*RARE CASED PAIR OF FACTORY ENGRAVED COLT OFFICER’S MODEL DA REVOLVERS.

*RARE CASED PAIR OF FACTORY ENGRAVED COLT OFFICER’S MODEL DA REVOLVERS. SN 625164 & 16437. 1) Cal. 38 Spcl. Heavy bbl Officer’s Model with blue finish, 6″ bbl, adjustable partridge front sight and adjustable rear sight on the flat top frame. Mounted with 2-pc smooth silver medallion pearl grips. Revolver has checkered backstrap & trigger and hammer with bright polished sides. Revolver is beautifully engraved in C to D coverage spectacular, intertwined foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background. Frame has full coverage with special patterns on the flat top of the frame with matching patterns extending the full length of the bbl and the entire circumference of the cylinder. Buttstrap, front strap, trigger bow and front of the frame are engraved to match. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter which identifies this revolver in caliber 38 with 6″ bbl, blue finish, pearl stocks, factory engraved in Level C, shipped to Loan Account, Honeyman Hardware Co., Portland, OR on May 24, 1938 in a 1-gun shipment. Remarks section states that it was returned to the factory on May 1, 1939 and re-shipped on Loan Account four more times on May 8, 1939, Jan. 8, 1940, March 11, 1940 and finally Oct. 10, 1940 to Abercrombie & Fitch, New York, NY. 2) Cal. 22. Blue finish with 6″ bbl, adjustable partridge front sight and adjustable rear sight on the flat top frame. Hammer has bright polished sides and it has checkered backstrap & trigger. Mounted with smooth silver medallion pearl grips. Revolver is factory engraved in C to D coverage virtually identical to its mate, #1 above. Acompanied by a Colt factory letter which identifies this revolver in caliber 22 with 6″ bbl, blue finish, pearl stocks, factory engraved, level C, shipped to Loan Account, Frank J. Budge Co., Miami, FL on Nov. 6, 1936 in a 1-gun shipment to Order #16361/2. Under remarks the letter states that this revolver was returned to the factory Nov. 14, 1938 and re-shipped six more times between March 29, 1939 and Oct. 10, 1940 when it was shipped to Abercrombie & Fitch, New York, NY. As with its mate, #1 above. Accompanied by their orig A & F supplied brown leather case with full brass hardware and a leather carrying handle on the front. Interior is gold velvet lined and recessed in the bottom for the two revolvers, a 2-pc cleaning rod with two bore brushes, two boxes of Remington caliber 22 LR and one box of Remington 38 Spcl. ammunition. It is known that these revolvers were purchased by Harry Franklin Vickers from Abercrombie & Fitch, where he was a regular customer, in about 1940, along with a Colt Woodsman pistol also being sold in this auction. Mr. Vickers was an American inventor & industrialist known as “The Father of Industrial Hydraulics” by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He was a close friend & colleague of Gen. Doughlas MacArthur, who was the Chairman of Remington-Rand when Sperry & Remington merged in the early 1950s, forming Sperry-Rand. When Gen. MacArthur retired, Mr. Vickers became the Chairman of the Board of the company. These revolvers have remained in the Vickers family until being consigned to this auction. PROVENANCE: Harry F. Vickers Family Collection. CONDITION: 1) Extremely fine plus. Does not appear to have been fired beyond factory test firing. Overall retains 99% plus crisp orig factory blue on all surfaces. Grips are equally crisp & new with great fire. 2) Equally as new & beautiful and unfired as #1. Case is equally new with a few light nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its orig finish; interior is also new with green verdigris around most of brass fittings & hinges. 4-46812 JR421 (22,500-32,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012

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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	2493	$36,800.00	RARE CASED PAIR OF FACTORY ENGRAVED COLT OFFICER’S MODEL DA REVOLVERS. SN 625164 & 16437. 1) Cal. 38 Spcl. Heavy bbl Officer’s Model with blue finish, 6″ bbl, adjustable partridge front sight and adjustable rear sight on the flat top frame. Mounted with 2-pc smooth silver medallion pearl grips. Revolver has checkered backstrap & trigger and hammer with bright polished sides. Revolver is beautifully engraved in C to D coverage spectacular, intertwined foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background. Frame has full coverage with special patterns on the flat top of the frame with matching patterns extending the full length of the bbl and the entire circumference of the cylinder. Buttstrap, front strap, trigger bow and front of the frame are engraved to match. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter which identifies this revolver in caliber 38 with 6″ bbl, blue finish, pearl stocks, factory engraved in Level C, shipped to Loan Account, Honeyman Hardware Co., Portland, OR on May 24, 1938 in a 1-gun shipment. Remarks section states that it was returned to the factory on May 1, 1939 and re-shipped on Loan Account four more times on May 8, 1939, Jan. 8, 1940, March 11, 1940 and finally Oct. 10, 1940 to Abercrombie & Fitch, New York, NY. 2) Cal. 22. Blue finish with 6″ bbl, adjustable partridge front sight and adjustable rear sight on the flat top frame. Hammer has bright polished sides and it has checkered backstrap & trigger. Mounted with smooth silver medallion pearl grips. Revolver is factory engraved in C to D coverage virtually identical to its mate, #1 above. Acompanied by a Colt factory letter which identifies this revolver in caliber 22 with 6″ bbl, blue finish, pearl stocks, factory engraved, level C, shipped to Loan Account, Frank J. Budge Co., Miami, FL on Nov. 6, 1936 in a 1-gun shipment to Order #16361/2. Under remarks the letter states that this revolver was returned to the factory Nov. 14, 1938 and re-shipped six more times between March 29, 1939 and Oct. 10, 1940 when it was shipped to Abercrombie & Fitch, New York, NY. As with its mate, #1 above. Accompanied by their orig A & F supplied brown leather case with full brass hardware and a leather carrying handle on the front. Interior is gold velvet lined and recessed in the bottom for the two revolvers, a 2-pc cleaning rod with two bore brushes, two boxes of Remington caliber 22 LR and one box of Remington 38 Spcl. ammunition. It is known that these revolvers were purchased by Harry Franklin Vickers from Abercrombie & Fitch, where he was a regular customer, in about 1940, along with a Colt Woodsman pistol also being sold in this auction. Mr. Vickers was an American inventor & industrialist known as “The Father of Industrial Hydraulics” by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He was a close friend & colleague of Gen. Doughlas MacArthur, who was the Chairman of Remington-Rand when Sperry & Remington merged in the early 1950s, forming Sperry-Rand. When Gen. MacArthur retired, Mr. Vickers became the Chairman of the Board of the company. These revolvers have remained in the Vickers family until being consigned to this auction. PROVENANCE: Harry F. Vickers Family Collection. CONDITION: 1) Extremely fine plus. Does not appear to have been fired beyond factory test firing. Overall retains 99% plus crisp orig factory blue on all surfaces. Grips are equally crisp & new with great fire. 2) Equally as new & beautiful and unfired as #1. Case is equally new with a few light nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its orig finish; interior is also new with green verdigris around most of brass fittings & hinges. 4-46812 JR421 (22,500-32,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 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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