ANTIQUE AMERICAN FIREARMS
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NEW ITEMS
COLT
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6993 £1,100.00British proofed, Colt Third Model derringer serial number 36783 in obsolete .41 short rim-fire calibre. It bears an inventory number “17725” on the right side of the frame. This is probably the inventory number of the British retailer. Complimented with walnut two-piece birds-head walnut grips. Click here for full description.
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6986 £3,500.00Excellent American Colt Model 1855 Root Side-hammer Model 2 Pocket percussion revolver s/n 11231, manufactured circa 1856 in .28 calibre. It has a 3 ½ inch octagon barrel, with two-line Hartford barrel address with pointing hand motif and Maltese Cross at each end. It deserves to be cased. Click here for full description.
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6952 £2,500.00Beautiful post production engraved and inlaid with gold, Colt “Thuer” Third Model Deringer s/n 11920 in obsolete .41 rimfire calibre. It has a 2½ inch round engraved blued barrel, with “COLT” inlaid in gold in italic style on the top of the barrel. Click here for full description.
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6983 £4,750.00Excellent condition, martially inspected, Colt Model 1861 Special Musket, with round 40 inch rifled barrel in .58 calibre. It is full-stocked, using oil-finished American black walnut. The musket is marked “1864” in two places with military cartouches and inspector markings throughout. It also retains its original brown leather shoulder-strap. Click here for full description.
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7007 £2,750.00Good condition Civil War period, cased Martially inspected Colt Model 1860 Army percussion revolver s/n 56943 manufactured circa 1862. It has a three-screw type frame with the recoil shield cut for Third Model shoulder-stock attachment. Click here for full description.
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6972 PORA wonderful opportunity to buy Colt Model 1873 single action revolver s/n 1794, manufactured circa 1880 in obsolete .44 Rimfire calibre, shipped to Wexell & DeGress, Mexico City, Mexico on 10th November, 1880. It has a wealth of history with its Colt historical letter and full provenance from R.L. Wilson. Click here for full details.
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6890 PORCased factory engraved Colt Hartford-London Dragoon percussion revolver serial number 125, with barrel address “- ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW YORK CITY -” and hand-engraved “COLT’S / PATENT” on the frame. Fitted with a factory screw assembly to reinforce the deluxe varnished burl walnut grips. Manufactured Circa 1853. Click here for full description.
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6892 PORFine to excellent deluxe brass-bound cased, British proofed, Exhibition grade, factory engraved, Colt Model 1851 London Navy percussion revolver serial number 6666/. with ultra rare gold-plated back-strap and trigger-guard, manufactured at Samuel Colt’s London manufactory, circa 1854. Click here for full description.
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6920 £2,750.00Very scarce Birmingham proofed, First Type Colt Third Model Deringer s/n 2690 in obsolete .41 rimfire calibre. Manufactured circa 1870 with its raised relief bolster, around the barrel screw and the high spur hammer and tight grip contour. These are the defining characteristics of the First Type derringers. Click here for full details.
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6899 £5,000.00Excellent lightly engraved Colt Model 1883 double barrel side by side 10 gauge hammerless shotgun s/n 2606, manufactured circa 1887. Thirty inch browned Damascus double barrels and case coloured receiver, with varnished chequered figured walnut pistol grip stock. Click here for full description.
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6893 PORExcellent cased British proofed, six shot Colt Model 1851 London Navy percussion revolver serial number 31828, dating to 1855, with all matching numbers. Click here for full description.
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6894 POREarly, Crimean War period, first year of production, oak case inscribed “Dr Waller R.N.” British proofed Colt Model 1851 London Navy six shot percussion revolver serial number 3242, dating to 1853. Click here for full description.
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6897 £18,500.00Excellent, British proofed, Colt cavalry Model 1855 “Root” side-hammer, five shot revolving saddle ring carbine s/n 11999 in .56 calibre with 21inch round barrel. Click here for full description.
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6912 PORExhibition grade engraved cased Colt Model 1849 London Pocket percussion revolver serial number 26 manufactured circa 1853 with a five inch barrel and bearing several unique features. This rare and important revolver was assembled in London from parts that were manufactured in Hartford and then shipped to London when the Colt’s new factory opened in 1853. Click here for full description.
