EXTRAORDINARILY RARE & IMPORTANT CONSECUTIVELY NUMBERED PAIR OF FACTORY ENGRAVED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVERS WITH TEXAS HISTORY.

EXTRAORDINARILY RARE & IMPORTANT CONSECUTIVELY NUMBERED PAIR OF FACTORY ENGRAVED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVERS WITH TEXAS HISTORY. Cal. 45 Colt. SN 160786 & 160787. Nickel finish with 5-1/2” bbls with 1-line Hartford address, 2-line patent dates on left side of frame with the Rampant Colt in a full engraved circle and spectacular deep relief carved ox-head pearl grips, left & right hand. Revolvers are identically engraved by Cuno Helfrecht in his trademark style with large sunburst on recoil shields with a miniature sunburst on loading gates. Frames have about 80% coverage foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background. Bbls are engraved about 3-1/4” on each side to match with a wavy pattern around address. Top straps, ejector housing rod gullets & outside radii are engraved with his snake & dot pattern, which is also around back edge of cylinders. Cylinders are engraved in his trademark patterns of alternating sunbursts & foliate arabesque patterns on the lands between flutes. Buttstraps were engraved leaving a short blank panel which are after-market engraved “W.F. COBB”. This later engraving is in the typical style done for Wolf & Klaar of Fort Worth, TX. Accompanied by two Colt Factory letters to two different inquirors with both showing both serial numbers, that they were nickel finished, factory engraved, shipped to Simmons Hardware Co., St. Louis, MO, on June 26, 1895 in a shipment of two guns. The older letter, in remarks, states they were shipped as consecutively serialized pair. The more recent letter states under special features item, “consecutive serial numbers”. Also accompanied by a 3-ring binder of information regarding Mr. Cobb, who, apparently, was one of the orig land purchasers in Lubbock County, Texas and therefore one of the people responsible for the founding of the City of Lubbock, Texas. His land purchase was recorded on Aug. 13, 1890. It is not indicated how much land he actually purchased, but by law he was authorized to purchase one section (640 acres) at $3.00 per acre and then could purchase three additional sections at $2.00 per acre. The 1880 Federal Census shows a William F. Cobb, age 52, birthplace “Texas”, is listed on p. 440A. There is an additional Tax Roll for the City of Lubbock for 1891 which lists W.F. Cobb as owning one wagon or carriage valued at $25.00, something else illegible valued at $5.00 and three horses valued at $125.00. CONDITION: Very fine. Both revolvers have been cleaned, but not polished and show only light wear with somewhat dulled orig nickel. Backstraps, where they have been handled, are nice & bright with #160787 having some backstrap wear. This is the right hand gun & apparently Mr. Cobb was right handed. It appears also that sights have been slightly thinned. The oxhead grip on #160786 has a repaired crack just around edge of carving. It also has a slightly chipped toe & a small chip on right side by frame. The other grips are undamaged. Both have great fire with lots of color. A rare opportunity to own a very rare pair of Colts. 4-58897 JR600 (150,000-250,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006

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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	909	$0.00	EXTRAORDINARILY RARE & IMPORTANT CONSECUTIVELY NUMBERED PAIR OF FACTORY ENGRAVED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVERS WITH TEXAS HISTORY. Cal. 45 Colt. SN 160786 & 160787. Nickel finish with 5-1/2” bbls with 1-line Hartford address, 2-line patent dates on left side of frame with the Rampant Colt in a full engraved circle and spectacular deep relief carved ox-head pearl grips, left & right hand. Revolvers are identically engraved by Cuno Helfrecht in his trademark style with large sunburst on recoil shields with a miniature sunburst on loading gates. Frames have about 80% coverage foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background. Bbls are engraved about 3-1/4” on each side to match with a wavy pattern around address. Top straps, ejector housing rod gullets & outside radii are engraved with his snake & dot pattern, which is also around back edge of cylinders. Cylinders are engraved in his trademark patterns of alternating sunbursts & foliate arabesque patterns on the lands between flutes. Buttstraps were engraved leaving a short blank panel which are after-market engraved “W.F. COBB”. This later engraving is in the typical style done for Wolf & Klaar of Fort Worth, TX. Accompanied by two Colt Factory letters to two different inquirors with both showing both serial numbers, that they were nickel finished, factory engraved, shipped to Simmons Hardware Co., St. Louis, MO, on June 26, 1895 in a shipment of two guns. The older letter, in remarks, states they were shipped as consecutively serialized pair. The more recent letter states under special features item, “consecutive serial numbers”. Also accompanied by a 3-ring binder of information regarding Mr. Cobb, who, apparently, was one of the orig land purchasers in Lubbock County, Texas and therefore one of the people responsible for the founding of the City of Lubbock, Texas. His land purchase was recorded on Aug. 13, 1890. It is not indicated how much land he actually purchased, but by law he was authorized to purchase one section (640 acres) at $3.00 per acre and then could purchase three additional sections at $2.00 per acre. The 1880 Federal Census shows a William F. Cobb, age 52, birthplace “Texas”, is listed on p. 440A. There is an additional Tax Roll for the City of Lubbock for 1891 which lists W.F. Cobb as owning one wagon or carriage valued at $25.00, something else illegible valued at $5.00 and three horses valued at $125.00. CONDITION: Very fine. Both revolvers have been cleaned, but not polished and show only light wear with somewhat dulled orig nickel. Backstraps, where they have been handled, are nice & bright with #160787 having some backstrap wear. This is the right hand gun & apparently Mr. Cobb was right handed. It appears also that sights have been slightly thinned. The oxhead grip on #160786 has a repaired crack just around edge of carving. It also has a slightly chipped toe & a small chip on right side by frame. The other grips are undamaged. Both have great fire with lots of color. A rare opportunity to own a very rare pair of Colts. 4-58897 JR600 (150,000-250,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006 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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