Originally Posted by stxhunter
Originally Posted by rockinbbar
Originally Posted by stxhunter

6 figures.



Just takes the right buyer.

Provenance and documentation is of utmost importance as well as condition, fit, finish and having the configuration to match the documentation.

I dealt a bit in old west memorabilia with some pretty heavy hitters in the past.... And can tell you high dollar guns always sell better with a story. smile

Like if a famous outlaw, or lawman, or showman owned it. Or it killed someone famous, or someone famous killed somebody with it. (All requiring the same proof of course.)


Sometimes the ones you thing would fetch outrageous amounts, fall way short of expectations. Sometimes they meet them. wink
he has the documentation on it, and it is all original. never been reblued or anything still has original grips, but it does look like a 150 yr old or however old it is, gun.
I didn't look up the SN but at #7 I'm sure that's an 1873 manufactured gun. That gun is worth some money just due to its age and low number, regardless of a story. A story with documentation would make it worth more, of course. A friend of mine bought and sold one of Bat Masterson's famous guns that he'd ordered from Colt's themselves. Documented. He's been deceased for awhile now.