expat_alaska
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$50K? Nah... Not even close.
Jim
Jim
Silver banded New Jersey Colt Paterson in unfired condition in a cased set that includes an original Paterson capper, extra cylinder, tools plus more.
It was once owned by Francis Bannerman and documented in a book.
Sold for $575,000 by RIA in 2017.--->>> https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/70/2124/colt-paterson-revolver-36-percussion
Is the value based on the provenance linking it to James Buchanan? 15th President?$50K? Nah... Not even close.
Jim
Another gun I discovered was a hand-built, non-firing replica of a classic Henry Yellowboy from the TV show "Bonanza." Up close, this hand-built "studio gun" honestly looks really bad. But the cool thing about it is that it not only represents the Golden Age of the TV western, but it also shows that comparatively, we are living in a Golden Age of guns. You see, the only reason that this replica exists is because there was no way the producers of the show could afford a rare, highly-sought-after rifle, like the Yellowboy, just to get beat up on screen. Karl said that, nowadays, they'd just buy a Henry reproduction for a fraction of the price of an original and be done with it, maybe just adding a little "wear" for effect.