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"May you live to be
100 and may ththe lastst voice
you hear be mine."
- Frank Sinatra
LOT 381
Historic Frank Sinatra’s Presentation Inscribed Smith & Wesson Model 19-4 .357 Combat Magnum Double Action Revolver with Letter from Sinatra’s Production Manager and Co-Producer Henry Cattaneo - Serial no. 56K1292, 357 magnum cal., 6 inch solid rib bbl., blue finish, goncalo alves grips. The included factory letter lists this revolver as a “Smith & Wesson Model 19-4 .357 Combat Magnum, Pinned & Recessed Variation” shipped on August 14, 1980, to Lascar Distributors Inc. in Elmer, New Jersey. It letters with a 6 inch barrel with a Patridge front sight, target hammer, target trigger, blue finish, and checkered Goncalo Alves target grips and indicates the inscription was added after the original shipment in a group of 12 revolvers in this configuration.
The inscription on the side plate on the right is what really sets this revolver apart. It reads: “TO THE BOSS/F.S. FROM/CHARLES.” The inscription and the
barrel markings have gold highlighting. The included letter from Henry “Hank” Cattaneo, Frank Sinatra’s production manager and co-producer in the 1980s, indicates that this revolver was given to him by Frank Sinatra. He notes that Sinatra was uncomfortable with giving gifts himself, so instead he usually had someone else actually take care of the business for him. In this case, he had Cattaneo see his house-keeper, Vine Jourber, and she gave him the revolver on Sinatra’s behalf while they were at a theatrical venue in the New York metro area.