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Frontier Firearms from the Lifetime Collection of Larry Ness
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- Sale 1987
Live
| Cincinnati
Jun 8 | 10:00 AM EDT
Live
| Cincinnati
Sale 1987
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
Estimate$1,500 – $2,500
.72 caliber. 8.5" pinned heavy octagonal brass barrel. SN: NSN. Bright finish, brass furniture, hardwood stock. Single screw flint lock with fenced, waterproof, bridled pan and faceted flat cock is marked "A W SPIES" under the pan. Barrel with post-1813 Birmingham proofs. Engraved brass triggerguard with pineapple finial, small lozenge shaped German silver thumb piece on stock. Remnants of an old yellowish-gold painted label on the counterpane in a period hand appear to read "Norfolk Va/Captured May 10, 1862". This was the day that Federal forces took that Virginia port city from the Confederacy. While any sort of commemorative writing or painting on an item has to be viewed with a somewhat jaundiced eye, the remnants of this mark appear completely period and authentic. Pistol includes a brass tipped wood ramrod that is a replacement.
Very good. Barrel with a nice golden patina and some spots of more moderate oxidation. Lock mechanically functional and remains in original flint configuration. Bore moderately oxidized. Stock with some scattered bumps and dings and a small chip missing from the forened at the obverse muzzle.
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Tim Carey
Associate Vice President, Head of Department, Arms, Armor and Militaria
