What are the most valuable historical guns?

[JackM]

Then there's Captain Walker's Walker Colt. I believe one of his pair is in the Colt Museum.

Bye
Jack

 

[anchored]

Saw a news article about the family of the only guy to shoot down a Zero with a pistol in a dogfight donating the gun to a museum. Probably worth a penny or two

In the John Browning museum in Utah there's a wooden 1911 prototype hand carved by JMB, if I recall for patent purposes- probably does not have a price tag

 

[Country Boy]

I have that Tales of the Gun episode recorded, so perhaps I'll pop it in tonight as I grade some papers. Going from memory:
The ornate Sears Colt 1873 revolver was made as a presentation 'eye catcher' model. It wasn't sold, and stayed in Sears' storage for years. The singer Mel Torme, who was a fellow gun nut, was doing some research on Colt revolvers and found out about the Sears revolver, and he promptly purchased it.