RARE GHAYE/SHARPS 4-BARREL DERRINGER.

RARE GHAYE/SHARPS 4-BARREL DERRINGER. SN 447. Cal. 32 RF. Belgian made Sharps derringer with 3-5/8″ bbl cluster, brass pin front sight and Sharps style hammer with rotating firing pin. Bottom of frame is mounted with a 2-pc lever that connects to a lug in the bottom of the bbl and has a lock in the toe of the frame. When the lock is released and the lever operated, the bbl cluster slides forward. The brass frame is marked on the sides, around the hammer screw hole “C. SHARPS / PATENT 1859”. Pistol also has a small sliding European-style safety mounted at the top of the back strap and the sides of the standing breech have curious articulated levers which, in fact, are extractors. The pistol is loaded in the normal fashion and the breech closed with the levers in the “up” position. The levers are then rotated downward so that when the bbl cluster is re-opened cartridges are extracted from the chambers. Pistol is mounted with smooth French walnut grips with flared bottom edges. According to Sharps Firearms, Sellers, this derringer was not produced in the United States. CONDITION: Very good, all matching. Bbls retain 30-35% strong orig blue in sheltered areas with the outer diameter of the bbls a blue/gray patina. Frame retains traces of silver in sheltered areas being mostly a medium mustard patina. Lever retains 60-70% thin orig blue. Grips are sound with lightly worn edges and retain most of their orig varnish. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bores with light pitting. 4-41143 JR244 (2,000-3,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011

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
	2413	$2,587.50	RARE GHAYE/SHARPS 4-BARREL DERRINGER. SN 447. Cal. 32 RF. Belgian made Sharps derringer with 3-5/8″ bbl cluster, brass pin front sight and Sharps style hammer with rotating firing pin. Bottom of frame is mounted with a 2-pc lever that connects to a lug in the bottom of the bbl and has a lock in the toe of the frame. When the lock is released and the lever operated, the bbl cluster slides forward. The brass frame is marked on the sides, around the hammer screw hole “C. SHARPS / PATENT 1859”. Pistol also has a small sliding European-style safety mounted at the top of the back strap and the sides of the standing breech have curious articulated levers which, in fact, are extractors. The pistol is loaded in the normal fashion and the breech closed with the levers in the “up” position. The levers are then rotated downward so that when the bbl cluster is re-opened cartridges are extracted from the chambers. Pistol is mounted with smooth French walnut grips with flared bottom edges. According to Sharps Firearms, Sellers, this derringer was not produced in the United States. CONDITION: Very good, all matching. Bbls retain 30-35% strong orig blue in sheltered areas with the outer diameter of the bbls a blue/gray patina. Frame retains traces of silver in sheltered areas being mostly a medium mustard patina. Lever retains 60-70% thin orig blue. Grips are sound with lightly worn edges and retain most of their orig varnish. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bores with light pitting. 4-41143 JR244 (2,000-3,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011 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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