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6751 £8,500.00Very fine, British-proofed, factory scroll engraved, Birds-eye maple cased Colt Model 1849 London Pocket Percussion revolver s/n 4130/. with four inch barrel. Manufactured at Colt’s London manufactory, circa 1854. Click here for full description.
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6842 £6,250.00Very good, British-proofed, factory scroll engraved, cased Colt Model 1849 London Pocket Percussion revolver s/n 2151/. with four inch barrel and select walnut varnished one-piece grips. Manufactured at Colt’s London manufactory, circa 1854. Click here for full description.
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6880 £2,100.00Good American Civil war period, Colt Fourth Model 1851 navy percussion revolver s/n 116740, manufactured circa 1861. Click here for full description.
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6736 £7,250.00Crimean War Inscribed and cased Colt Model 1851 London Navy percussion revolver s/n 34199 manufactured circa 1855. Cased in an original mahogany case with brass escutcheon on the lid inscribed "J. Falls / Beatson's Cavalry". Click here for full description.
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6733 £8,000.00Inscribed, brass-bound oak cased, factory ‘Bank note’ engraved, Colt Model 1851 London Navy percussion revolver s/n 37309, manufactured circa 1855. The inscription reads “G.T. Faussett Esq / 76th Regt”. Click here for full description.
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6732 £9,500.00Excellent, Cased British proofed Colt Model 1849 London Pocket Percussion revolver s/n 8070 with five inch octagonal barrel, manufactured circa 1855. Retailer with Royal Warrant of Appointment. Click here for full description.
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6719 £3,400.00Civil War period, martially inspected Colt Model 1860 Army percussion revolver s/n 131424 manufactured circa 1863. Click here for full description. Click here fore full description.
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6799 £2,250.00Exceptional fully nickel-plated Colt House Model “Cloverleaf” revolver serial number 5444, chambered in obsolete .41 Rimfire calibre. Manufactured circa 1873 with four shot type cylinder and three inch barrel. Click here for full description.
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6729 £8,500.00Civil war period, cased civilian Colt Fourth Model 1851 navy percussion revolver s/n 133561, manufactured circa 1863. Click here for full description.
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6657B PORPost World War One, “R.A.F.” and “Broad Arrow” marked, Colt Model 1911 semi-auto pistol, serial number W109996, manufactured circa 1918-1919 in .455 Webley. Can only be possessed under Section 7.3 of the Firearms Act or with a Section 5 Authority. Click here for full description.
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WINCHESTER
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6974 £9,500.00Very fine, large frame, Third Model, Winchester Model 1876 (the Centennial Model) lever action rifle s/n 57937, manufactured circa 1885, with 28 inch octagonal barrel, full magazine, straight walnut stock and forend, with crescent butt-plate. Chambered in obsolete 40-60 WCF calibre. Click here for full description.
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6939 £6,000.00A very good, “J.P. Lower” marked early Fourth Model Winchester Model 1866 (Yellow Boy) repeating Saddle Ring Carbine, serial number 149924, with twenty inch, round barrel, full length tubular magazine tube, two barrel bands, manufactured circa 1878, in obsolete 44 Henry calibre. Click here for full description.
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6905 £5,750.00Scarce Third Model Winchester Model 1876 lever action carbine s/n 53269 in obsolete 45/75 calibre, manufactured circa 1884. Click here for full description.
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6903 £30.000.00Beautiful Ulrich factory style engraved Winchester Model 1866 lever action rifle s/n 36462 manufactured circa 1870 with blued 24 inch octagonal barrel, crescent buttplate and special order sling swivels. The stock and forend feature a wonderful flamed tiger-striped select walnut grain. Click here for full description.
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6884 £25,000.00Rare and very desirable, 15 shot silverplated Nimschke engraved Model 1860 Henry Lever Action Rifle, s/n 9093, manufactured circa 1865 in .44 Rimfire Henry calibre. Click here for full description.
REMINGTON
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ST01 £850.00Fine, nickel-plated Remington-Elliott four barrelled derringer s/n 22849, manufactured circa 1863-1888 in obsolete .32 rimfire, with ring trigger and two-piece rosewood grips. Termed by Remington as their “New Repeating Pistol”, this four-shot stationary barrel cluster with revolving firing pin has 3 3/8 inch ribbed barrels. Nickel plated barrel cluster and frame. Click here for full description.
