May 8-10, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/8/2024
Deluxe Gustave Young engraved pocket model with 4” octagonal barrel, pin front sight, engraved “SAML COLT” on top flat with 5-shot cylinder, silver plated brass grip frame, and deluxe burl walnut 1-piece grip. There is a small punch dot adjacent to each serial number on bottom of revolver with a tiny “4” below the serial numbers on frame and trigger guard. There is also a tiny “2” on left side of bbl lug. Revolver has Mr. Young’s deluxe extra engraving with full coverage foliate arabesque patterns on frame and recoil shields with wolf’s heads and full coverage on sides of hammer. Barrel, barrel lug, and rammer pivot have extra coverage of his beautiful floral & foliate arabesque scrolls with his trademark dog’s head incorporated into the pattern. The ends of the wedge are also engraved. Top of backstrap has his trademark sunburst with patterns at top and heel, on buttstrap, and on trigger guard. Screw heads are all engraved. Accompanied by its original, red velvet lined, walnut Colt casing compartmented in bottom for revolver, a “COLTS PATENT” flask, a brass 2-cavity mold with sprue cutter, an L-shaped nipple wrench, and an orange label, lacquered tin of Eley’s caps. Also included is an original packet of Colt’s Cartridge Works combustible cartridges. Another compartment contains a number of round & conical balls and the original functioning key. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching, including wedge and grip. Barrel retains about 95% glossy original blue with slight muzzle & sharp edge wear. Frame retains about 75% faded case colors, brighter in the most sheltered areas, turning gray toward front on the sides. Hammer retains 85-90% faded case colors, bright on the nose. Cylinder retains 30-40% thin blue & about 95-97% stagecoach hold-up scene. Grip frame retains virtually all of its strong, original silver plate. Grip is sound with a few minor nicks & light edge wear and retains virtually all of its strong, bright varnish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore with a few scattered spots of light pitting. Case has two grain checks in lid, otherwise is sound with storage nicks and scratches and a moderately faded interior with some light soil in compartments. Flask retains 60-70% original finish and the mold most of its orig finish with some staining on sprue cutter. Cartridge packet and cap tin are fine. Altogether, a fine, complete, deluxe set in condition seldom encountered.