GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
FANTASTIC OFFERING OF A.H. FOX GUN COMPANY AND RELATED ITEMS FROM THE DANA J. TAUBER ESTATE COLLECTION.This is the ultimate offering of A. H. Fox Gun company related material, collected by Mr. Tauber over a 35 year diligent search. Included are the Bartholomew Becker letters, there are also several letters written by Burt Becker which are of significant historical importance, including a letter in which he discussed his apprenticeship with Dan LeFever, and other notes back and forth from Bartholomew to Becker. Also included in this lot is the original agreement between Fred Coleman and the A. H. Fox Gun Company regarding the recipe used by Fox for Browning bbls, and company letters around this issue. Included in this lot are the original copyright agreements between Nash Buckingham and his publishers for the book Game Bag, and De Shootin'est Gentl'man. Also included are two 1944 letters from Buckingham's publisher G. P. Putnam & Sons regarding scheduling a meeting in Memphis and production on the book. The original incorporation papers in 1906 for Philadelphia Arms Company. An original Philadelphia Arms Company "Preferred" stock certificate. Also included is a wooden hard board name plate, beautifully displaying "Fox Guns / No Better Gun Was Ever Made / Theodore Roosevelt. Also included are two excellent Fox toy guns. Two excellent orig farm scenes marked lower right corner A. Fox, Philadelphia. Two beautiful red, white, yellow, and green tin "Fox proof" metal gun signs. And a most interesting "Notice of Sheriff's Sale" to sell the property of the Philadelphia Arms Company. There is also a metal 12" h x 36" w Eisenlohr's Cinco Cigar sign, yellow, red and blue, Eisenlohr was a company director. There is also Eisenlohr's book Memories included. Also included is a significant file of correspondence and Factory Letters on dozens of Fox's that Dana considered buying over the years, as well as correspondence with friends and other collectors. For someone with interest in Ansley Fox, this is a once in a lifetime offering that cannot be missed and must be further explored. SIZE: PROVENANCE: Estate collection of Dana Tauber. CONDITION: Ranges from good to extremely fine, interested parties should peruse this lot for its significant historic value. 51980-42 JSL (3,000-5,000)