges. Screws & base pins are all fire-blued. This set is accompanied by a fine custom oak casing with brass corner reinforcements and a scalloped edge plaque in the center, engraved “McLaughlin / Lake Forest”. Interior is green velvet lined with bottom compartmented for two revolvers with two empty covered compartments and a compartment for the two spare cylinders. Each revolver has a nickeled steel cleaning rod. Each end of case has a cartridge block for twelve cartridges with one end having 45 Colt cartridges and the other 45 ACP cartridges. Also accompanied by an unsigned, hand-written letter which states “Guns belonged to her 3rd husband Major Frederick McLaughlin, owner of Chicago Blackhawks. They were married from 1923-49. A personal friend George Strong upper management at Colt factory, had guns rebarreled & chambered for 45 Colt with extra 45 ACP cylinders, sometime during their marriage. The guns were given to her son William L. McLaughlin of Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1970s, he had guns engraved and gold plated by Horacio Acevedo signed each gun”. Additionally accompanied by a brief biography of Frederick McLaughlin. He was the Harvard educated son of the WF McLaughlin Coffee Company founder (on LaSalle St. in Chicago). At age 39 in June 1916 Frederick enlisted in the Illinois National Guard, joining Battery C 1st Illinois Field Artillery which was Federalized the same day. He served on the Mexican border patrolling against raids by Pancho Villa and was listed on the muster rolls as a Stable Sergeant. After his National Guard service he joined the Army’s 85th Division, nicknamed Black Hawk Division, which was formed when America joined WWI. He rose to the rank of Major and commanded the 333rd Machine Gun Battalion during the war. After the war he and a consortium of Chicago businessmen purchased the Portland Rosebuds hockey team for $200,000. He moved the franchise to Chicago and renamed the team “Black Hawks” in honor of the Indian Chief and/or his wartime unit. His wife, Irene Castle McLaughlin designed the first team uniform and the team played their first game on Nov. 17, 1926 in the old Chicago Coliseum. Mr. McLaughlin died on Dec. 17, 1944. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Overall both revolvers retain all of their fine custom nickel & gold finishes with only a faint drag line on the gold cylinders. The nickeled cylinders do not appear to have ever been installed and none of them have been fired since finishing. Grips are all fine and fit perfectly. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bores. Case is sound with a few minor storage handling marks with small pry marks around lock. 4-37517 JR216 (12,500-17,500) 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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