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LOT 138
Desirable and Excellent Smith
& Wesson New Model No. 3
Revolver Shoulder Stock with
Box - Offered here is a S&W
walnut stock extension designed
for use with a S&W New Model
No. 3 revolver. It has nickel plated
attaching hardware and a checkered S&W hard rubber buttplate. Includes a correct
and proper S&W box.
CONDITION: Excellent overall, retaining 99% plus original nickel finish with limited handling
marks. Box is very fine with storage and handling marks and some peeling on the label end
of the hinge.
Estimate: 2,250 - 3,500
LOT 137
Smith & Wesson Model
320 Revolving Rifle with Scarce
20 Inch Barrel and Stock - Serial no. 592, 320 cal., 20
inch solid rib bbl., blue finish, hard rubber grips. Manufactured
from 1879 to 1887, the Model 320 revolving rifle is one of the rarest Smith
& Wesson firearms manufactured, with total production of only 977. These
firearms were serialized from 1 to 977. The Model 320 was manufactured in
three barrel lengths of 16, 18, and 20 inches with twenty being the rarest
length with only 224 were manufactured by Smith & Wesson. The 20 inch
barrel has an L shaped two blade rear sight and lacks a front sight. The top of the barrel rib is marked with the two-line address/patent dates. The matching serial
number appears on the butt, cylinder, barrel and barrel latch. The barrel is fitted with a checkered hard rubber red mottled forearm with the Smith & Wesson
monogram on the underside. The grips are matching with Smith & Wesson monograms in a circle at the tops. The stock is smooth walnut with blue finished
attaching iron and a checkered hard rubber buttplate with Smith & Wesson monogram. A factory peep sight is mounted on the stock attaching hardware.
Includes a soft case.
CONDITION: Good, displaying character associated with spending a lifetime in a challenging environment mixed with period refinished blue finish over light pitting.
The grips and forearm are very fine as replacements with minimal handling marks and crisp checkering. Mechanically fine. The stock has hardware with similar refinished appearance and replacement wood with some scattered
handling marks. The canvas case is fair.
Estimate: 4,500 - 6,500
Of the 977 Smith
& Wesson Model
320 Revolving rifles
manufactured, only 224
were produced with a 20
inch barrel
LOT 136
Smith & Wesson New Model No. 3 Single Action Revolver Inscribed to
an Advertising Executive - Serial no. 21071, 44 S&W Russian cal., 6 1/2 inch
solid rib bbl., nickel finish, hard rubber grips. The right side of the frame has the
ornate inscription “J./BAXTER/GARDNER” accented with floral flourishes. Gardner had a long career during the 20th
century in corporate advertising. He was employed at the Skelly Oil Co. before becoming the advertising director for
Spartan Aircraft Co. during the golden age of aviation and served as vice president of advertising and sales promotion
for Frankfort Distillers Corp. in New York City as well as for Cluett, Peabody & Co. of Troy, New York. Skelly Oil Co. was found in
1919 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was acquired by J. Paul Getty in the 1930s. Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Spartan Aircraft Co. was
founded in 1928 and was best known for its late 1930s to early 1940s luxurious Spartan Executive aircraft made famous by owners
like aviation titan Howard Hughes, industrialist J. Paul Getty, and King Ghazi of Iraq. Frankfort Distilleries was founded in 1902 and produced the famed Four
Roses Whiskey. Cluett, Peabody & Co. was a longtime manufacturer of shirts including the famed Arrow brand. The revolver will factory letter as shipped on
June 26, 1893 to Markt & Co. of Berlin, Germany, with no record of the engraving. The engraving was added per Gardner’s request when the revolver returned
to the factory in 1952 for refinishing. The left side of the grip frame has a factory return date for January 1952 (“1.52”). A pair of S&W Heavy Duties are known
to have a similar J. Baxter Gardner inscription and a Kit Gun was shipped to Gardner in 1951. J. Baxter Gardner certainly had influence at the S&W factory. The revolver is
fitted with target sights: a pinned beaded blade front sight and an adjustable “U” notched rear sight. The barrel rib has the two-line S&W address/patent dates legend. The
right grip panel is numbered to a different gun, and the barrel latch is unnumbered. Matching serial numbers appear on the butt, cylinder, and barrel.
CONDITION: Very fine, retaining 98% plus of the factory reapplied nickel plating with scattered handling marks. The hammer and trigger guard retain 95% plus of the
case colors. The replacement grips are excellent with minimal
handling marks and crisp checkering. Mechanically excellent.
Provenance: The Supica Collection; Property of a Gentleman.
Estimate: 4,500 - 7,000
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