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CONDITION: Excellent. The rifle shows only very limited storage wear. The barrel/magazine retain 95% of the original blue finish; wear is limited to some finish loss on the edges of the barrel and several small spots of surface pitting on the left flat ahead
of the rear sight. The New Haven Arms legend and serial number are sharp and crisp. The brass buttplate and receiver are in excellent condition and have a very attractive mellow patina. The receiver side plate joints are perfect and the side plates have not been removed from the receiver. Wear on the receiver and buttplate is limited to a few very insignificant storage marks. The bolt retains 80% of the original blued niter finish. Most of the case colors are present on the hammer and trigger still vibrant in traces. The lever shows case colors that have aged to a silver patina with a few spots of age discoloration. The stock remains in excellent condition and retains nearly all of the original oil finish. The stock shows very little handling and still shows the raised grain and proper pronounced “Henry bump”. Wear is limited to a few scattered and very minor storage marks. This is a stunning example of a near mint Henry lever action rifle that shows only storage wear. Henry rifles almost universally show the effects of hard service. Near mint Henry rifles like this example are extremely rare let alone with such an ownership pedigree. Provenance: The Mac McCroskie Collection; The Joe Marlin Hilliard Collection.
Estimate: 85,000 - 130,000
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