EXTRAORDINARILY RARE CASED EARLY COLT BABY DRAGOON PERCUSSION REVOLVER.

EXTRAORDINARILY RARE CASED EARLY COLT BABY DRAGOON PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 55. Cal. 31. Fabulously rare baby dragoon with 3″ oct bbl, 2-line New York City address reading from cylinder to muzzle and made without rammer. It has 5-shot cylinder with Ranger/Indian fight scene & round cylinder stop notches with a single safety pin on rear. It has silver plated brass square back trigger guard & back strap with 1-pc walnut grip. Accompanied by its equally rare fluted top walnut case with dark brown velvet lining recessed in bottom for the revolver cylinder, a tiny orig “COLTS PATENT” dbl sided flask, a brass 2-cavity “COLTS PATENT” mold without sprue cutter & an L-shaped nipple wrench that fits into its own hole near front. Right rear corner has a recess containing a small lacquered tin of Eley’s caps. Also accompanying is a small business sized card bearing, what appears to be, Samuel Colt’s authentic signature. Few of these rare short barreled baby dragoons survive today and cased examples are virtually unknown. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching including wedge. Bbl retains 92-93% strong, lightly thinned, orig blue with a still mostly bright muzzle. Cylinder also retains a thin orig blue with some slight dings around front edge & overall retains about 95% orig Ranger/Indian fight scene. Single safety pin is crisp. Frame & hammer retain about all of their orig case colors, bright & strong on left side of frame, brilliant around screws. Recoil shields retain thin case colors as does right side of frame. Trigger guard & back strap retain about all of their oxidized silver plating. Grip is sound with a few minor nicks & scratches and retains about all of its orig factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore with scattered light pitting. Case is sound and retains most of an old restored finish with a few light handling & storage marks. Interior is lightly faded with light to moderate soil in bottom & some fading over cylinder area in lid lining with some slight damage to lining in cylinder recess. Flask is near mint with only some slight discoloration on collar. Mold has a few dings on top, otherwise is crisp. An extraordinary near new set. Card is oil soaked with a few spots, however signature is crisp & clear. 4-35911 (20,000-30,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008

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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	2270	$63,250.00	EXTRAORDINARILY RARE CASED EARLY COLT BABY DRAGOON PERCUSSION REVOLVER. SN 55. Cal. 31. Fabulously rare baby dragoon with 3″ oct bbl, 2-line New York City address reading from cylinder to muzzle and made without rammer. It has 5-shot cylinder with Ranger/Indian fight scene & round cylinder stop notches with a single safety pin on rear. It has silver plated brass square back trigger guard & back strap with 1-pc walnut grip. Accompanied by its equally rare fluted top walnut case with dark brown velvet lining recessed in bottom for the revolver cylinder, a tiny orig “COLTS PATENT” dbl sided flask, a brass 2-cavity “COLTS PATENT” mold without sprue cutter & an L-shaped nipple wrench that fits into its own hole near front. Right rear corner has a recess containing a small lacquered tin of Eley’s caps. Also accompanying is a small business sized card bearing, what appears to be, Samuel Colt’s authentic signature. Few of these rare short barreled baby dragoons survive today and cased examples are virtually unknown. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching including wedge. Bbl retains 92-93% strong, lightly thinned, orig blue with a still mostly bright muzzle. Cylinder also retains a thin orig blue with some slight dings around front edge & overall retains about 95% orig Ranger/Indian fight scene. Single safety pin is crisp. Frame & hammer retain about all of their orig case colors, bright & strong on left side of frame, brilliant around screws. Recoil shields retain thin case colors as does right side of frame. Trigger guard & back strap retain about all of their oxidized silver plating. Grip is sound with a few minor nicks & scratches and retains about all of its orig factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore with scattered light pitting. Case is sound and retains most of an old restored finish with a few light handling & storage marks. Interior is lightly faded with light to moderate soil in bottom & some fading over cylinder area in lid lining with some slight damage to lining in cylinder recess. Flask is near mint with only some slight discoloration on collar. Mold has a few dings on top, otherwise is crisp. An extraordinary near new set. Card is oil soaked with a few spots, however signature is crisp & clear. 4-35911 (20,000-30,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008 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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