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LOT 3533
Factory Eugene Koevenig Signed, Game Scene Engraved, and Gold Inlaid Dakota Arms Model 76 Safari Grade Bolt
Action Dangerous Game Rifle in .375 H&H Magnum with Swarovski Scope - Serial no. 2175, 375 H&H Magnum cal., 26 inch round
bbl., blue/gold finish, walnut stock. Manufactured between 1976 and 2021. This rifle was built with a blued steel barrel featuring a banded ramped hooded
blade fore sight with flip-up moon bead, hand cut engraved matting on the ramp and a gold inlaid border, a barrel band with front sling stud, and an engraved rear quarter rib with
fixed sight, matting, scroll engraving, and a gold border which extends onto the barrel and encompasses the “375 H&H MAG” caliber marking. The barrel is fitted to the blued .375 H&H scaled
controlled round feed action which displays beautifully cut scroll engraving with gold inlaid line borders which extends to the bolt handle with four-panel checkered knob and quick detach Talley
scope rings which hold a Swarovski 1.5-6x42 mm Habicht scope. The one-piece bottom metal is blued and features a relief gold inlaid leopard on the straddle floorplate surrounded by more of the
highly attractive scroll and gold borders which also extends to the trigger guard with inside-the-bow release. The inside of the floorplate is signed “E.KOEVENIG HILL CITY, SD” for American engraver,
and charter member of the Firearms Engravers Guild of America, Eugene Koevenig. The rifle is fitted with an exhibition quality figured pistol grip stock with ebony forend tip, lovely borderless fine
multi-point checkering, dual recoil bolts with ebony caps, engraved and gold inlaid blued steel skeleton grip cap, shadowline cheekpiece, inletted rear sling swivel, and a factory recoil pad.
CONDITION: Excellent overall, retaining 99% original blue and gold finishes, slight plum hue on the barrel and action, minor handling evidence, and sharp checkering on the stock and forend.
Mechanically excellent. The scope optics are sharp.
Provenance: The Frank Brownell Collection.
Estimate: 6,000 - 9,000
LOT 3532
Outstanding Ken
Warren Signed, Game
Scene Engraved, and Gold Inlaid Ray Price/Winchester Model 70
Bolt Action Dangerous Game Rifle in .458 Winchester Magnum
with Scope - Serial no. G1972877, 458 Win Mag cal., 22 inch round
bbl., blue/grey/gold finish, walnut stock. Receiver manufactured in
1989 and subsequently masterfully upgraded and embellished to the
current configuration by the hands of Ray Price as well as Teresa and
Kenneth Warren. The rifle is built with a blued steel barrel featuring a
banded hooded beaded blade front
sight, barrel band with sling eye, and a
two-leaf (one standing, one folding) rear
sight graduated for 50 and 100 yards on the matted raised
rear quarter rib. The barrel displays a “Ray Price - Riflemaker” on the top, gold inlaid caliber
marking at the left of the breech, and beautifully executed grey finished deep floral scroll engraving over a matted
background creating contrast and all surrounded by fine gold inlaid line borders on the front sight, barrel band, quarter rib, and at the
breech. The barrel is fitted to the blued Model 70 push-feed action with jeweled bolt body and displaying the same engraving in near full
coverage including the bolt shroud, lion’s head carved bolt handle, and Talley quick detach scope rings holding a Pentax 1 1/2-5x scope, and
surrounding the Winchester trade mark and serial number both cut in fine gold inlay. The bottom metal is covered in the same gorgeous engraving
and gold borders with a relief carved gold charging bull elephant on the straddle floorplate and an inside-the-bow release trigger guard signed “K. W.
WARREN”. The rifle is fitted in a wonderfully well-figured pistol grip stock with ebony forend tip, multi-point checkering with mullered borders (wrapped
on forend), dual engraved recoil bolts, relief engraved blued grip cap showing a cap buffalo, double beaded cheekpiece, inletted engraved rear sling eye,
and a Pachmayr Decelerator recoil pad. Includes Ken Warren’s engraving certificate listing the features and who completed them.
CONDITION: Excellent overall as masterfully embellished, retaining 99% blue, grey, and gold finishes with minor handling evidence, crisp engraving, and sharp
checkering on the stock. Mechanically excellent. The scope optics are sharp.
Provenance: The Frank Brownell Collection.
Estimate: 9,000 - 15,000