EXTREMELY RARE COLT FIRST MODEL 1851 NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

EXTREMELY RARE COLT FIRST MODEL 1851 NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 785. Cal. 36. Usual configuration with 7-1/2″ oct bbl, brass cone front sight and 1-line New York City address with dashes. Left side of frame is marked “COLT’S PATENT”. It has the small silver plated brass square-back trigger guard and back-strap containing a 1-pc walnut grip that has an inlaid silver maple leaf on left side. Wedge is typical of the first model with the screw beneath the wedge and cylinder pin wedge notch in the top. Cylinder is usual six chambers with Ormsby Naval battle scene and six crisp safety pins. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms and other publications only about 1,250 of these rare revolvers were produced in 1850. This model was an immediate hit with its ease of portability and reasonable stopping power. The Model 1851 was extremely popular on the frontier during the great Westward expansion and then during the Civil War with both the Union and Confederacy. Genuine First Model Navys are rarely encountered today with most being housed in private collections and museums and of those very few retain any orig finish. PROVENANCE: Col. Kenneth P. Brown Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching including rammer & cylinder (grip number was indecipherable). Barrel retains 30-40% orig blue, strong around the muzzle end, with patches of blue around breech end with balance flaked, not worn, to a medium dark patina. Rammer & rammer handle retain most of their orig case colors, moderately to heavily faded. Frame & hammer retain most of their fading case colors, strong in sheltered areas. Cylinder is a dark plum blue patina with light edge wear and retains 96-98% strong Ormsby Naval battle scene. All six safety pins are crisp. Trigger guard & back-strap retain about all of their orig silver plating. Grip is sound showing light wear on right lower edge with a sharp edge on left side and retains virtually all of its orig oil finish with a hand worn patina. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with scattered pitting. 4-39436 JR92 (25,000-40,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010

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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	2266	$25,300.00	EXTREMELY RARE COLT FIRST MODEL 1851 NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 785. Cal. 36. Usual configuration with 7-1/2″ oct bbl, brass cone front sight and 1-line New York City address with dashes. Left side of frame is marked “COLT’S PATENT”. It has the small silver plated brass square-back trigger guard and back-strap containing a 1-pc walnut grip that has an inlaid silver maple leaf on left side. Wedge is typical of the first model with the screw beneath the wedge and cylinder pin wedge notch in the top. Cylinder is usual six chambers with Ormsby Naval battle scene and six crisp safety pins. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms and other publications only about 1,250 of these rare revolvers were produced in 1850. This model was an immediate hit with its ease of portability and reasonable stopping power. The Model 1851 was extremely popular on the frontier during the great Westward expansion and then during the Civil War with both the Union and Confederacy. Genuine First Model Navys are rarely encountered today with most being housed in private collections and museums and of those very few retain any orig finish. PROVENANCE: Col. Kenneth P. Brown Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching including rammer & cylinder (grip number was indecipherable). Barrel retains 30-40% orig blue, strong around the muzzle end, with patches of blue around breech end with balance flaked, not worn, to a medium dark patina. Rammer & rammer handle retain most of their orig case colors, moderately to heavily faded. Frame & hammer retain most of their fading case colors, strong in sheltered areas. Cylinder is a dark plum blue patina with light edge wear and retains 96-98% strong Ormsby Naval battle scene. All six safety pins are crisp. Trigger guard & back-strap retain about all of their orig silver plating. Grip is sound showing light wear on right lower edge with a sharp edge on left side and retains virtually all of its orig oil finish with a hand worn patina. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with scattered pitting. 4-39436 JR92 (25,000-40,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010 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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