116. Exceptional Gustave Young Engraved Colt Model 1862 Police Percussion Revolver, 5 1/2" barrel, .36 cal.. Beautifully engraved in a Germanic scroll and vine style with punch dot background. Typical wolf's head on each side of the hammer. Excellent overall condition retaining 98% original full silver finish. Much of the silver is turning a darkish patina- some silver loss to areas of the trigger guard. Exquisite original high quality ivory grips. Manufactured in 1863 in the early 22,XXX serial number range. It is extremely difficult to find a Civil War era 1862 Police in such exceptional condition. Antique.

97. Super Extremely Rare Colt Berdan Rifle in 45-70 Caliber! This is one of only twenty manufactured in circa 1869- survival rate is unknown (30,000 were made for the Russian Contract in .42 Berdan caliber). Some features of this rifle that differ from the Russian contract examples include the following: Colt barrel address is in English, "H. BERDAN'S" is stamped atop the breechblock, correct rear sight graduated to 1100 yards, lack of finger rest on the lower tang and longer breechblock. Col. Hiram Berdan's rifle became the first cartridge rifle produced by Colt and was instrumental to the survival of the company following the Civil War. Overall near excellent condition, smooth clean metal has turned to a dark blue-plum patina, excellent bright shiny bore, correct ramrod is present. Near excellent walnut with virtually all original varnish intact. Correct 32.5" barrel bears 'N0. 22' near the breech and a '22' is also on the underside of the breechblock. This is the first Colt Berdan Rifle I have owned in cal. 45-70 and I doubt that I'll ever encounter another! Antique.

94. Colt U.S. Artillery Single Action Army Revolver. .45 cal. of course, 5 1/2" barrel, nice bore, barrel is basically a thin plum gray patina with traces of dark blue in protected areas, type three ejector housing with 50% blue- correct doughnut head rod head. Cylinder is a plum gray patina with flutes retaining plum-blue patina finish. Traces of color on long-knurled hammer, frame is a dark plum blue patina. Correct base pin. One piece walnut grips are solid- lightly sanded and refinished- no markings visible- great fit however. Early script barrel address very good- sn 1797, T.G.18892, H. Nettleton marked frame, Casey T.G., Lewis backstrap with no SN. early cylinder with small approaches- markings not readable. This is a real decent artillery in nice condition.

Colt 1851 Percussion Revolver by Pietta-Italy, .44 cal., 7 3/8" barrel, very near as-new condition, quality reproduction with virtually all original bright shiney blue intact on barrel and cylinder- excellent scene. Most all case colors on loading lever, trigger and hammer. Brass frame turned a pleasing dark patina, excellent deluxe burl walnt grips are beautiful.

Engraved Colt Open-Top Revolver, ..22 cal., engraved with fairly full coverage, scroll engraved frame with border decoration, 40% nickel intact, 70% barrel nickel, cylinder turned a plum blue brown, nice cuts, attractive aged pearl grips.

Engraved Colt Open-Top Revolver, .22 cal., Nimschke engraved with his typical scrolls on frame without a border. 80% nickel on barrel, traces of silver on frame, cylinder turned blue-plum, sharp engraving, nice rosewood grips.

Engraved Colt New Line .22 cal. Revolver, probably done by Nimschke using scrolls and geometric motifs, cylinder retains what appears to be considerable darkening blue, balance of gun retains most of an old re-nickel, nice aged pearl grips, early 1st year production.

L.D. Nimschke Engraved 1860 Army Revolver, 8" barrel, S.N. 178,XXX with an 'E' which proves that Colt did utilize Nimschke's talents. The engraving pattern is most unusual in that in addition to the American style scroll work there are several vacant shield motifs, most all engraving is crisp and sharp, nice cylinder scene, original one-piece ivory grips have turned a pleasing yellow patina, all original Army with a replacement wedge. Interesting Colt.

Colt Single Action Revolver, .44-40, barrel shortened to 4 3/4" length, decent bore, Etched panel not visible, metal is a dark gray patina, traces of nickel appear on the frame, trigger guard and loading gate. Crisp mechanics, non-original two-piece hard rubber grips have been decorated with brass inlays, S.N. 78,XXX, decent looking six-shooter.

Colt Single Action Revolver, .44-40 Frontier Six Shooter, 7 1/2" barrel; VG bore; 51,XXX S.N., etched panel is faint, basically smooth clean metal, 25% nickel remains on the barrel and housing, traces of nickel on the frame, 70% nickel on the hammer-balance of metal is a plum gray patina, doughnut head ejector, VG one-piece walnut grips, two replaced screws, otherwise an all-original six-shooter.