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LOT 326
Outstanding Portuguese Contract Savage Model 1907 Semi- Automatic Pistol with Scarce Correct Portuguese Labeled Factory Box - Serial no. 163145,
32 ACP cal., 3 3/4 inch round bbl., blue finish, hard rubber grips. Manufactured in 1915-1916 with the standard two-line address, patent date, and caliber marking on the
top of the slide and the Savage
trademark on the left of the frame.
This is one of only approximately
1,150 purchased by the Portuguese
government for issue to military
officers. It is fitted with blade and
notch sights, a lanyard loop on the
butt, and a pair of rare Portuguese
crest, checkered, hard rubber grips.
Includes a very scarce, correct,
factory box with labels in Portuguese.
CONDITION: Excellent, retains 90% plus of the original blue finish with some scattered light speckling throughout and some light handling/edge wear. The grips are very fine with a few scattered light handling marks and crisp checkering. Mechanically excellent. The box is very fine with some light wear, mostly on edges.
Provenance: The Bailey Brower, Jr. Collection, author of “Savage Pistols”.
Estimate: 1,600 - 2,500
LOT 327
Excellent Documented Savage Model 1907 Semi-Automatic Pistol as Pictured in “Savage Pistols” by Bailey Brower Jr. with Scarce Factory Box - Serial no. 186375, 32 ACP cal., 3 3/4 inch round bbl., matte blue finish, hard rubber grips. Manufactured in 1917, with the standard two-line address/patent date and caliber markings on top of the slide. It has standard features
and is fitted with checkered hard
rubber grips with Savage logos at
the center. This pistol is pictured and
described on p. 79 of “Savage Pistols”
by Bailey Brower Jr. where is described
as having an ejection port cut for a
cartridge indicator that was not installed and as having a
rare “dull blue” finish that was only applied briefly before the
switch over to paint. Includes a rare correct Savage factory
box. Also included is a handwritten note signed by “Victor”
discussing having sent a gun to his dad that was loaded at the time of sending. The pistol discussed in the note sounds to be semi-automatic, and may be this pistol, though it is not identified specifically.
CONDITION: Excellent, retains 97% plus of the original “dull blue” finish with some light edge wear showing a grey patina. The grips are also excellent with a few very light handling marks and crisp checkering. Mechanically excellent.
The box is good with one long edge of the lid absent, some moderate
flaking on the bottom, and otherwise mild wear.
Provenance: The Bailey Brower, Jr. Collection, author of “Savage
Pistols”.
LOT 328
Consecutively
Serialized Pair
of Savage Model
1907 Semi-
Automatic Pistols -A) Savage Model
1907 Pistol - Serial no. 106661, 32 ACP cal.,
3 3/4 inch round bbl., blue finish, hard rubber grips. Manufactured 1913-1917, with the standard two-line address, patent date, and caliber markings on top of the slide. The Savage
trademark is marked on the left of
the frame. It has standard features
including a pair of checkered hard
rubber grips with Savage logos at
the center. This pistol is consecutively
serialized to “B”. An included factory
letter which does not list this pistol by serial number discusses that the lowest serial number Model 1907 that Roe Clark could find in the ledgers listed as shipped to
Canada was number
158180, potentially
making the “B” gun
in this lot one of the
lowest numbered Canadian proofed pistols known.
CONDITION: Very good, retains 30% of the original blue finish with the balance having thinned to mostly a smooth grey patina. The grips are very good with a few scattered minor
handling marks and crisp checkering.
Mechanically excellent. B) Very
Scarce Canadian Broad Arrow
Proofed Savage Model 1907
Pistol with Factory Letter - Serial
no. 106662, 32 ACP cal., 3 3/4 inch
round bbl., blue finish, hard rubber
grips. Manufactured c. 1913-1915, this pistol is marked in the same fashion as a reported 500 Savage Model 1907 pistols sold under contract to the Canadian government. A similar example to this
one is pictured on p. 147 of “Savage Pistols” by Bailey Brower, Jr., where it is stated that these pistols were purchased by the Canadian government under contract for military or police use. It has the standard two-line address, patent date, and caliber marking on top of the slide, the “SAVAGE” trademark on the left of the frame, and the large broad arrow within a “C” Canadian acceptance mark on the right of the frame. It has standard features and is fitted with a pair
of checkered hard rubber grips with Savage logos at the
center. The included factory letter lists an acceptance date
of 10 July, 1914, and says that in the same bracket are some
pistols listed as shipped to France on 18 November, 1914.
It goes on to state that there is no factory record of this
pistol ever shipping. In the letter, Roe Clark theorizes that
this pistol may have been shipped to Canada as a sample or
that the Canadian government acquired it through regular
commercial channels. It is consecutively serialized to “A”,
which does not bear the Canadian proof.
CONDITION: Very fine, retains 75% plus of the original
blue finish with the balance having thinned to mostly a
smooth grey patina. The grips are also very fine with a few
scattered minor blemishes and otherwise crisp checkering.
Mechanically excellent.
Provenance: The Bailey Brower, Jr. Collection, author of “Savage Pistols”. Estimate: 1,500 - 2,500
AS PICTURED AND DESCRIBED IN SAVAGE PISTOLS BY BROWER, JR.
Collector’s Fact
According to "Savage
Pistols" by Brower Jr., only 500 Savage Model 1907 pistols were sold under contract to the Canadian government.
266 Estimate: 1,100 - 1,600