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6985 £4,500.00Excellent, beautifully factory engraved, Remington Over & Under Double Deringer, Type II (Model 3) serial number 906, with one-line barrel address and extractor, complimented with two-piece mother of pearl grips. It features broad scroll engraving on both sides of the top barrel at the breech and on both sides of the frame. The back strap is also engraved. Click here for full description.
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6838 £4,500.00Excellent Civil War period, Martially inspected Remington New Model Army percussion revolver, serial number 89582. Eight inch octagonal barrel, with three-line address: “PATENTED SEPT. 14. 1858 / E. REMINGTON & SONS. ILION NEW YORK.U.S.A. / NEW-MODEL”. Click here for full description.
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6991 £2,600.00Very fine, nickel-plated Remington Over & Under Double Deringer, Type II (Model 3) serial number 864, with one-line barrel address and extractor and complimented with two-piece mother of pearl grips. Click here for full description.
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6947 £4,250.00Excellent Civil War period, Martially inspected Remington New Model Army percussion revolver, serial number 46822. Eight inch octagonal barrel, with three-line address: “PATENTED SEPT. 14. 1858 / E. REMINGTON & SONS. ILION NEW YORK.U.S.A. / NEW-MODEL”. Click here for full description.
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6908 £7,000.00Very fine to excellent example of a civilian contract Remington Model 1875 single action revolver s/n 635 manufactured circa 1875-1889, chambered in obsolete .44 Remington calibre with lanyard ring. Accompanied with its “Mexican Loop” brown leather holster. Click here for full description.
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6738 £4,500.00Very fine example of an Egyptian contract Remington Model 1875 single action revolver s/n 3578, manufactured circa 1875-189, in obsolete .44 Remington calibre. Click here for full description.
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6600 £1,200.00Very good Remington-Elliott four barrelled derringer s/n 19955, manufactured circa 1863-1888 in obsolete .32 rimfire, with ring trigger and two-piece rosewood grips. Click here for full description.
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6971 £1,250.00Very fine, fully nickel-plated Remington-Smoot New Model No. 2 revolver s/n 510, manufactured circa 1878-1888 in obsolete .30 Rimfire calibre, with 7/8 inch cylinder and 2 3/4 inch barrel. It is estimated that only about 2,000 Model 2's were manufactured. Click here for full description.
OTHER AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS
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6989 £3,000.00Excellent, silver-plated, factory engraved Moore's Patent Firearms Co. No 1 derringer s/n 1136, manufactured circa 1860 to 1865 in obsolete .41 rimfire calibre, with 2 ½ inch barrel. It features broad scroll engraving on the frame and barrel in tandem with a large engraving of an arrow either side of the barrel pointing at a star. Click here for full description.
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6938 £3,750.00Rare, early Confederate States of America retailed, cased, engraved, William Tranter’s Patent fourth model 80 bore or .38 calibre, five shot double action percussion revolver s/n 20492T, retailed by “Hyde & Goodrich” of New Orleans, circa 1861 with 4 ½ inch octagonal barrel and chequered walnut grips. The rare barrel address reads “W. TRANTERS PATENT / HYDE & GOODRICH. AGENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES SOUTH”. Click here for full description.
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6910 £5,000.00Very fine Civil War period, Starr single action Model 1863 percussion revolver s/n 39641 chambered in 44 calibre with 8 inch barrel. This revolver is consecutively numbered to U.S. Starr single action Model 1863 percussion revolver s/n 39640 (Stock 6840) and also in similar condition. Click here for full description.
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6840 £5,650.00 including import charges and VATExcellent Civil War period, U.S. Martially inspected Starr single action Model 1863 percussion revolver s/n 39640 chambered in 44 calibre with 8 inch barrel. This set is in the US and can be shipped directly to the collector at no extra charge. US $7,000.00. For sale in the UK for £5,650.00 including import charges and VAT. This revolver is consecutively numbered to U.S. Starr single action Model 1863 percussion revolver s/n 39641 (Stock 6910) and also in similar condition. Click here for full description.
