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the left side. The flattop frame bears the custom serial number “SA01FT”. Fitted with a set of hard rubber grips. Includes original shipping box and Colt blue box. CONDITION: Excellent overall, retaining 99% plus original blue finish and case colors with limited handling marks and crisp grip checkering. Mechanically excellent. Boxes are very fine to excellent. Provenance: The Don and Carol Wilkerson Collection. Estimate: 6,500 - 9,500
LOT 1177
Cased Factory Gold Inlaid Colt Third Generation Single
Action Army Revolver Inscribed to Renowned Colt Author
and Historian Don Wilkerson with Factory Letter - Serial no. SA49388,
44-40 WCF cal., 4 3/4 inch round bbl., blue finish, original grips. The included
factory letter lists this revolver has having a 4 3/4 inch barrel chambered in
.44/40 with blue finish, gold inlaid bands at the front and rear of the barrel and cylinder as well as a gold inlaid border on the frame with the inscription “One of the last post war Colt Single Action Revolvers/made for Don Wilkerson” on the backstrap and “December 30th, 1983” on the butt when shipped to The Single Action Shop
in Apple Valley, Minnesota, on December 22, 1983. The factory letter also
confirms the grip material and George Spring as the engraver. Includes
a Don Wilkerson collection box with the gun’s information on it as well
as a display case with lid plaque inscribed “ONE OF THE LAST POST
WAR COLT/SINGLE ACTION REVOLVERS MADE FOR/DON WILKERSON-
DECEMBER 30, 1983”.
CONDITION: Excellent overall, retaining 99% plus original blue finish
with limited handling marks. Mechanically excellent. Case is excellent.
Provenance: The Don and Carol Wilkerson Collection.
LOT 1178
Attractive Rampant Colt
Bronze - Whether it came from
the Colt family coat of arms or
from the tale of Alexander the
Great’s horse, Bucephalus, the image of the rearing colt with two pieces of a broken lance in his front legs and mouth has become synonymous with Colt firearms.
This bronze pays homage to that legendary logo
in a life-like form, standing atop the famous
Colt dome. While it is unsigned, it appears
to be the work of Thomas Palmerton,
who is known to have created other
bronzes of this design. The base
is approximately 8 1/4 inches in
diameter, and it stands approximately
13 1/2 inches tall to the top of the
horses head.
CONDITION: Excellent overall showing
only minor storage/display evidence.
Provenance: The Don and Carol Wilkerson Collection. Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000
LOT 1176
Colt Third Generation Flattop Single Action Army Target Revolver with Box - Serial no. SA01FT, 45 LC cal., 5
1/2 inch round bbl., blue/casehardened finish, hard rubber grips. Manufactured by the Colt Custom Shop. Features Patridge blade front sight and dovetailed sight on the flattop frame. The barrel has the standard Hartford address on top and caliber marking on
158 Estimate: 5,500 - 8,500