The RIA Pictures show the gun looking a bit better due to be photo shopped a bit but you can still see the patent mark is very faint at the bottom. The gun has many small indications of being refinished and the overall just not crisp look it should have. The backstrap fit is way off. This may be a strike gun but it still looks wrong. The good thing is it's the least valuable of the 4 guns.
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Need help setting a price to list gun please. Also any input on best way to sell such as GB, RIA, gunshop, consignment, etc. would be very helpful. Thanks! The link below is to this gun the last time it was in rock island auction. It wasn’t that long ago so maybe value still around the same?
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pictures from the phone aren’t that good. After printing out custom form from colt website and checking the boxes of selections these guns have, and without factoring in the labor cost charge, these are over $14,000.00 each! Can’t really see it from pictures I guess but box says D standard engraved. Getting factory letters for sure. Thanks for your reply sir!The modern pair are likely worth $6 to $7K per gun. May be more depending on who and at what level the guns were engraved. Looks, from what I can see, to be a solid "C" level of engraving and I am guessing journeyman not master. But that will also require much better photos (professional photos if you can't do it yourself) and more importantly Archives letters. Just call Archives and get what you don't have for letters, expedited. Well worth the extra $ IMO.
RIA guns? Very likely you'll be lucky to get out of them what you put in. Although you never know who is trolling the forum here at any given moment. Not impossibleOnly one making money on a quick flip with RIA is RIA.
Unless you are very lucky RIA is the place for the big dollar guns. More exposure with people willing to spend the money. If they were mine (and I have some like them) and I wanted to get the $ back out of them, I would letter all of them and then call RIA. You might have some leverage with RIA reselling past auction guns and having the four. Worth asking about a cut on the commission. They actually do that on occasion.
Nice guns! Good luck!
Shooting? I thought they were all made to shoot
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Thanks. I looked back and saw that and edited my post a few mintes ago.. What I see in the photos is more than the box's listed. You really need the archives letter and a copy of the CCS build sheet. No other way to verify everything. Just order one letter for either serial number ( it won't matter which) as either letter will list both guns shipped as a pair to Dury or the original purchaser or both I'd bet Dury ordered the guns for the customer. Off chance they may have the original order form.
Model P1840 Custom Shop guns
blue and case
journeyman D engraved
2 gold lines (cylinder and barrel)
extra cylinders fitted (also one gold line)
One-piece Sambar stag grips (I am guessing order or at least shipped after ivory was no longer available? July 2016)
consecutive serial numbers
Hefty price tag to replace them.
Everyone seems to want to beat up on the Sheriff's Model. I think they are wrong. Yes is shows a little use/handling. Still, it is a Colt engraved gun with nice ivory. Typically $6K+ for that combo today. Engraved C grade Sherrif's with factory ivory?...not all that common.
The CS 4445 # on the box is the Colt Custom Shop order number and original build sheet. Letter this one too and ask about that CS#. You'll want the # for your pair too. Ask Dury's for the SC order # for those guns.
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I'd bet Dury ordered the guns for the customer. Off chance they may have the original order form.Model P1840 Custom Shop guns
blue and case
journeyman D engraved
2 gold lines (cylinder and barrel)
extra cylinders fitted (also one gold line)
One-piece Sambar stag grips (I am guessing order or at least shipped after ivory was no longer available? July 2016)
consecutive serial numbers
Hefty price tag to replace them.
Everyone seems to want to beat up on the Sheriff's Model. I think they are wrong. Yes is shows a little use/handling. Still, it is a Colt engraved gun with nice ivory. Typically $6K+ for that combo today. Engraved C grade Sherrif's with factory ivory?...not all that common.
The CS 4445 # on the box is the Colt Custom Shop order number and original build sheet. Letter this one too and ask about that CS#. You'll want the # for your pair too. Ask Dury's for the SC order # for those guns.
I never would have guessed that the sheriff's model was 100% factory. I did call it on the apprentice/journeyman level engraving however.Thanks. I looked back and saw that and edited my post a few mintes ago.. What I see in the photos is more than the box's listed. You really need the archives letter and a copy of the CCS build sheet. No other way to verify everything. Just order one letter for either serial number ( it won't matter which) as either letter will list both guns shipped as a pair to Dury or the original purchaser or both
Model P1840 Custom Shop guns
blue and case
journeyman D engraved
2 gold lines (cylinder and barrel)
extra cylinders fitted (also one gold line)
One-piece Sambar stag grips (I am guessing order or at least shipped after ivory was no longer available? July 2016)
consecutive serial numbers
Hefty price tag to replace them.