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6900 £9,000.00Good condition, rare to find Volcanic Lever Action No.1 brass framed Pocket pistol s/n 1401, manufactured by the New Haven Arms Co. of New Haven, Connecticut, with 3 ½ inch barrel in .31 calibre. Only about 850 of this model were manufactured between 1857 to 1862. The pistol has the distinctive 3 ½ inch octagonal barrel with integral six-shot magazine, with round finger hole in the lever. Both walnut grip panels are numbered “1401” to the pistol. The barrel address reads on one line “NEW HAVEN CONN. PATENT FEB. 14. 1854”. Click here for full description.
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6818 £1,200.00Early Series 1, Manhattan Navy percussion .36 percussion five-shot revolver, serial number 2172, manufactured circa 1859 in Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A., with octagonal 6 ½ inch barrel. One-line address: “MANHATTAN FIRE ARMS CO. NEWARK NEW YORK”. Click here for full description.
US GUNS ONLY
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6874 US $12,000 or £9,000.00Custer period frame, U.S. Colt Artillery Model Single Action Army Revolver with mixed numbers and components typical of the Artillery variant, including Ainsworth inspected serial numbers 470, 5922 and 10911. Chambered in .45 Long Colt calibre. Click here for full description.
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6812 US $12,000.00 or £9,450.00Late Civil War period, factory engraved Colt Model 1862 Police percussion revolver serial number 31256/E, manufactured circa 1865, with desirable 6½ inch barrel and original one-piece ivory grips. This gun is in the US and can be shipped directly to the collector at no extra charge. US $12,000.00 or £9,450.00.
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Excellent Civil War period, U.S. Martially inspected Starr single action Model 1863 percussion revolver s/n 39640 chambered in 44 calibre with 8 inch barrel. This gun is in the US and can be shipped directly to the collector at no extra charge. US $7,100.00 or £5,525.00.
ENGLISH & EUROPEAN
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6938 £3,750.00Rare, early Confederate States of America retailed, cased, engraved, William Tranter’s Patent fourth model 80 bore or .38 calibre, five shot double action percussion revolver s/n 20492T, retailed by “Hyde & Goodrich” of New Orleans, circa 1861 with 4 ½ inch octagonal barrel and chequered walnut grips. The rare barrel address reads “W. TRANTERS PATENT / HYDE & GOODRICH. AGENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES SOUTH”. Click here for full description.
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6870 £16,500.00Very fine cased pair of “John Blissett of London” percussion duelling pistols with 8½ inch octagonal smoothbore Damascus barrels, with fixed silver blade front sights, signed “JOHN BLISSETT 321 HIGH HOLBORN STREET LONDON / MAKER TO H. R. H. THE DUKE OF SUSSEX”. Manufactured circa 1835 to 1850. Click here for full description.
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6871 £11,000.00A fine pair of silver mounted flintlock pistols by "Griffin & Tow" of London. Click here for full description.
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6865 £17,500.00Ultra-rare, cased pair of Charles Moore (1780- 1835) of London, Pellet-Lock 48 bore duelling pistols numbered “1048”. Cased with full accessories including its rare “Moore” pellet dispensing tool numbered “954” and original Charles Moore trade label (1825-1842). Pistols manufactured circa 1825. Click here for full description.
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6866 £5,500.00Double barrelled flintlock carriage pistol signed in gold on the top of the barrel “Tatham London”. Click here for full description.
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6857 £22,000.00A fine historic cased pair of John Manton & Son, Dover Street, London flintlock 38 bore duelling pistols, No. 6915 / 6915 for 1819. Made for Edward Law, Baron Ellenborough 1790-1871. British Governor of India 1842-1844. He served under Sir Robert Peel as first lord of the Admiralty in 1846 and under Lord Derby at the Board of Control in 1858. Click here for full description.
POWDER FLASKS
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7109 £450.00Bag-type powder flask, manufactured by Dixon & Sons of Sheffield. Stamped “JAMES DIXON / & SONS / SHEFFIELD” and “COLTS POCKET FLASK”. This flask, is for the Colt Model 1849 London Pocket percussion revolver and also British proofed Colt Model 1855 Root percussion revolvers in .31 calibre. Click here for full description.
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7108 £500.00Fine American Flask & Cap Company, double sided large eagle flask pocket flask. The eagle is carrying what looks like a Colt revolver in its left talon and a powder flask in its right talon. The flask is shown in the company’s 1864 catalogue as an “Eagle flask”. See “The Powder Flask Book” by Ray Riling on pages 337 and 340. Click here fore full description.
