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This item SOLD at 2013 Nov 17 @ 12:46UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Colt Model 1860 Richards Conversion #5799 with raised carved ivory grips showing “J. Howard” in banner on right side and Hangman’s rope on left side, pictured on the cover of Famous Guns From the Harold’s Club Collection by Bowman. This exact Colt hung for a period of more than thirty years displayed as Jesse James’ Colt in what was described in its time as “The World’s Most Famous Gun Collection”. The Harold’s Club Collection was mainly comprised of arms purchased from Colonel Stagg who was an early turn-of-the-Century gun collector and operated Stagg’s “Roaring Camp” Gun Museum and Bar in Northern California until it was purchased by Harold Smith of Harold’s Club in the 1940’s. Colonel Stagg was a serious collector who bought some of the most expensive arms sold at auction and privately from 1915 to the 1930’s. He was also a knowledgeable and wary collector who believed in this Colt enough to make it a centerpiece in his collection and Harold Smith gave it the premier position on the cover of his book. The “J. Howard” does not jive with the known history of Jesse James’, alias “Mr. Howard” as he signed “T. Howard” at least once. There are a couple of plausible explanations: one is the grips are later than the period of use and manufactured of this Colt (about 1872-1873) and are romantic fabrications made to dress up a plain old Colt for display in Stagg’s Roaring Camp Museum. The Hangman’s rope on the reverse adds to this premise as James was “hiding out” and behaving himself when using “Mr. Howard” alias’s and he would not have had such an obvious “spotlight” shining on himself while incognito as such a pair of flashy grips. Both Stagg and Harold Smith along with hundreds of thousands of viewers of this collection have known this Colt as a James Gun. We believe these two advanced collectors would have had documentation or a strong reason to believe the attribution of ownership though no records currently exists from the Stagg or Harold’s Club Collection other than the well-known book by Bowman and tens of thousands of pamphlets on the Collection that were made available to the public (50 cents a copy) over the years of the Club’s Museum’s operation. The Colt itself remains in near fine condition with 70-80% original blue and case hardening evenly toning and aging, showing just a little use and carry; the Howard Colt also shows an iron backstrap and trigger guard which is a significant variation of the Richards Conversion. Only a handful of absolutely documented outlaw guns are existent and a collector must rely on provenance, exhibition history and faith when buying history. Gale Kennedy Historical West Collection. Est.: $10,000- unlimited.
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