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LOT 1084
Highly Attractive Game Scene Custom Engraved Gold Inlaid Winchester Deluxe Style Model 1894 Lever Action Rifle with Factory Letter - Serial no. 1046677, 30 WCF cal., 26 inch round bbl., blue finish, fancy checkered walnut stock. Manufactured in 1929 with Winchester factory oval proofs on the barrel and receiver at the breech, and then subsequently beautifully embellished in the factory style. The left side of the barrel has the two- line model, trademark, nickel steel, and caliber marking. The receiver has a gold bordered game scene on each side, a whitetail buck on the left and a bull moose on the right, both surrounded by extensive floral scroll engraving. The
nosecap and buttplate both have engraved florettes around the screws. There is a fine gold band inlaid on the barrel at the breech. It is fitted with a tall blade front sight with gold inlaid rear face and an elevation adjustable buckhorn rear sight. It is mounted with a finely figured, H-pattern checkered forearm and checkered straight grip stock with a crescent buttplate. The included factory letter states that the serial number was applied on 9 May 1929 but that no other information was available.
CONDITION: Very fine as custom embellished, retains 99% plus of the refinished blue and gold inlays with only the slightest handling marks. The replacement deluxe style wood is also very fine with only the slightest handling marks and crisp checkering. Mechanically excellent.
Game Scene Engraved and Gold Inlaid Winchester Model 63 Semi-Automatic Rifle - Serial no. 27219A, 22 LR cal., 23 inch round bbl., blue/gold finish, walnut stock. Manufactured in 1938 and subsequently beautifully embellished. The blued barrel has two gold bands at the muzzle, beaded blade front sight, elevation adjustable rear sight, and standard markings. The blued receiver attractive scrollwork surrounding gold bordered gold inlaid game scenes showing a trio of rabbits on the left and a pair of squirrels on the right. The work is unsigned but clearly done by skilled hands. Lightly figured, multi- point checkered forend and pistol grip stock with factory grip cap and blued steel buttplate.
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CONDITION: Very fine overall as custom embellished, retaining 99% blue and gold finishes with minor handling evidence, slight ill-fitting grip cap, and sharp wood
checkering. Mechanically excellent.
Provenance: The Marvin L. Cole Collection.
toe; otherwise, it is very fine with a few minor marks.
Provenance: The Mar
LOT 1086
Estimate: 2,250 - 3,500
Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000
LOT 1085
“U.S.Kise” Signed, Engraved, and Gold Inlaid Winchester Model 63 Semi-Automatic Rifle - Serial no. 144009A, 22 LR cal., 21 1/2 inch round bbl., blue/gold finish, walnut stock. Manufactured in 1956 and subsequently upgraded. The blued barrel features dual gold bands at the muzzle, blade front sight, elevation adjustable rear sight, gold filled markings, and three gold bands at the breech. The receiver displays attractive scroll with gold borders surrounding a Winchester Rider style scene on the left and a trio of rabbits on the other. The triggerguard is signed “Eng. By./U.S.Kise”. Mounted in a smooth forend and pistol grip stock with
a blued steel buttplate with gold inlaid screw heads and follower handle. CONDITION: Very fine as custom embellished/upgraded, retaining 97% blue finish with some loss on the buttplate, nearly all of the gold inlay, and overall minor handling evidence. The re-oiled wood is also very fine. Mechanically excellent.
Provenance: The Marvin L. Cole Collection.
Estimate: 2,500 - 3,750
LOT 1087
Master Jeff Flannery Signed and Game Scene Engraved Winchester Model 62 Slide Action Rifle - Serial no. 120582, 22 S L LR cal., 23 inch round bbl., blue finish, walnut stock. Manufactured in 1941 and subsequently beautifully embellished by renowned Master Engraver Jeff Flannery of Union, Kentucky. Blade front sight, elevation adjustable rear sight, and standard Winchester markings. The receiver displays attractive deep scroll engraving surrounding a
running rabbit on the left and a squirrel sitting on the right. The scroll extends to both tangs with a starburst on the triggerguard. The left scene is signed with Flannery’s signature “JF”. Plain figured, 17-groove forend and straight grip stock with factory buttplate.
CONDITION: Very fine as master embellished by Jeff Flannery, retaining 99% professionally reapplied blue with minor handling evidence. The stock has a crack at the
Mechanically excellent.
vin L. Cole Collection.
Estimate: 1,600 - 2,500
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