SCARCE PAIR OF CURRY AGENT MARKED PHILADELPHIA DERINGERS PEANUT SIZED PERCUSSION PISTOLS.

SCARCE PAIR OF CURRY AGENT MARKED PHILADELPHIA DERINGERS PEANUT SIZED PERCUSSION PISTOLS. SN 6 & 7. Cal. 45. Scarce deluxe peanut sized Henry Deringer percussion pistols, the smallest he made. They have 1-3/4″ ovoid shaped bbls with dovetailed, German silver, tiny, Rocky Mountain front sights and fixed rear sights on breech plug tangs. Top flat of bbls are marked “N. CURRY & BRO / SAN FRANCO CALA / AGENTS”. Top of breech plugs & lockplates are marked “DERINGER / PHILADELA” and the left top flat of breech plugs have Deringer’s sunburst “P” proof. Breech plugs also are inlaid with two wide silver bands. They are mounted in 1-pc walnut stocks with checkered wrists & butts and have engraved silver furniture with a cap box in the buttplates. Toe of trigger guard tangs are numbered “6” and “7”. Tops of wrists have shield shaped thumbplates. Key escutcheons have acorn finials and all metal is nicely engraved. These little pistols are seldom encountered and almost never found in pairs. CONDITION: Pistols are identical with identical engraving & markings with number “6” appearing near new retaining about all of its orig brown on the bbl with the gold flecks still present. Lockplate, hammer & breech plug retain dark case colors. Stock is sound and retains virtually all of its orig piano type varnish. Number “7”, apparently the one the owner carried regularly, retains about 75% thin orig bbl brown with visible gold flecks on sides. Lockplate, hammer & breech plug are dark metal color. Stock has a hairline by lockplate escutcheon, otherwise it is sound and retains about 50% orig varnish. Mechanics on both are crisp with both having a strong clean bore. 4-35290 JR242 (9,000-12,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2009

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
	2404	$9,775.00	SCARCE PAIR OF CURRY AGENT MARKED PHILADELPHIA DERINGERS PEANUT SIZED PERCUSSION PISTOLS. SN 6 & 7. Cal. 45. Scarce deluxe peanut sized Henry Deringer percussion pistols, the smallest he made. They have 1-3/4″ ovoid shaped bbls with dovetailed, German silver, tiny, Rocky Mountain front sights and fixed rear sights on breech plug tangs. Top flat of bbls are marked “N. CURRY & BRO / SAN FRANCO CALA / AGENTS”. Top of breech plugs & lockplates are marked “DERINGER / PHILADELA” and the left top flat of breech plugs have Deringer’s sunburst “P” proof. Breech plugs also are inlaid with two wide silver bands. They are mounted in 1-pc walnut stocks with checkered wrists & butts and have engraved silver furniture with a cap box in the buttplates. Toe of trigger guard tangs are numbered “6” and “7”. Tops of wrists have shield shaped thumbplates. Key escutcheons have acorn finials and all metal is nicely engraved. These little pistols are seldom encountered and almost never found in pairs. CONDITION: Pistols are identical with identical engraving & markings with number “6” appearing near new retaining about all of its orig brown on the bbl with the gold flecks still present. Lockplate, hammer & breech plug retain dark case colors. Stock is sound and retains virtually all of its orig piano type varnish. Number “7”, apparently the one the owner carried regularly, retains about 75% thin orig bbl brown with visible gold flecks on sides. Lockplate, hammer & breech plug are dark metal color. Stock has a hairline by lockplate escutcheon, otherwise it is sound and retains about 50% orig varnish. Mechanics on both are crisp with both having a strong clean bore. 4-35290 JR242 (9,000-12,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2009 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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