GUN FALL 2016
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 4, 2016.
FRESH TO MARKET, SPECTACULAR, EXCEEDINGLY RARE CONSECUTIVELY NUMBERED PAIR OF EARLY THIRD GENERATION COLT FACTORY ENGRAVED SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVERS IN 44 SPECIAL CALIBER WITH EQUALLY RARE FACTORY ROSEWOOD GRIPS WITH COLT FACTORY INLAID MEDALLIONS.COLT/COLTSAA/SAASA22725/SA2272644 SPECMODERN; C&RCal. 44 Special 4-3/4" bbls. Blue and case color finish. Exceedingly rare Colt Factory Rosewood Grips with inlaid medallions. Revolvers are flawlessly engraved with class "C" coverage. Barrels are beautifully engraved on both sides of address with a line and punch dot border, ending in scroll work on both ends, from breech to muzzle. Barrels are also engraved on left side below model and caliber mark, at breech and muzzle end. Ejector rod tubes are scroll engraved. Frames show remarkably unique scroll engraving on both sides with a line and punch dot pattern on the recoil shield on left side with a wonderful checkerboard accent. Loading gates are elaborately scroll engraved without border. Right side of frame has a checkerboard pattern accenting the engraving. Top of frames are decorated with a line and punch dot pattern matching the engraving on the barrels. Backstraps are engraved with line and punch dot checkerboard and scroll engraving. Butts and trigger guards are engraved with scroll. Rear flat of trigger guards and side flats of backstraps are engraved in a checkerboard pattern. In a very rarely seen manner the cylinders are spectacularly engraved in a scallop, checkerboard, and scroll pattern between the flutes. Rear of cyls have scroll accents between bolt stops. Bbls show 1-line bbl address on top. Model and cal mark on left side. SNs are stamped on bottom of forward flat of frame. 2-line patent mark with rampant Colt logos on left side of frames. Factory grips are made of Rosewood with Colt custom medallions inlaid at the top. Revolvers are each cased in a Colt Factory leatherette box and both revolvers also come with factory cardboard sleeves that have an end label describing the features of each revolver. In famed author Don Wilkerson's book on pages #215, #221, and #223, Wilkerson details how the Colt Factory Records show that of Colt Factory Engraved Revolvers only 7% were manufactured in the 44 Special caliber, and only 9% of all Consecutive Sets were in the 44 Special caliber, 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 45 Caliber; 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 sets 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, Charles Layson, The Vince Sepulveda Collection, and a Colt Factory Archive Letter confirming all features and showing shipment as a consecutive set on October 1, 1982. CONDITION: As New. Un-fired. A super rare and highly collectible consecutive set of investment quality firearms. 50872-9 TEP (9,500-18,500)