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LOT 1007
Desirable Winchester Single “W” Cartridge Display Board - This Winchester Repeating Arms “W” cartridge board was manufactured around the 1890s and measures approximately 38 x 51 inches including the outer oak frame. These cartridge boards advertisements would have been a common sight in sporting goods retailer’s shops around the turn of the century, and were an excellent, eye-catching way for Winchester to gain a leg. The cartridges and components represented range from the tiny BB cap to the massive 4 gauge and total over 100 items not counting the individual caps. The most desirable cartridge on the board is the extremely rare 70-150 caliber that was intended for use in the Model 1887 shotgun, but never put into production. The main cartridge display forms a large “W” clearly signifying Winchester, and the background has attractive vignettes of a western hunter on the plains firing a Winchester while using his horse for cover and two hunters armed with Winchesters
6 in a winter scene while the center has a brace of ducks suspended from the “H” trademark.
CONDITION: Fine, the board
itself showing some mild fading
and some scattered minor
imperfections. There appears to
be three sets of holes where a
cartridge was previously attached
but is now absent. The rear of the board has had the backing paper removed to expose the cartridge wires, thus removing a portion of the Winchester promotional sticker. The frame is also fine, the inner frame retaining most of the gold finish and the outer oak frame showing some scattered minor handling/storage marks. A fantastic piece to enhance the display of any fine Winchester collection!
Estimate: 22,500 - 35,000