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Anyone know why this gun sold this high?
12 August 2009, 23:05
GatogordoAnyone know why this gun sold this high?
I lost interest above $2500. I usually am not that far off in values. The answer must obviously be in the engraver or possibly in one of the previous owners (unspecified). Anyone know who it was or why this gun sold for so much money?
I'm guessing the seller is thrilled, assuming it's a real deal. Started at $695 with no reserve and sells for $16,000+.
engraved Colt Officer's Model
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13 August 2009, 05:10
Matt NormanSomebody with a deep checkbook really wanted it in their collection! Nice photos and it seems quite legit. Sometimes I think this stuff is shilled up a bit but this seems above and beyond that. My guess is that somebody knew the history on this piece. Perhaps it was presented to General Pershing upon retirement or something like that.
more than one person must have wanted it,to drive the price that high.
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13 August 2009, 19:52
GatogordoActually 3 people were bidding right up to the end, and all of them had bids near or around the $16,000 mark. Obviously there is something I/we don't know about this gun.
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14 August 2009, 02:52
RVL IIIAre those "Iron Crosses" in pic #7?
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14 August 2009, 07:25
DaManquote:
Originally posted by RVL III:
Are those "Iron Crosses" in pic #7?
Looks like it to me! I would also say that the boar on the left grip looks like a wild European boar.
14 August 2009, 18:52
Grizzly AdamsI have one of those collections of WWll videos. Just out of curiosity, I slow motioned that famous scene, where Herman Goering hands over his medals and pistol, to see what came out of the holster. Appears to be an American .357 Magnum
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15 August 2009, 02:38
GatogordoI'm not going to say no, because I sure don't know, but my sources say that Goering pistol was a Smith M&P Model 1905 serial number 642357.
Somewhere in there he had a gold plated Walther but that is not the gun above, obviously.
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I have come to understand that in hunting, the goal is not the goal but the process.
15 August 2009, 11:06
SR4759Goering's Kriegoff Lugers were once owned by a banker in Midland.....
They were quite a bit more ornate than the gold plated Colt.
15 August 2009, 17:09
GatogordoThat Luger shows that there can be too much of a good thing. Interesting historic piece tho.
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NEVER, EVER book a hunt with BLAIR WORLDWIDE HUNTING or JEFF BLAIR.
I have come to understand that in hunting, the goal is not the goal but the process.
26 August 2009, 21:08
Jeff WemmerSomebody obviously got the drop on this piece - Those are classic Sears and Roebuck grips...
...This was most likely a show piece for the retailer back in the 20s...
The SSA they did back in the teens is worth in excess of 1 million today...
...Whoever bought it must have pulled the SN and got Colt data to substantiate their fairly strong bid.
IMHO, BTW,
JW
03 November 2009, 07:50
bigfatsIf the new owner is lurking, please send a range report
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05 November 2009, 10:38
homebrewerSomebody had to give the original owner an estimate of just $695. Seems very, very low for such an immaculate gun. I have a perfect Smith & Wesson Model 586 in .357 I got for $200. Looks mint. Blue is near-black. The man whom owned it needed money. I couldn't give him the money fast enough. It's one of my most prized guns. I've never shot it...