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7107 £550.00Excellent condition, unmarked, double-sided Pocket powder flask showing excellent workmanship and design. The bird, which is facing towards the left, or to the readers right, offers an exceptional example in American or British eagle design. The main figure is presented in excellent detail and gives the impression of the eagle about to rise from the hummock. An American shield stands upright below the breast and a flying riband, marked “PLURIBUS UNUM” legend, is held in the eagle’s beak. Excellent condition. Click here for full description.
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7105 £1,250.00Fine American Flask & Cap Company double-sided cannon with eagle & shield flask with Navy charger. According to Riling on page 338, the makers designated it “The Coat of Arms flask”. The design appears on both sides and the sloping charger is described in the catalogue as “Navy Charger”. Click here for full description.
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7104 £1,250.00Fine American Flask & Cap Company double-sided cannon with eagle & shield flask with Navy charger. According to Riling on page 338, the makers designated it “The Coat of Arms flask”. The design appears on both sides and the sloping charger is described in the catalogue as “Navy Charger”. Click here for full description.
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7103 £1,250.00Fine American Flask & Cap Company double-sided cannon with eagle & shield flask with short spout.
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6440 £1,500.00Fine American Flask & Cap Company double-sided cannon with eagle & shield flask with Navy charger. According to Riling on page 338, the makers designated it “The Coat of Arms flask”. The design appears on both sides and the sloping charger is described in the catalogue as “Navy Charger”. Click here for full description.
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7096 £925.00Scarce, unmarked common top, one-sided eagle with shield flask by Hawkesley. The flask is of a double curvature profile line to create a main and upper swell. The main swell is decorated by a panel enclosing a broadened open wing eagle with a shield on its breast. The upper swell receives a panel with crowned riband on which is marked “E Pluribus Unum” surmounting a cluster of nineteen stars. The décor only appears on one face of the flask. The flask is in fine condition retaining most of its patina finish. See Riling 784 Pages 338 and 340. Click here for full description.
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7095 £550.00Scarce double sided large Eagle on a hummock Pocket flask with stylized crossed pistols above the bird. Fixed charger. Very good condition with a dent on one of the sides close to the cross pistols. Please click for full description.
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5297 £1,100.00Very fine American one-sided, Eagle and Shield with crossed pistols design pocket flask from the mid 1850’s. Made for the Colt Model 1849 Pocket percussion revolver. The brass top is polished, with a fire-blue spring. The body is a brown lacquer. There is a arced banner, which reads “E. PLURIBUS . UNUM .” Above the eagle are two rows of stars, five on the bottom and four above. There is “COLTS / PATENT” above. Surrounding the design is a swaged border. Very fine condition with virtually its original finish. Rapley F#25. Click here for full description.
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5064 £1,000.00Very good American one-sided, Eagle and Shield with crossed pistols design pocket flask from the mid 1850’s. Made for the Colt Model 1849 Pocket percussion revolver. The brass top is polished, with a fire-blue spring. The body is a brown lacquer. There is a arced banner, which reads “E. PLURIBUS . UNUM .” Above the eagle are two rows of stars, five on the bottom and four above. There is “COLTS / PATENT” above. Surrounding the design is a swaged border. Very good condition with much of its original finish. Rapley F#25. Click here for full description.
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5232 £2,250.00Rare and historic Colt 1851 Navy percussion revolver powder flask, from the Greg Lampe collection. This is the exact flask pictured on page 88 of “COLT ACCOUTREMENTS 1834-1911” by Robin J. Rapley. It reads: F#28 is the proof that Colt ordered direct, or through agents, flasks from England. We have letters by Colt requesting samples etc. See pages 77, James Dixon and Sons, and G. & J. Hawkesley were the two most prolific flask manufacturers in Victorian England, with world wide sales on all continents. To measure 24 grains. 5½ inches x 2 7/8 inches F28. Greg Lampe Collection.” This flask is for the Colt Model 1851 Navy manufactured by “G. & J. Hawkesley”. It reads around the rim “24 GMs”. The one-sided design shows a stand of flags behind the cannon, the flag on the right is the “Lone Star” of Texas. In front of the cannon are two sea anchors. Below the cannon are Paterson carbines, crossed left over right. Between the carbines is a single revolver pointing to the left. Below the pistol is a banner in an arc, with the “COLT’S PATENT” logo. Click here for full description.
