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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$1,000 – $2,000
.72 caliber. 9.5" pinned octagon to round barrel with canon muzzle. SN: NSN. Heavily oxidized brown patina, brass mountings, walnut stock. Reconverted flint lock with partially legible two line marking that appears to read "COME" at the end of the second line, likely a maker's name and location. Pistol with flat brass side plate, decorated cast brass butt cap with grotesque mask motif, single brass ramrod thimble and a brass triggerguard with the bow broken and missing. Pistol apparently broken at the wrist with a very old leather wrap repair that Mr. Ness' notes identify as buffalo hide. The style of the pistol is continental, possibly French, with the appearance of having been made for the export market, possibly in the Middle East. An attractive relic pistol with a nice old rawhide repair.
The Collection of Larry Ness
Fair. Metal heavily oxidized, with some surface roughness and pitting. Markings partially legible. Mechanically functional lock is reconverted to flint, bore is rusted and pitted. Wood worn, with old leather wrap repair. No ramrod.
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Tim Carey
Associate Vice President, Head of Department, Arms, Armor and Militaria
