*IMPORTANT ERNEST HEMINGWAY COLT WOODSMAN MATCH TARGET SEMI-AUTO PISTOL.

*IMPORTANT ERNEST HEMINGWAY COLT WOODSMAN MATCH TARGET SEMI-AUTO PISTOL. SN 128866S. Cal. 22. 6″ target bbl. Standard front sight and adjustable rear sight with thumb rest, checkered walnut grips. Housed in a fabulous Arno Werner book binding with gold filigreed border and embossed “ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S COLT WOODSMAN PISTOL NO. 128866S”. Also housed with gun is its original Abercrombie & Fitch hand-tooled leather holster. This historical gun is well documented in Horace Greeley IV article on this gun in Guns Magazine, May 1981. The article details the many steps he went through to document this gun to Ernest Hemingway. With the gun are many of the documents that he unearthed including the ledger sheets from A & F with disposition to Mr. Hemingway on June 25, 1953. There are supporting documents from Colt showing their sale to A & F. There is also A & F letters identifying this gun and being signed by John S. Realmuto, Manager Gun Dept. and witnessed by William A. Ward, President of Griffin & Howe. There is also a letter to Mr. Greeley dated Dec. 2, 1976 on A & F letterhead stating that they had resold this firearm to Joe Marchico on July 3, 1963 in settling the estate of Mr. Hemingway. Also in documents is a page from a Christie’s auction catalog from 1981 identifying this gun in Lot #77. CONDITION: Very fine. Gun retains about 95% of its original blue. Grips are solid, checkering is fine with nearly all of its oiled finish. Holster is fine with all of its stitching, showing only a modest amount of wear. Bookcase is extremely fine with just a few minor scuffs in the leather. 4-33329 BT104 (10,000-15,000)

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
	3283	$10,925.00	*IMPORTANT ERNEST HEMINGWAY COLT WOODSMAN MATCH TARGET SEMI-AUTO PISTOL. SN 128866S. Cal. 22. 6″ target bbl. Standard front sight and adjustable rear sight with thumb rest, checkered walnut grips. Housed in a fabulous Arno Werner book binding with gold filigreed border and embossed “ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S COLT WOODSMAN PISTOL NO. 128866S”. Also housed with gun is its original Abercrombie & Fitch hand-tooled leather holster. This historical gun is well documented in Horace Greeley IV article on this gun in Guns Magazine, May 1981. The article details the many steps he went through to document this gun to Ernest Hemingway. With the gun are many of the documents that he unearthed including the ledger sheets from A & F with disposition to Mr. Hemingway on June 25, 1953. There are supporting documents from Colt showing their sale to A & F. There is also A & F letters identifying this gun and being signed by John S. Realmuto, Manager Gun Dept. and witnessed by William A. Ward, President of Griffin & Howe. There is also a letter to Mr. Greeley dated Dec. 2, 1976 on A & F letterhead stating that they had resold this firearm to Joe Marchico on July 3, 1963 in settling the estate of Mr. Hemingway. Also in documents is a page from a Christie’s auction catalog from 1981 identifying this gun in Lot #77. CONDITION: Very fine. Gun retains about 95% of its original blue. Grips are solid, checkering is fine with nearly all of its oiled finish. Holster is fine with all of its stitching, showing only a modest amount of wear. Bookcase is extremely fine with just a few minor scuffs in the leather. 4-33329 BT104 (10,000-15,000) 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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