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Lot 82
Sale 2030 - Arms, Armor and Militaria
Oct 23, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$1,020
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Restored Henry Deringer Percussion Pocket Pistol
.38 caliber. 3" barrel. NSN. Browned and color casehardened finish, German silver mountings, checkered bird's head walnut stock. Single shot percussion muzzleloading pocket pistol with rifled bore, fixed notch rear sight and dovetailed German silver blade front sight. Back action percussion lock lightly engraved with foliate themes and marked DERINGER/PHILADELA in two lines. Breech marked in the same way and with a pair of German silver bands. Left of breech with Deringer's "Sunburst P" proof mark. German silver furniture including triggerguard with pineapple finial. Furniture lightly engraved and decorated in typical Deringer style. Pistol has been nicely restored with the lock, hammer and breech recolored and the barrel rebrowned. An attractive and affordable Henry Deringer pocket pistol, one of the most famous handguns of the mid-19th century and one that certainly has an infamous reputation.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.


