GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER USED NATIONAL ARMS COMPANY DERINGER WITH GREAT PROVENANCE.NATIONAL FIREARMSNO 1 DERINGER244341Cal. 41. Standard all metal National Firearms Deringer, 4-3/4" overall, with 2-1/2" bbl marked "NATIONAL ARMS CO BROOKLYN, NY". This is one of the few firearms in private hands with documentation direct to General George Armstrong Custer. Lot is accompanied by a facsimile image of Custer in a 9-1/2" x 11-1/2" frame. Accompanied by copy of John DuMont's Custom Battle Guns. PROVENANCE: George Armstrong Custer, 1865; Elizabeth Custer, 1876; George A. Custer II, 1923; Marvin Brice Custer; Illustrated in the "Columbus Sunday Dispatch", February 8, 1956; James Hutchins, 1961; Leon "Red" Jackson Catalog, Dallas, Texas; William A. Bond Collection, 1961; Listed by SN and described in inventory on pg 85 of John du Mont, "Custer Battle Guns", 1974; Greg Martin Collection; Outstanding estate collection of Confederate and historical arms of Morris Racker. CONDITION: Good to very good overall, sound and complete. Crisp markings with a mottled grey patina with patches of pitting on both side of frame. Mechanically sound with good well defined bore. 51957-15 JS (20,000-30,000)