GUN SPRING 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, April 11, 2017.
LOT OF A CAST IRON TWO-PIECE SIGN FROM THE COLT PLANT AND A BRASS BOILER PLATE ALSO FROM THE COLT PLANT.Painted blue with white highlights, the cast iron sign is manufactured in two pieces. Each section has a squared end which abuts the other with the opposing ends having scalloped corners. The long section is 48" and the short section 37-1/2" and both are 5-1/2" wide, 3/8" thick. The borders and lettering are raised above the background and read "COLT'S PATENT FIRE ARMS MFG., CO.". The bottom right end of the short section is marked "B. 26612" and the long section "B. 26613". Each section has four mounting holes. The brass boiler plate measures 6-3/4" x 2-7/8" x 1/8". The brass plate has raised lettering with hand-stamped panels which reads "120 4" TUBES 13 FT. LONG / 12 WIDE 10 HIGH / 2-36 DRUMS 1/2 THICK 20'-7 LONG / OPEN HEARTH STEEL 55000LBS. / BUILT TO CARRY 200LBS. PRESSURE. / JOB NO. 10226 1923". Accompanied by a letter on official Colt letterhead stationery but not an official letter, over the signature of Don Cox, Colt Custom Gunsmith. The body of the letter states that Mr. Cox acquired these items from Mark Schwinger and sold them to John Godroe. He states that before he obtained them the late Martin Huber, Colt Historian Emeritus told him that during his walks around the plant on his lunch hour, he recalled seeing this sign on the Boiler Room wall. Mr. Cox states that this sign had originally been painted maroon with white lettering, but had been painted over many times. He had it sandblasted and painted its current colors. Mr. Cox doesn't clearly state how he obtained the brass boiler plate sign. Mr. Cox was for many years a Custom Gunsmith at the Colt plant. SIZE: CONDITION: The cast iron sign is sound and retains most of its blue and white paint. The brass boiler plate sign shows wear and cleaning with a few nicks and dings and a screwdriver scrape around the right mounting hole escutcheon. 51720-4 JRL (2,000-4,000)