[Swordmaker]

Lots more great gun porn at this auction which goes under the gavel this morning!

Including a beautiful Samuel Hoggson engraved Henry Rifle,

pistols owned by WWII Generals, a near mint 1873 Winchester Military Rifle (not as nice as the one I owned), Factory engraved Single Action Army Colt revolver with ivory steer head grips, TWO rare U.S. 1911A1 .45 ACP Pistols by Singer Sewing Machine Manufacturing Co., three nice cane rifles, two engraved presentation Colt SAA revolvers, a cut-away 1911A1 .45 ACP pistol. . . and thats just on the first four pages out of 29 in the catalog!

[exnavy]

Awesome, i love these old Colts. I have a wonderful 1st gen SAA calvary model that is 100 years old.

[Candor7]

If it could only talk, the stories it would tell.

[Jagdgewehr]

Awesome piece of history. Pretty rare too. The modifications to the loading level are brilliant given it’s propensity to come loose on recoil.

[ozzymandus]

I owned an Italian-made replica of a Walker Colt at one time. It was huge and weighed a ton.

[ganeemead]

19’th Century’s equivaqlent of the 44 magnum...

[C Lee Tolindo]

Great thread.
Please keep the posts coming.

[redfreedom]

I own a Colt Walker replica, supposedly an exact copy that is made in Italy. Very heavy. Supposedly the most powerful black powder handgun ever made.

Long bores in the cylinder allows extra powder, and she really kicks when overloaded. Very noisy, lotsa smoke. Very fun to shoot.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

And yet my rare English .22 conversion of a Victory model S&W is looked down on as a “shooter” as it has been buffed and reblued.

One firearm rusted is a treasure while another is considered one step above junk.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Wow! $15,000 for a plain Jane 1911 dated 1912. I am out of touch with these prices.

Obviously condition and rarity are everything and I suppose this must be one of the most minty of the 1912s and being brand new, I have no clue how many were made let alone exist today. Just strikes me as not a particularly rare animal.

Then again, $15,000 isn’t exhorbitant. I just can’t get my head around a 1911 that expensive that wasn’t owned by some historic figure with provenance that gives that gun such a rarity, such as if it was carried by Dwight Eisenhower or some such thing. Then it would be far above $15,000 of course.

Good thing I am not shopping these days.

[Swordmaker]

The Walker sold for $77,500 plus $15,887.50 buyers premium and possible sales tax if the buyer lived in New Hampshire or his state has sales tax reciprocity with NH. Total $93,387.50 plus possible sales tax.

[Swordmaker]

This Engraved Colt SAA with carved ivory steer head grips from 1929 had a pre-auction estimate of $10,000 to $15,000 but actual realized bid price of $24,000 plus buyers premium of about $4,920, for a total selling price of $28,920

[Swordmaker]

On the other hand, this Colt Single Action, which is probably the most engraved and inlayed gun every done, was sold BELOW the auction estimate bid prices. . . it is perhaps the most bizarre engraving ever applied to a firearm in history as well. Commissioned by a collector it is dubbed "The Monster Colt" and depicts teens of monsters throughout its engravings. Made for the 100th Anniversary of the Colt Single Action, it was commissioned to be the fanciest example of the engravers' and gun sculpters' art ever done.

Auction estimates were $60,000 to $80,000 plus buyer's premium, this firearm (it has been disabled from every firing by the engraver to prevent cylinder damage) went for only $50,000 plus buyer's premium, or $60,250.

Never the less, and despite the theme, it is a beautiful work of art. . . in a macabre sort of way. . .