GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND BEAUTIFUL REMINGTON 1894 EE GRADE.REMINGTONEE10127812 GaIVORYCal. 12 Ga. 2-3/4" Chambers. 30" Herring-bone Damascus pattern bbls. Double trigger and automatic ejectors. Striking Damascus pattern with standard matted rib showing orig "certifiable antique ivory", front and mid-bead. Bbl flats marked with SN. Left tube with "E.J.N." marking and small "WH" in front of bbl flat. Beautiful plain steel rib having turned a lovely plum/brown color. Orig forend with Curtis forend button finely checkered at top with exterior forend metal showing beautiful scroll engraving and chain pattern border on forend tip. Both forend screws beautifully engraved in star pattern. Forend wood shows 3 different checkering patterns with approximately 95% coverage. Outer edges on right and left side finely checkered with an extremely fine panel running straight down the middle of the forend at approximately 32 lines per inch in that panel. Where forend wood and forend metal meet on right and left side there is also a finely cut panel. Inside forend metal with matching SN and engraved screwhead. Frame shows SN on water table and last 4 digits on interior of frame. Frame is beautifully engraved, probably by Joseph Loy, with left side showing a very detailed scene of two quail surrounded by scroll on front of left receive. Left side of frame also marked "REMINGTON ARMS CO.". Top of frame finely scroll engraved with both breech balls showing two bursts. Top lever also shows approximately 95% coverage of light and well executed scroll coverage. Right side of frame shows two ducks in a marsh scene surrounded by scroll in front, and a flying goose toward the rear of the frame all surrounded by beautiful and well cut scroll engraving. Right side of frame also marked "REMINGTON ARMS CO.". Bottom of frame finely scroll engraved with flying woodcock engraved a head of floorplate screws and surrounded by finely cut scroll. Center of trigger plate engraved with a beautiful bust of a Retriever and Woodcock that is virtually identical to a very famous painting painted by Sir Edwin Landseer R.A. titled "Retriever and Woodcock" circa 1845. Given the nearly identical nature of the painting and the floorplate engraving one would almost have to agree that the floorplate is based on Landseer''s painting. Trigger guard bow shows approximately 75% scroll engraved coverage and trigger guard tang with SN enclosed by crescent wave engraving. Beautiful French walnut butt with striking grain pattern. LOP is 13-9/16". Stock cheeks are extremely finely checkered with both right and left side, showing an intricate wave pattern near the frame. Grip area also checkered in a fine 4-point style with a very fine panel of checkering behind the grip towards the nose of the comb. This panel is also approximately 32-lines per inch. Orig Remington Arms Company buttplate with buttplate screws also nicely engraved. Buffalo horn grip cap with shallow scallops and finely engraved grip cap screw. Stock with gold shield without any initials present. This beautiful gun represents amongst the finest workmanship to come out of the Remington factory for the Model 1894. Bore diameter: left - .743 choke .035; right - .743 choke .037. Wall thickness: left -.040, right -.038. Drop at heel: 3-3/16", drop at comb: 1-3/4". Weight: 7 lbs 12 oz. LOP: 13-9/16". PROVENANCE: This exact gun featured in Charles G. Semmer''s book "Remington Double Shotguns" pgs 186 - 189. being noted as the second E grade produced. At the time of Semmer''s book, the gun was owned by the famous late gun dealer Jack Puglisi. Also included is a packet of information with detailed photos of the Landseer painting and detailed information on Landseer. Landseer "Retriever and Woodcock" painting was also used for the September/October 2013 Sporting Classics magazine cover. CONDITION: Excellent overall. Bbl show approximately 85-90% strong herring-bone pattern with light muzzle wear and light carry wear, but the pattern is bold, striking and captivating. Bores are excellent with couple of minor pings in left tube near muzzle. Lockup is tight, mechanically excellent, bbls ever so slightly off-face. Inside of forearm retains most of orig case color. Exterior of forend shows excellent orig checkering pattern with 80-85% wood finish present. Curtis forend tip (only the tip/push button having been orig blued) shows maybe 30% orig high polish blue. Frame shows around 40%-50% orig visible light case hardening, some of which is hidden due to the extremely fine, delicate nature of the engraving. Triggers show high polish blue. Trigger guard bow with approximately 20% orig blue; trigger guard tang having toned to a pleasing silver. Buttstock shows a couple of minor bumps and scratches with approximately 90% finish with some finish having been added to preserve the wood through the years. Buttplate in very good to excellent condition. Truly a stunning and gorgeous work of art for the American sporting gun collector! 49102-2 JSL4 (25,000-45,000)