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4176 £1,250.00Excellent American one-sided, Eagle and Shield with crossed pistols design pocket flask from the mid 1850’s. Made for the Colt Model 1849 Pocket percussion revolver. The brass top is polished, with a fire-blue spring. The body is a brown lacquer. There is a arced banner, which reads “E. PLURIBUS . UNUM .” Above the eagle are two rows of stars, five on the bottom and four above. There is “COLTS / PATENT” above. Surrounding the design is a swaged border. Excellent condition with virtually its original finish. Rapley F#25. Click here for full description.
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5691c £1,750.00Excellent James Dixon & Sons Sheffield marked “COLTS POCKET FLASK” bag-type powder flask with lanyard ring, manufactured by Dixon & Sons of Sheffield, for the Colt Model 1849 London Pocket percussion revolver in .31 calibre and also Colt Model 1855 Root percussion revolvers in .31 calibre that were shipped to the Colt factory in London and later at Colt’s London Agency at 14, Pall Mall after the manufactory closed in 1857. Click here for full description.
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5064 £600.00Rare bag-type powder flask with 3/8, 1/2, and 5/8 DRAMS lanyard ring, manufactured by Dixon & Sons of Sheffield for British proofed Colt Model 1862 Police or Colt Model 1865 Pocket-Navy percussion revolver or English percussion revolvers with similar calibres. Click here for full description
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6335 £250.00 to £1,750.00A cluster of bag-type powder flasks with lanyard rings, manufactured by James Dixon & Sons of Sheffield. Most are marked: “COLTS POCKET FLASK” in an arc. These flask are for the Colt Model 1849 London Pocket percussion revolver, also British proofed Colt Model 1855 Root percussion revolvers in .31 calibre. Click here for full description.
GUN CASES
CAP TINS
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7100 £350.00A Japanned 250 count cap tin, with an embossed brass disc showing the Royal Coat of Arms with the legend of “JOYCE’S / PATENT WATERPROOF / 1855 / ANTICORROSIVE CAPS”. Rapley CT#26. Fine condition. Click here for
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7099 £250.00A Japanned 250 count cap tin with a embossed gilded brass disc marked “ELEY’S / METAL LINED / PERCUSSION / CAPS / PATENTEES LONDON”. Rapley CT#29. Diameter 42 mm, Height 46 mm. Average condition. No caps included. Click here for full description.
BULLET MOULDS
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5294 £325.00Brass mould in .31 with steel sprue cutter, for Hartford manufactured Colt Model 1849 Pocket percussion revolver dated between 1854-1856. Straight leg mould with sprue cutter stamped “COLT’S / PATENT” with an apostrophe, on the top face of the sprue-cutter, close to the hinge. The two cavities are for a round ball nearest the hinge pin and a conical with a heel grease groove below it. The groove helps facilitate loading into the cylinder chamber. The locating pin is on the right leg. Very good condition. Rapley M#19. Click here for full description.
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6918 £275.00Fine condition .44 iron bow leg mould with iron sprue cutter, for the Colt Model 1860 Army percussion revolvers, from 1860 until the end of production. Bow leg with thick legs and square end sprue cutter, stamped “COLT’S / PATENT” with an apostrophe, on the top face of the blued sprue-cutter, close to the hinge. Click here for full description.
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6919 £250.00Brass .28 mould with iron sprue cutter finished “in the white” for Colt Model 1855 Root percussion revolvers, from 1855 until the end of production. Bow leg mould, stamped “COLTS / PATENT” without an apostrophe, on the top face of the sprue-cutter, close to the hinge. Click here for full description.
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6768 £250.00Original blued finish, large iron .56 calibre Colt “Root” side-hammer rifle mould, converted and re-cherried to 12 bore. Click here for full description.
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6501 £2,000.00Rare Colt mould marked "36 R" over "45 A" on the right side and "COLT'S/PATENT" on the sprue cutter. Originally manufactured in the 1850s or 1860s as a .36 calibre ball and conical bullet mould for a percussion Colt and then factory re-cut for a .45 Colt bullet for the Colt Single Action Army of western frontier fame. Click here for full description.
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6771 £175.00A 69 bore scissor type ball mould for a ‘Brown Bess’ type musket or rifle. Good overall condition. Click here for full description.
