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Don't know if many of you pay attention to Rock Island Gun Auctions, but there are a few amazing guns listed in the May Premier Auction. Well out of my price range, but nice to see. Well worth a look. Can't seem to get the correct link posted, sorry.
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Saw these a few weeks ago and recognized some of them, all but two of the Savages are from the Wes Adams collection and were sold through James Julia in 2012. Here's the second chance to get these..... RIA lot - Julia lot & price with premium 154 - 1182 $4600 155 - 1181 $5750 157 - 1151 $25300 158 - 1147 $9200 159 - xxxx not from JJ's auction 1111 - xxxx "" " """ 1113 - 1124 $6900 1114 - 1100 $16100 3089 - 1137 $24150 3090 - 1147 $18400 (listed as serial 11008 2 at JJ's s/b 11008 0 as listed by RIA) 3091 - 1105 $12650 ADDED - here's the link to the James Julia catalog for anyone interested - https://www.morphyauctions.com/jamesdjulia I did phone bidding on some of the 22's, you can probably guess how I did since they are for sale again. I was going to wait until the auction was over to post the old prices so a comparison could be done, but with this thread it seemed to make waiting a mute point.
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Those 22's have been around before at a Julia auction. The 1914 is sweet and the first one made. Love that matted treatment on the frame.
Typing and looking at the same time Gene.
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There are some unbelievable guns and "stuff" coming up at the next RIA auction.
I get their catalog and the pages are all stuck together from me drooling on it.
I have no ideas where they find this stuff.
Tanks, armored vehicles, MIG's, it's crazy...
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The 45 is interesting. I like Super Sporters but I have to wonder why one would choose that platform for high end embellishments.
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The 45 is interesting. I like Super Sporters but I have to wonder why one would choose that platform for high end embellishments. Did you read the accompanying factory letter?
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The 45 is interesting, a loaner, advertisement, showpiece. I wonder who cut the chunk out of the stock for the receiver sight. Did that piss anyone off? I love the levers, but find the 22s especially interesting. The embellishment on the Super Sporter doesn't surprise me as much as it does on the 03s.
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The 45 is interesting. I like Super Sporters but I have to wonder why one would choose that platform for high end embellishments. Did you read the accompanying factory letter? Yes I did and unless I’m missing something the letter doesn’t answer the question as to why a 45 would have been chosen for such work, even if it involved high end outlets. It makes me wonder who the customer was. But regardless, crazier things have happened and it’s just another fancy gun, albeit on a hardware store platform.
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Can one of you knowledgeable members help me? How can Lot No. 3091 be called an 1895 when the serial number is 40.243? Is this solely based on the barrel roll mark? The only round barreled 1895 here is a SRC which does not have the same roll mark...
Thoughts?
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Yea, I'd call it a Model 1899 with 1895 part(s) rather than Model 1895 with 1899 parts. I guess they had to pick something.
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Here is the description when it went through James Julia - jamesdjulia/item/lot-1105-savage-model-1899 And both consider the Colt butt plate to be original even though in the Julia picture you can see remnants of stock stain & finish on the edges of the butt plate, not something I am used to seeing on an original gun.
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Thanks for the responses! Still, my question remains. Where does "1895" come in? I'm no authority, but I don't see 1895 anywhere on it. Is that the roll mark for a round barrel 1895? I can't find a picture of a round barrel 1895, but I remember looking at them at the first Fest and I'm 99% sure that the two lines look just like the octagon barreled guns. Could it just be the bluing and engraving which is "similar to what Marlin would have used" quoting the Julia catalog?
And is it just me, or do the animals look like Disney characters? And that also goes for the four digit rifle which is obviously a real 1895. I'm trying not to get kicked out of here or offend anyone, just trying to educate myself.
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Serial number has to 4 digit to be an 1895.
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You can see that the engraving around the serial number is sized to fit the 5 digit number on the gun, that suggests to me that the engraving had to be done after the serial number was stamped and I would not think Savage had dealings with Marlin engravers at that time as Julia's description seems to suggest by mention "typical of one of Marlin’s engravers, probably Ulrich".
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All 1895's have the words "Savage Repeating Arms Co..." in the barrel address.
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Everything about it points to it being a 1899 !!!! serial number,barrel address, wood, i think they are a bit off with this discription. The other 1895 also has a cased reciever ,suprised that wasn't mentioned they only made around 100 cased colored 1895's. Don
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Thanks fellas!
That seals it for me. Probably just a typo.
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