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LOT 106
Exceptional 50 Round Picture
Box of Winchester Repeating
Arms Co. .45 Colt Ammunition
with Colt Model 1878 Double
Action Revolver Illustration - The
green label on the top of the box
has an illustration of a Colt Model
1878 Double Action Revolver and
notes that the .45 caliber cartridges
within are “FOR/COLT’S DOUBLE
ACTION AND SINGLE ACTION ARMY
REVOLVERS.” The orange labels on
the sides have “Colt’s Patent Fire
Arms Manufg Co” and the Rampant
Colt trademark on the back, the
Winchester red W trademark and
“.45 Caliber/COLT C.F./Winchester
Make” on the sides, and “[manicule] These Cartridges are made expressly for our .45 Caliber Double Action and/Single Action
Army Revolvers, according to our specific directions. We unhesitatingly/recommend them for use in these arms./Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufg Co.” and a Winchester guarantee below.
CONDITION: Exceptionally fine overall with distinct illustration and markings, mild age and storage wear including some partial breaking of the seal, and a shrink wrap. This rare box of ammunition will definitely compliment your .45 caliber Colt Model 1878! Provenance: The Greg Lampe Collection.
Estimate: 1,400 - 2,250
LOT 107
Very Desirable F.A. Meanea Cheyenne
Marked Double Loop Colt Single Action Army Holster and Meanea Cartridge/Money Belt - This
is a Cheyenne gun rig by perhaps the best of the
West’s master saddlers: Frank A. Meanea, who was the successor to Gallatin & Co. established in 1867. As with many holster makers, his main business was making horse tack. The business in Cheyenne, Wyoming was started by his uncle and was taken over by Meanea in 1880. Among his numerous customers were Charles M. Russell and Buffalo Bill Cody. The rig is made from brown heavy skirting leather. The belt has an elongated oval “F.A. MEANEA/CHEYENNE” maker’s mark on the billet, and
the same maker’s mark, with the addition of “, WYO.” in the bottom line, is visible on the outside surface of the holster. The holster has some light border tooling and a rosette at the center as well as a “tear drop” shaped plug at the toe. The holster will fit a Colt Single Action Army Revolver with up to a 5 1/2 inch barrel, and the belt’s cartridge loops appear
to accommodate .44 and .45 caliber cartridges. The belt has a single row of cartridge loops, is
3 1/4 inches wide, and measures approximately 38 1/4 inches in overall length. The buckle is nickeled with clipped corners.
CONDITION: Very fine overall with some mild wear and handling evidence typical of use, some scattered light age cracking, and almost all of the stitching remaining tight. A very fine Western Frontier piece that would pair nicely with a Colt Single Action Army revolver!
Provenance: The Greg Lampe Collection.
Estimate: 8,000 - 13,000
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