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6335d £125.00
HOLSTERS
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9313 £800.00Military-style, black leather flap holster, made by Colt, for the Colt Model 1860 London Army percussion revolver. Click here for full description
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9310 £70.00English, brown leather contoured right-handed holster for .32 Colt Double Action revolver with 3 1/2 to 4 inch barrel. Click here for full description.
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MISCELLANIA
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6916 £1,250.00Rare combination tool for the Colt Model 1855 Root percussion rifle, musket or carbine. This large version of the pistol model has the flat stepped cylinder spacer and at the other end, the nipple wrench. A large domed rivet through the centre of the shank, locates the two blades, which also act as levers to turn out a nipple and adjust the cylinder. The finish is cold blue. Rapley: T#22. Click here for full description.
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6480 £125.00Colt's Story Miniature 1836-1862 complete set sold in the 1960s by Dixie Gun Works. Click here for full description.
REFERENCE BOOKS
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7087 £75.00 plus P&P'Samuel Colt' Arms, Art, and Invention, by Herbert G. Houze. Edited by Elizabeth Kornhauser. 260 pages. Published in 2007. Great book with great photos. A must book for Colt collectors. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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6879 £100.00 plus P&P'Fine & Historic Arms Annual', SPONSORED BY THE TEXAS GUN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION & ROCK ISLAND AUCTION COMPANY (A 2ND EDITION OF THE ANTIQUE ARMS ANNUAL OF 1971). Check with Pete regarding shipping costs. Click here for full description.
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7084 £200.00 plus P&P'The Bowie Knife' Unsheathing an American Legend, by Norm Flayderman. 512 pages. First edition, published in 2004. Excellent condition with dust cover. £200.00 plus postage. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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7083 £250.00 plus P&P'The Antique Bowie Knife Book' by Bill Adams, J. Bruce Voyles & Terry Moss. 552 pages, with an introduction by Norm Flayderman. Limited edition of 1100 copies. This is Copy number 607. Published in 1990. Excellent condition with dust cover. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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7081 £75.00 plus P&P'Sheffield Exhibition Knives' by Claussen, Watts & McMickle. 247 pages. Excellent condition with dust cover. Serial number 1050 of 1300 printed. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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7080 £80.00 plus P&P'The Sheffield Knife book' by Geoffrey Tweedale. First edition printed in 1996. Hard cover with 319 pages. Excellent condition. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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7079 £65.00 plusP&P'The London Knife Book' 1820 - 1945, by Ron Flook. First edition printed in 2008. Hard cover with dust cover. 230 pages. Excellent condition. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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6746 £125.00 plus P&P'COL. COLT / DOWNUNDER', by Hayden Hughes & Robin Rapley. Sixty years of research, tracking and documenting the hundreds of Colt firearms that found their way down to Australia and New Zealand. Please check with me regards postage. Click here for full description.
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7078 £50.00 plus P&P'Swords of the American Civil War' by Richard H. Bezdek. 316 pages. Soft cover in excellent condition. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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7077 £35.00 plus P&P'Bowie Knives and Bayonets of the Ben Palmer Collection' by Ben Palmer, Bill Moran & Jim Phillips. Second edition, 224 pages and published in 1992. Excellent condition with dust cover. £35.00 plus postage. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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7075 £125.00 plus P&P'THE POWDER FLASK BOOK' by Ray Riling First edition. 496 pages. Excellent condition with dust cover. The definitive book on 1600 powder flasks. A must book for flask collectors. £125.00 plus postage. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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7074 £35.00 plus P&P'Remington's First Revolvers' The Remington Beals .31 Caliber Revolvers, by Charles E. Schif. First edition printed in 2007. Hard cover with dust cover. 112 pages. Excellent condition. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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7073 £35.00 plus P&P'Remington's Firearms: The Golden Age of Collecting', by Robert W.D. Ball. First edition printed in 1995. Hard cover with dust cover. 193 pages. Excellent condition. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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1480 £27.50 plus P&P'Colt Peacemaker British Model', by Keith Cochran. 1989. Including shipping. Please check with me regards postage. Click here for full description.
