[Nifster]

Ah Little Sure Shot wins again….. quite a lady and a legend

[GeronL]

She wasn’t a murderer

[yarddog]

The provenance doesn’t sound as good as they are saying to me.

There probably is no doubt that Jesse’s Son owned it but he could have bought a bunch of guns and claimed they were his Father’s.

[shibumi]

If the “estimate” was $1.6MM and it didn’t sell,
then *obviously* the “estimate” is incorrect.

A thing’s true value is what someone will pay for it.
Not what an owner or auctioneer wishes they could get.

Now, maybe if Rick Harrison has a buddy who knows all about these things.....

[Dr. Sivana]

I had read that when Bat Masterson was short of money, he would buy a used gun and sell it as “the gun owned by Bat Masterson”.

[PowderMonkey]

It's what makes the collector's market so much fun. What's hot today is not tomorrow. And, it's all about finding that particular buyer willing to pay the price. My father once owned the personal side arm, original ammo, and dress holster of a former Central American Dictator, deposed in the 1950s. It was a Beretta semi-auto in .25 cal. Established provenance. He parted with it for a song. Sometime in the future, there may be a surge of interest in obscure Cold War era Latin American dictatorship memorabilia. It will be worth a fortune. Our loss. Somebody else’s gain. All part of the fun.

[Parley Baer]

The frame at least started off as a U.S. Army revolver. Note the “U.S.” stamp. Maybe the whole pistol as it does have a 7 1/2” barrel in .45 Colt caliber. Could have been rejected by the Army inspector and Colt resold it. They gun has been nickle plated and fitted with Ivory grips.

[goodwithagun]

From one markswoman to another, “Atta girl!”

[BunnySlippers]

I wanted it.

[Mike Darancette]

That big gun didn’t look cut down at all.