*FINE ENGRAVED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER WITH POSSIBLE TEXAS ASSOCIATION.

*FINE ENGRAVED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER WITH POSSIBLE TEXAS ASSOCIATION. SN 310809. Cal. 45 Colt. Nickel finish with 4-3/4″ bbl, slightly altered front sight with 2-line address. It has 2-line patent dates with rampant Colt in a circle on left side of frame and is fitted with extremely beautiful 2-pc pearl grips. It has about 80% coverage Cuno Helfrecht engraving with well-executed foliate arabesque patterns on frame & sides of bbl with a snake & dot pattern in ejector rod housing gullet and with alternating patterns between flutes on cylinder, also with a snake & dot pattern at back edge. Loading gate has Helfrecht’s flower blossom and a rectangle of cross-hatching on top sides of frame. Top of backstrap has a well-executed fan with cross-hatched center and a zig-zag Moorish pattern on backstrap & buttstrap with a ribbon around trigger guard serial number and some light foliate patterns. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver as cal. 38-40 (obviously a ledger entry mistake) with nickel finish, pearl grips & factory engraved. It was sold to Victoria Hardware, address unavailable (very likely Victoria, TX) and shipped to Simmons Hardware Co., St. Louis, MO. It was shipped Aug. 21, 1909 in a one gun shipment. CONDITION: Fine. Retains virtually all of a restored nickel finish, turning milky at muzzle end of bbl and on ejector rod housing. Refinish polishing somewhat thinned the engraving. Grips have a couple of age lines but are completely sound with great fire & color. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with very fine pitting. 4-32624 JR344 (8,500-12,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2346	$8,625.00	*FINE ENGRAVED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER WITH POSSIBLE TEXAS ASSOCIATION. SN 310809. Cal. 45 Colt. Nickel finish with 4-3/4″ bbl, slightly altered front sight with 2-line address. It has 2-line patent dates with rampant Colt in a circle on left side of frame and is fitted with extremely beautiful 2-pc pearl grips. It has about 80% coverage Cuno Helfrecht engraving with well-executed foliate arabesque patterns on frame & sides of bbl with a snake & dot pattern in ejector rod housing gullet and with alternating patterns between flutes on cylinder, also with a snake & dot pattern at back edge. Loading gate has Helfrecht’s flower blossom and a rectangle of cross-hatching on top sides of frame. Top of backstrap has a well-executed fan with cross-hatched center and a zig-zag Moorish pattern on backstrap & buttstrap with a ribbon around trigger guard serial number and some light foliate patterns. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying this revolver as cal. 38-40 (obviously a ledger entry mistake) with nickel finish, pearl grips & factory engraved. It was sold to Victoria Hardware, address unavailable (very likely Victoria, TX) and shipped to Simmons Hardware Co., St. Louis, MO. It was shipped Aug. 21, 1909 in a one gun shipment. CONDITION: Fine. Retains virtually all of a restored nickel finish, turning milky at muzzle end of bbl and on ejector rod housing. Refinish polishing somewhat thinned the engraving. Grips have a couple of age lines but are completely sound with great fire & color. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with very fine pitting. 4-32624 JR344 (8,500-12,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007 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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