(GunReports.com) — Basic Style Auctions are auctions where the seller doesn’t specify a hidden Reserve price, and the Starting Price offered is a price the Seller is willing to Sell at. So if a person places a bid in a Basic style auction, the Seller is obligated to sell at that price. Auction #11175735 is a Basic Auction posted by “SteveHMaine” that lists a Colt’s PT. F.A. Mfg. Co. Single Action Army Artillery Model with a $4,499 minimum bid and a Buy It Now price of $4,500. This is an excellent example of a nice old veteran of the late Apache Wars (1880-1889) that was hastily made ready for the Moro Rebellion (1899-1913) in the Philippines when the Army realized the ineffectiveness of the .38 caliber Model 1892.
The Seller’s Description says this is a Single Action Army Artillery Model revolver, serial #116900, chambered in 45 Colt and has a 5 1/2-inch artillery-length barrel with a mostly bright, very good+ bore which shows strong rifling and some sparse minor pitting. The barrel retains perhaps 30% original blue in the protected areas, the balance faded to a pleasing smooth brown patina with the areas around the front sight still showing original feathering from the factory polish.
The outer edge of the ejector housing is primarily a pewter and brown patina with the protected flutes showing nearly all their original blue. The frame is primarily a pleasing smoky mottled faded case-hardened patina retaining perhaps 30% original colors, most vivid in the pinched area at the front of the frame and beneath the recoil shields, the trigger guard and grip frame are primarily a pewter and softer brown patina with some minor sparse pinprick pitting. The hammer retains only traces of original colors and is mostly a deep mottled gray patina. The cylinder has flaked primarily to a pewter and brown with generous traces of original blue in the flutes.
The one-piece walnut grip rates about very good showing perhaps an old light cleaning and with chips at the front and rear edges of the right side panel. Originally configured as a cavalry model delivered to the US Government Inspector at the Colt factory on Dec 14, 1885 and what is today commonly known as a “Late Military Model.” The frame is David F. Clark inspected from the 1884 contract and shows a very good “US” on the left side of the frame.
The revolver comes with a Colt factory letter authenticating its original manufacture and return to the factory for conversion to the artillery model. Auction #11139577 ends July 16, 2012 @ 15:57:50 PT.
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