GUN FALL 2016
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 4, 2016.
FRESH TO MARKET, WONDERFUL, EXCEEDINGLY RARE CONSECUTIVELY NUMBERED PAIR OF EARLY THIRD GENERATION COLT FACTORY ENGRAVED SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVERS IN 45 CALIBER WITH EQUALLY RARE FACTORY ROSEWOOD GRIPS WITH GOLD INLAID MEDALLIONS.COLT/COLTSAA/SAA88547SA/88548SA45LC/45LCMODERN; C&RCal. 45LC. 7-1/2" bbls. Blue and case color finish. Rare factory 2-pc rosewood grips with gold Colt medallion inlaid. Revolvers are beautifully scroll engraved with coverage in the desirable and rarest class "A" coverage. Bbls are scroll engraved at the breech on both sides of bbl address. Ejector rod housings are scroll engraved at rear. Frames have very nicely executed scroll engraving on recoil shield, loading gate, both sides of frame at rear, and in front of cyl. Top straps have scroll accent at both ends. Backstraps are scroll engraved on apron and toe. There is nicely done small scroll accent on the rear flats of the trigger guard. Cyls have scroll engraving between flutes, with a wavy line border around rear of periphery. Bbls have a 1-line address on top with model and cal marks on left side. Left side of frames shows 2-line patent address with rampant Colt logo to rear. SNs are stamped on bottom flat of frames. Accompanying these revolvers is a Colt box made of walnut that is partitioned on the inside in the American style with a green felt lining and individual Colt Factory leatherette cases. In famed author Don Wilkerson's book on pages #215 & #223, Wilkerson details how the Colt Factory Records show that of Colt Factory Engraved Revolvers only 17% were done in Grade A coverage and only 2% of all Colt Consecutive Serial Sets were manufactured with Factory Grips in a material other than "Eagle Stocks or Ivory Stocks", making the Factory Rosewood Grips on this consecutive set exceedingly rare. OF NOTE: Elsewhere in this current James Julia auction, there are two (2) other equally rare and spectacular consecutive sets of Colt Factory Engraved Revolvers in Calibers 357 Magnum and 44 Special; also of note ALL THREE consecutive sets were originally shipped by the Colt Factory to the exact same address and the exact same collector Mr. William Winkelman of Merrill, Wisconsin approximately 35 years ago; ALL THREE consecutive are also consigned to this auction from the same Texas collector. This is a chance to own three consecutive sets of Colt Factory Engraved revolvers in three different calibers: 357 Magnum, 45 Caliber, and 44 Special. PROVENANCE: William Winkelman, The George Gill collection, The Vince Sepulveda Collection, and a Colt Factory Archive Letter. CONDITION: As New. Un-Fired. 50872-8 TEP (9,500-18,500)