My Antique Colt 1861 .36" Caliber 'New Model' Navy Revolver:
"It's MINE .. My Precious .. Gollum Gollum ..."
A FAKE '
OMEGA' watch sold recently for $3 Million at auction ... when questions were asked a full refund had to be made.
- R L 'Larry' WILSON was a Colt Revolver Expert, - was a well known U S writer, appraiser, valuer & authenticator - he was also a crooked dealer who took many millions for himself (and others).
BUT you ain't heard nuttin yet ... Oil zillionaire Saudi Crown Prince Mohammid Bin Salman thought he was a Goodlike figure sitting on his yacht admiring Leonardo da Vinci's 'SALVATOR MUNDI' painting - that he had paid $450 MILLION for (Not for the yacht - the painting) - but then the London National Art Gallery was found to have misrepresented a fake as real ...
But don't worry your head about him, as no-one knows where the picture has gone to now .. He is the same princely bloke who admits he was responsible for assassinating and chopping-up - on tape - into small pieces, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their embassy in Turkey 2 October 2018.
Looks like such a nice bloke too ...
He is of course head of the planet's most powerful & wealthy family
- Yeah.
- So, back to my antique 1861 Colt Navy Percussion Revolver -
This old thing is in crap used condition - as you might anticipate for a hard worked neglected multi-owner 160 year old "Charcoal Burner" from the squelchy New Zealand bush - much as you'd expect really - No rare inspection marks (nor tally notches). The rifled bore is a dark pitted sewer pipe - and it's been rescratched / reblued by a butcher sometime. If you take off the "Grips" there are traces of the original silver plating inside the brass back-strap & trigger guard. You can smell the history.
- I think that they made around 38,000 of this "new model" but how many survive? - and while I'd be sure there are some lovely engraved boxed collectors examples around - If you paid tens of thousands of INVESTMENT dollars for an AS NEW described sixshooter ... are you SURE that the engraving is original? - Is that cap tin genuine or a wrong repro? Is the felt lined box genuine Colts or a Dealer's presentation?
- Actually I reckon that Uberti and Pietta make mighty fine Colt look-alike shooters for a tenth of the price and they work great with a little tuning.
- Mind you - one of my favorite watches to wear is a Chinese Baltany quartz "Homage" to an early 1932 Rolex - it looks great and it works great and it cost peanuts ..
Marty K.
Link to the TRUTH about "Expert" R L Wilson and Colts ..
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