*ENGRAVED AND GOLD INLAID COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER TEXAS GUN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION COMMEMORATIVE.

*ENGRAVED AND GOLD INLAID COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER TEXAS GUN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION COMMEMORATIVE. SN SA73004. Cal. 45 Colt. Blue & color case hardened with 7-1/2″ bbl, full front sight with 1-line script address. Left side of frame has 2-line patent dates with caliber marking on left shoulder of trigger guard. Although this is a 3rd generation serial range, frame is in black powder configuration. Mounted with spectacular 1-pc ivory grip with raised carved longhorn steer head over the Texas 5-pointed star on left side. Serial number was observed in usual place on bottom of frame, twice on left side of frontstrap under grip and on heel of backstrap under grip. Last three digits of SN were observed on bottom of bbl under ejector rod housing, in the inside gullet of ejector rod housing and on face of cyl around base pin hole. Revolver is beautifully engraved and unfortunately unsigned, with about B-coverage engraving, consisting of foliate arabesque patterns on lower part of frame, upper front part of frame and extends over the bbl beside the address with large Helfricht-style sunbursts on recoil shield & loading gate. Bbl has a wide gold band at the frame and a narrow gold band at the muzzle. Cylinder has foliate arabesque patterns on lands between the flutes with a wide gold band around rear edge. Ejector rod housing & trigger bow are engraved with hunter’s stars. Top of backstrap is inlaid with a 5-pointed Texas star inscribed “TEXAS”. Backstrap is engraved in a panel in script “Texas Gun Collectors Assn.” Buttstrap is engraved “4 of 30”. Accompanied by its orig Styrofoam lined custom shop box with chartreuse & black label identifying this revolver. Also accompanied by its orig oak presentation case with a longhorn steer over the 5-pointed Texas star on the lid. Each end of case has an articulated brass handle with a mortised brass lock in the front with a functioning key. Interior is lined in brown suede, compartmented in bottom for revolver with a brass plaque in left front inscribed “Presented to the / Texas Gun Collectors Association” over the longhorn steer head and 5-pointed Texas star with “4 of 30” on bottom edge. Additionally accompanied by a business-sized card certifying that “NO. 4 OF 30 OF THE T.G.C.A. SPECIAL EDITION SINGLE ACTIONS WAS INSPECTED AT THE COLT FACTORY BY:” with the signature of R.L. Wilson and the date March 16, 1987. Mr. Wilson’s title at that time was Historical Consultant to Colt’s Firearms Company. Additionally accompanied by its orig cardboard shipping container with all spacers. PROVENANCE: Jim Eplen Coll. CONDITION: New and unfired retaining all of its orig factory finish. Box & case are equally new. 4-37506 JR211 (7,000-10,000)

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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	2244	$0.00	ENGRAVED AND GOLD INLAID COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER TEXAS GUN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION COMMEMORATIVE. SN SA73004. Cal. 45 Colt. Blue & color case hardened with 7-1/2″ bbl, full front sight with 1-line script address. Left side of frame has 2-line patent dates with caliber marking on left shoulder of trigger guard. Although this is a 3rd generation serial range, frame is in black powder configuration. Mounted with spectacular 1-pc ivory grip with raised carved longhorn steer head over the Texas 5-pointed star on left side. Serial number was observed in usual place on bottom of frame, twice on left side of frontstrap under grip and on heel of backstrap under grip. Last three digits of SN were observed on bottom of bbl under ejector rod housing, in the inside gullet of ejector rod housing and on face of cyl around base pin hole. Revolver is beautifully engraved and unfortunately unsigned, with about B-coverage engraving, consisting of foliate arabesque patterns on lower part of frame, upper front part of frame and extends over the bbl beside the address with large Helfricht-style sunbursts on recoil shield & loading gate. Bbl has a wide gold band at the frame and a narrow gold band at the muzzle. Cylinder has foliate arabesque patterns on lands between the flutes with a wide gold band around rear edge. Ejector rod housing & trigger bow are engraved with hunter’s stars. Top of backstrap is inlaid with a 5-pointed Texas star inscribed “TEXAS”. Backstrap is engraved in a panel in script “Texas Gun Collectors Assn.” Buttstrap is engraved “4 of 30”. Accompanied by its orig Styrofoam lined custom shop box with chartreuse & black label identifying this revolver. Also accompanied by its orig oak presentation case with a longhorn steer over the 5-pointed Texas star on the lid. Each end of case has an articulated brass handle with a mortised brass lock in the front with a functioning key. Interior is lined in brown suede, compartmented in bottom for revolver with a brass plaque in left front inscribed “Presented to the / Texas Gun Collectors Association” over the longhorn steer head and 5-pointed Texas star with “4 of 30” on bottom edge. Additionally accompanied by a business-sized card certifying that “NO. 4 OF 30 OF THE T.G.C.A. SPECIAL EDITION SINGLE ACTIONS WAS INSPECTED AT THE COLT FACTORY BY:” with the signature of R.L. Wilson and the date March 16, 1987. Mr. Wilson’s title at that time was Historical Consultant to Colt’s Firearms Company. Additionally accompanied by its orig cardboard shipping container with all spacers. PROVENANCE: Jim Eplen Coll. CONDITION: New and unfired retaining all of its orig factory finish. Box & case are equally new. 4-37506 JR211 (7,000-10,000) 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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