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Winchester exhibition quality high relief engraved 1866 carbine attributed to Conrad F. Ulrich rec

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:80,000.00 USD Estimated At:160,000.00 - 320,000.00 USD
Winchester exhibition quality high relief  engraved 1866 carbine attributed to Conrad F.  Ulrich rec
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Winchester exhibition quality high relief engraved 1866 carbine attributed to Conrad F. Ulrich recently discovered in Turkey and never before offered for sale on the collectors market, serial number 79928. Highrelief engraved Winchesters are among the most sought after and desirable of all American firearms and considered the opus of 19th -century artwork on guns. Less than 10 high relief 1866s are known to collectors and this is the only saddle ring carbine that is high relief engraved known to this cataloger and no other is pictured in any major reference work. This carbine is almost a twin to the rifle pictured on inside banner pageof ”The Book of Winchester Engraving” by R.L. Wilson and that rifle serial number 79994 was considered Ulrich’s finest work by Jonathan Peck, Johnny Bassett and old time Winchester collectors. This carbine shows aGrecian slave at the left front of the frame with running stag and doe at the center of the frame surrounded by highest-quality scroll and geometric deep relief engraving. The right side of the frame also shows