EXTRAORDINARILY RARE EUGENE YOUNG ENGRAVED GOLD & NICKEL COLT MODEL 1877 SHERIFF’S MODEL DA LIGHTNING REVOLVER.

EXTRAORDINARILY RARE EUGENE YOUNG ENGRAVED GOLD & NICKEL COLT MODEL 1877 SHERIFF’S MODEL DA LIGHTNING REVOLVER. SN 6092. Cal. 38 Colt. Spectacular, one of a kind, Lightning with 2-1/2″ rnd bbl and half moon front sight with 2-line address, made without ejector housing. Left side of frame has usual 3-line patent dates with cal marking on left rear web of trigger guard. Mounted with rampant Colt hard rubber grips. Frame, bbl,cylinder, back strap & trigger guard are wonderfully engraved by Eugene Young in his minimalist style with about 40% coverage foliate arabesque patterns with very fine punch dot background. Caliber marking on left side of bbl is engraved by Mr. Young in a flowing arc surrounded by arabesque patterns. Top of back strap & sides of frame by bbl have beautiful fans with dots at end of feathers. Frame, bbl, trigger guard & back strap are all nickel plated with cylinder, hammer, trigger & ejector rod head gold plated. Screws are all beautifully fire blued which contrasts wonderfully with the gold & nickel. Accompanied by a Colt Factory letter which fully identifies this revolver as found with nickel & gold finish and factory engraved, shipped April 10, 1878 to J.P. Lower Sons, Denver, Colorado in a one gun shipment. This beautiful revolver is the companion piece to a Colt Single Action Army revolver identically engraved by Eugene Young & finished also in nickel & gold and also shipped to J.P. Lower, that was sold by Julia’s Auction Company in a recent auction. Information developed during research for the Single Action Army disclosed that J.P. Lower and Colt had collaborated on the gold & nickel finish design and Mr. Lower had probably received the first items so finished. This is possibly the single finest Colt Lightning revolver extant. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Bbl, cyl, trigger guard & back strap retain virtually all of their strong orig factory nickel finish with only some slight, tiny losses on left side of the trigger guard shoulder & rear edge of frame. Cyl retains about 95% strong orig gold finish over orig nickel underplate with losses around front face of cylinder from firing. There are two small spots in adjacent flutes and some light surface crackling in the another flute. Hammer & cyl pin head retain about all of their orig gold finish with one small spot & some very fine pin prick pitting on sides of hammer. Trigger retains about 75% orig gold finish, thin on front with all of losses flaked from rear face & right edge. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with one spot of pitting. Grips are sound showing very light wear, starting to turn chocolate on left side. Information from the consignor states that this is the only Colt Lightning with this configuration known to be engraved by the shop of Eugene Young. It has the rarest of all bbl lengths at 2-1/2″. Its artistic beauty, unequaled rarity, and incredible condition after 130 years, make it probably the single most extraordinary Colt Lightning in the world. 4-35049 (50,000-75,000)

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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	2355	$51,750.00	EXTRAORDINARILY RARE EUGENE YOUNG ENGRAVED GOLD & NICKEL COLT MODEL 1877 SHERIFF’S MODEL DA LIGHTNING REVOLVER. SN 6092. Cal. 38 Colt. Spectacular, one of a kind, Lightning with 2-1/2″ rnd bbl and half moon front sight with 2-line address, made without ejector housing. Left side of frame has usual 3-line patent dates with cal marking on left rear web of trigger guard. Mounted with rampant Colt hard rubber grips. Frame, bbl,cylinder, back strap & trigger guard are wonderfully engraved by Eugene Young in his minimalist style with about 40% coverage foliate arabesque patterns with very fine punch dot background. Caliber marking on left side of bbl is engraved by Mr. Young in a flowing arc surrounded by arabesque patterns. Top of back strap & sides of frame by bbl have beautiful fans with dots at end of feathers. Frame, bbl, trigger guard & back strap are all nickel plated with cylinder, hammer, trigger & ejector rod head gold plated. Screws are all beautifully fire blued which contrasts wonderfully with the gold & nickel. Accompanied by a Colt Factory letter which fully identifies this revolver as found with nickel & gold finish and factory engraved, shipped April 10, 1878 to J.P. Lower Sons, Denver, Colorado in a one gun shipment. This beautiful revolver is the companion piece to a Colt Single Action Army revolver identically engraved by Eugene Young & finished also in nickel & gold and also shipped to J.P. Lower, that was sold by Julia’s Auction Company in a recent auction. Information developed during research for the Single Action Army disclosed that J.P. Lower and Colt had collaborated on the gold & nickel finish design and Mr. Lower had probably received the first items so finished. This is possibly the single finest Colt Lightning revolver extant. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Bbl, cyl, trigger guard & back strap retain virtually all of their strong orig factory nickel finish with only some slight, tiny losses on left side of the trigger guard shoulder & rear edge of frame. Cyl retains about 95% strong orig gold finish over orig nickel underplate with losses around front face of cylinder from firing. There are two small spots in adjacent flutes and some light surface crackling in the another flute. Hammer & cyl pin head retain about all of their orig gold finish with one small spot & some very fine pin prick pitting on sides of hammer. Trigger retains about 75% orig gold finish, thin on front with all of losses flaked from rear face & right edge. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with one spot of pitting. Grips are sound showing very light wear, starting to turn chocolate on left side. Information from the consignor states that this is the only Colt Lightning with this configuration known to be engraved by the shop of Eugene Young. It has the rarest of all bbl lengths at 2-1/2″. Its artistic beauty, unequaled rarity, and incredible condition after 130 years, make it probably the single most extraordinary Colt Lightning in the world. 4-35049 (50,000-75,000) 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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