Everyone seems to want to beat up on the Sheriff's Model. I think they are wrong. Yes is shows a little use/handling. Still, it is a Colt engraved gun with nice ivory. Typically $6K+ for that combo today. Engraved C grade Sherrif's with factory ivory?...not all that common.
The CS 4445 # on the box is the Colt Custom Shop order number and original build sheet. Letter this one too and ask about that CS#. You'll want the # for your pair too. Ask Dury's for the SC order # for those guns. View attachment 802375
This is the first time I've ever seen "journeyman engraving" on a box like that.
Wow! Very helpful. Thank you sir! Yeah the extra cylinders are for .45 ACP. Didn’t know that was a option until I purchased these.Thanks. I looked back and saw that and edited my post a few mintes ago.. What I see in the photos is more than the box's listed. You really need the archives letter and a copy of the CCS build sheet. No other way to verify everything. Just order one letter for either serial number ( it won't matter which) as either letter will list both guns shipped as a pair to Dury or the original purchaser or both
Model P1840 Custom Shop guns
blue and case
journeyman D engraved
2 gold lines (cylinder and barrel)
extra cylinders fitted (also one gold line)
One-piece Sambar stag grips (I am guessing order or at least shipped after ivory was no longer available? July 2016)
consecutive serial numbers
Hefty price tag to replace them.
Everyone seems to want to beat up on the Sheriff's Model. I think they are wrong. Yes is shows a little use/handling. Still, it is a Colt engraved gun with nice ivory. Typically $6K+ for that combo today. Engraved C grade Sherrif's with factory ivory?...not all that common.
The CS 4445 # on the box is the Colt Custom Shop order number and original build sheet. Letter this one too and ask about that CS#. You'll want the # for your pair too. Ask Dury's for the SC order # for those guns. View attachment 802375
Wilbur Glahn Engraved Colt Single Action Army Revolver | Rock Island Auction
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current auction:
Exceptional Documented Wilbur Glahn Master Engraved First Generation Colt Single Action Army Revolver with Carved Steer Head Grip and Factory Letter Featured in "A Life's Tapestry of a Collector"
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Estimated Price: $45,000 - $65,000
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Lot 106: Factory Engraved Colt 1st Generation Single Action Army Revolver
Auction Date: May 14, 2021
Factory Engraved, Texas Shipped Colt First Generation Single Action Army Revolver with Relief Carved Steer Head Medallion Pearl Grip, Holster and Factory Letter
Estimated Price: $27,500 - $42,500
Price Realized $48,875
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My take is your revolver (listed just above) is worth a LOT more than the current RIA offering @ $45K to $65K
current auction:
Exceptional Documented Wilbur Glahn Master Engraved First Generation Colt Single Action Army Revolver with Carved Steer Head Grip and Factory Letter Featured in "A Life's Tapestry of a Collector"
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Estimated Price: $45,000 - $65,000
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Gunnar's gun
Lot 106: Factory Engraved Colt 1st Generation Single Action Army Revolver
Auction Date: May 14, 2021
Factory Engraved, Texas Shipped Colt First Generation Single Action Army Revolver with Relief Carved Steer Head Medallion Pearl Grip, Holster and Factory Letter
Estimated Price: $27,500 - $42,500
Price Realized $48,875
My take is your revolver (listed just above) is worth a LOT more than the current RIA offering @ $45K to $65K
Thank you for posting picture of the box! haha. I would have have done that but I figured anyone interested in see al the info for the gun would click on the link I provided from rock island auction and see the pictures and descriptions.Thanks. I looked back and saw that and edited my post a few mintes ago.. What I see in the photos is more than the box's listed. You really need the archives letter and a copy of the CCS build sheet. No other way to verify everything. Just order one letter for either serial number ( it won't matter which) as either letter will list both guns shipped as a pair to Dury or the original purchaser or both
Model P1840 Custom Shop guns
blue and case
journeyman D engraved
2 gold lines (cylinder and barrel)
extra cylinders fitted (also one gold line)
One-piece Sambar stag grips (I am guessing order or at least shipped after ivory was no longer available? July 2016)
consecutive serial numbers
Hefty price tag to replace them.
Everyone seems to want to beat up on the Sheriff's Model. I think they are wrong. Yes is shows a little use/handling. Still, it is a Colt engraved gun with nice ivory. Typically $6K+ for that combo today. Engraved C grade Sherrif's with factory ivory?...not all that common.
The CS 4445 # on the box is the Colt Custom Shop order number and original build sheet. Letter this one too and ask about that CS#. You'll want the # for your pair too. Ask Dury's for the SC order # for those guns. View attachment 802375
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