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7071 £30.00 plus P&PRare book 'PEPPERBOX FIREARMS' by Lewis Winant. First edition printed in 1952. Hard cover in very good condition, with dustcover in average condition. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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7070 £175.00 plus P&P'THE HISTORY AND IDENTICIFATION OF COLT ACCOUTREMENTS 1834-1911'. PATERSON TO AUTOMATIC. BY ROBIN J. RAPLEY First edition printed in 2006, with dust cover. As new. Hardcover. Condition: excellent. Dust Jacket Condition: excellent. 253 pages. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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7069 £100.00 plus P&P'51 Colt Navies' by Nathan L. Swayze. First edition printed in 1967. Hard cover with dust cover. 243 pages. Excellent condition. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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7068 £35.00 plus P&P'Variations of COLT'S' New Model Police & Pocket Breech Loading Pistols, by John D. Breslin, William Q. Pirie & David E. Price. Published in 2002. 160 pages. Hard cover in excellent condition. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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7067 £50.00 plus P&P'COLT FIREARMS from 1836' by James E. Serven. Second Stackpole printing in March, 1980. Hard cover with dust cover. 400 pages.Very fine condition. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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7065 £50.00 plus P&P'FINE COLTS The Dr. Joseph Murphy Collection' by R.L. Wilson. First Edition signed collectors' plate, copy number 2547 of 3,000. Published in 1999. Hard cover with dust cover. 248 pages.Excellent condition. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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7062 £125.00 plus P&P'The Book of Colt Firearms' by R.Q. Sutherland R.L. Wilson. The "Bible" for Colt Collectors. First Edition published in 1971. Hard cover with dust cover. 604 pages. Fine condition. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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1011 £10 plus P&P'A History of Handguns' Hardcover – Illustrated, 22 Nov. 2010 by Frederick Wilkinson. No dustcover. Please check with me regards postage. Click here for full description.
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1004 £150 plus P&P'A Study of Colt New Army and Navy Pattern Double Action Revolvers 1889-1908', Hardcover – January 1, 2005 by Robert Best (Author) The book has a printed picture cover; it was issued without a dust jacket and is signed by the author. Excellent condition. Click here for full description. Please check with me regards postage.
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7066 £75.00 plus P&P'COLONEL COLT LONDON The history of Colt's London firearms, 1851 - 1857', by Joseph G. Rosa. First Edition signed collectors' plate, copy number 34 of 1,000. Published in 1976. Hard cover with dust cover. 215 pages.Very fine condition. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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7086 £25.00 plus P&P'The Art of the Old West' from the collection of the Gilcrease Institute Selections and text by Paul A. Rossi and David C. Hunt. Published in 1971. 335 pages. Fine condition, without dust cover. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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7076 £20.00 plus P&PWarman's 'CIVIL WAR WEAPONS' by Graham Smith. Published in 2005. 256 pages. Soft cover in excellent condition. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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1012 £75 plus P&P'Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson', Third edition by Jim Supica, Richard Nahas, (2007) In colour. Hardcover. Please check with me regards postage. Click here for full description.
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7085 £30.00 plus P&P'Firearms of the American West' 1866 - 1894 by Louis A. Garavaglia & Charles G. Worman. 413 pages. Second edition, published in 1985. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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7088 £20.00 plus P&P'GUNS OF THE WILD WEST' a photographic tour of the guns that shaped our country's history, by David Kennedy. Photography by Bruce Curtis. 153 pages. Published in 2005. Please inquire about postage when ordering.
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1005 £25 plus P&P'STANDARD CATALOG OF SMITH & WESSON' by Jim Supica and Richard Nahas. Published by Krause Publications Inc. 1996. ISBN 10: 0873414047ISBN 13: 9780873414043. First edition. Please check with me regards postage. Click here for full description.
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1006 £60 plus P&P'Smith & Wesson Sixguns of the Old West' The Schofields, The Americans, The Russians, The New Model No. 3, and more... by David R. Chicoine. Please check with me regards postage. Click here for full description.
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1007 £10 plus P&P'Guns and How They Work' by Ian V. Hogg. ISBN 10: 0856854921 / ISBN 13: 9780856854927 Published by Marshall Cavendish Books Limited, London, England, 1979. Please check with me regards postage. Click here for full description.
CLEANING RODS
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6763 Sold Sold £25.00Reproduction Iron handle cleaning rod for cased Colt Model 1851 London Navy percussion revolver with 7 1/2 inch barrel. Full length:12 ½ inches. Click here for full description,
