In 1901 M. Hartley was located at the same address that Hartley and Graham was located years earlier so I'm going to say that it's the same company. Apparently Mr. Graham got out of the business and thus the name change. This would require some research in the NYC papers to see exactly what happened.

Value in my region would be $2400 to $2600 retail-ish.

 

Thanks for the reply.
I searched the internet for M Hartley Co and didn't find much at all, I did find quite a bit on Hartley and Graham. I'll continue the search.
I was guessing sub 3K on it.
I wish it could tell its story, that would be great!

 

Coltsixguns has it right Marcus Hartley

 

Here is a 1901 Colt SAA with Cody letter. It was shipped to M. Hartley Company in NY NY on 4/8/1901
The amount of ware on the grips and muzzle say this gun got extensive use, but the cylinder lock up is very solid. Despite the patina, this gun is in amazing condition.
Value is all over the place, and the guns sent to TX are considerably higher. I cannot find many examples of guns sent to M Hartley Co. There is a different Hartley company I have seen.
What do you think?
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M. Hartley is NOT a Texas company, but is New York City. This is part of the company that bought a failing Remington in 1888, and was affiliated with the manufacture of cartridges. I have seen a number of these Colt letters, and they all seem to date about 1901.

 

The wear on the muzzle is from a leather holster. It was someone's working gun, a good representation of what these guns were meant for instead of living in a sock drawer.

It's a $2,400-$2,900 gun depending on the market - the buggered up screws and muzzle wear hurt the value a little bit but I wouldn't change a bit on it (except for any internals that need fixed for proper function). If you are going to shoot, replace the main spring with a lighter spring as the heavy main spring that goes with the cone-shaped firing pin batters the internals) BUT keep the original and put it in a bag with the serial number.

 

It looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing pictures of it.

 

Nice Pictures Dan... Congrats on a nice aged patina 1901 Colt SAA !!