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Post by johnnyq on Mar 11, 2015 10:44:06 GMT -6
James D. Julia auction house has items of interest to some members of this group. If "touching history" interests you take a look. Cookes' Remington pistol (they claim) is for sale. Provenance on this kind of item is usually weak, but then again, I'm only looking.
Better late than never, jpq
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Post by Colt45 on Mar 17, 2015 14:24:02 GMT -6
The provenance looked ok, if we assume the family had the gun since it was recovered by the Canadians. No reason to doubt it I guess. Interestingly, the gun sold for $57,500. The picture of Custer and his glee club sold for around $15,000.
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Post by tubman13 on Mar 17, 2015 15:29:28 GMT -6
Heritage Auctions in Dallas has sold some interesting Custer stuff on occasion. They are having a rather large Arms and Militaria auction in June. Recently sold a Colt Gatling Gun.
Regards, Tom
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Post by dave on Mar 17, 2015 18:29:45 GMT -6
Tom Can I come to show and carry your purchases? Regards Dave
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Post by Beth on Mar 17, 2015 19:19:57 GMT -6
Last night's local Antique Roadshow was a rerun of a Billings MT stop. I was stunned by how much the price goes up on a gun in what they called "the Custer range." It just floored me that people would pay those prices just for the possiblity that an object might be connected to an event.
Beth
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Post by dave on Mar 17, 2015 19:36:43 GMT -6
Beth I once saw an auction which listed for sale a flare gun from a Titanic life boat, marked Titanic 1912. Can you imagine putting a flare gun in a passenger liner life boat? Hardly. PT Barnum was so visionary. Regards Dave
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Post by Beth on Mar 17, 2015 19:43:01 GMT -6
Beth I once saw an auction which listed for sale a flare gun from a Titanic life boat, marked Titanic 1912. Can you imagine putting a flare gun in a passenger liner life boat? Hardly. PT Barnum was so visionary. Regards Dave Barnum understood human nature well. Beth
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2015 19:51:06 GMT -6
Beth I once saw an auction which listed for sale a flare gun from a Titanic life boat, marked Titanic 1912. Can you imagine putting a flare gun in a passenger liner life boat? Hardly. PT Barnum was so visionary. Regards Dave Titanic lifeboats carried flare guns.
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Post by Colt45 on Mar 18, 2015 7:25:14 GMT -6
Every now and then I see a Colt SAA show up on Gunbroker that has a serial number in the Custer range. That range is the one that records show were shipped to the 7th Cavalry around 1874, I think. There is no way to know who was issued the gun, or even if it was carried at the LBH, but the seller always wants a 5-figure price for the piece. It is kind of exciting to think you might be holding a weapon that was involved in the fight, so I guess that's why people will pay the price asked for a piece that may or may not have been at the battle. Most of the guns in the Custer range were probably not with Custer's 5 companies as most of them have 5 1/2" barrels, which means they were returned to the factory, and were very likely not ones picked up by the Indians after the battle since they most likely would not send a captured weapon back to Colt.
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Post by Beth on Mar 18, 2015 20:08:53 GMT -6
Every now and then I see a Colt SAA show up on Gunbroker that has a serial number in the Custer range. That range is the one that records show were shipped to the 7th Cavalry around 1874, I think. There is no way to know who was issued the gun, or even if it was carried at the LBH, but the seller always wants a 5-figure price for the piece. It is kind of exciting to think you might be holding a weapon that was involved in the fight, so I guess that's why people will pay the price asked for a piece that may or may not have been at the battle. Most of the guns in the Custer range were probably not with Custer's 5 companies as most of them have 5 1/2" barrels, which means they were returned to the factory, and were very likely not ones picked up by the Indians after the battle since they most likely would not send a captured weapon back to Colt. So if Custer collection world gets that excited about a 3rd class relic, I imagine that 2nd and 1st class relics are limited to buyers who occupy a much lofter econimic bracket that say the other 98%. Beth
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Post by johnnyq on Mar 19, 2015 11:40:33 GMT -6
The “Pro Petri Sede Medaglia” taken from the body of Myles Keogh when found June 27, 1876 brought $35,400. interesting..
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Post by tubman13 on Mar 19, 2015 13:10:42 GMT -6
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Post by dave on Mar 19, 2015 13:45:17 GMT -6
Tom I don't know about the others but I would like the lock of hair. You are buying, right? Regards Dave
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Post by tubman13 on Mar 19, 2015 14:01:13 GMT -6
I'm a bit fuzzy about your request. I'll bid for you and you can give it to Beth.
Regards, Tom
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Post by dave on Mar 19, 2015 15:37:00 GMT -6
Do you think QC would get jealous? Regards Dave
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