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2343
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$4,025.00
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*CUSTOM ENGRAVED COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. SN 270477. Cal. 44-40. Silver finish with 7-1/2″ bbl, altered or replacement front sight with block letter address & “COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER” roll marked on left side. Bottom of bbl has a tiny “44” under base pin. It has 3rd type ejector rod housing with crescent ejector rod head. Left side of frame has 2-line patent dates with rampant Colt in a circle & mounted with very nicely oak leaf & acorn carved Colt medallion ivory grips. This revolver has about “B”plus coverage Nimschke style engraving with frame having about 75% coverage foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background & feather patterns on top strap. Bbl at muzzle & at frame along with top of back strap & trigger bow are engraved to match. Front & back straps are very beautifully checkered. The three frame screw heads are also very beautifully engraved while loading gate is not engraved. Cylinder has beautiful matching foliate arabesque patterns on lands between flutes with a band of feather patterns at rear edge & ejector rod housing has feather patterns on outside radius. Accompanied by a Colt Factory letter identifying this revolver in 44-40 caliber with 7-1/2” bbl, blue finish, type of stocks not listed, shipped to H & D Folsom Arms Co., NY, NY, April 17, 1906 in a one gun shipment. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Overall retains virtually all of its fine custom silver plating, apparently unfired since completion. Grips are very fine with a mellow ivory patina. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore with scattered fine pitting. 4-35474 JR98 (5,000-8,000)
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. |