Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted May 4, 2022 Posted May 4, 2022 One of the pair of ivory handled Colt's used by Wild Bill is up for auction at RIA. The other is in the Cody Museum. After Wild Bill was killed they were sold to cover funeral expenses. The cost? Twenty-five cents each. Will probably bring more than that at the upcoming auction.
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted May 4, 2022 Posted May 4, 2022 I'd bid $7.05 which is what $ .25 is worth today based on inflation rates.
Rye Miles #13621 Posted May 4, 2022 Posted May 4, 2022 .25 cents?? Even back then that is unbelievably cheap!
Rip Snorter Posted May 4, 2022 Posted May 4, 2022 Remember, he was a holdout - still using percussion pistols in the cartridge era.
Rye Miles #13621 Posted May 4, 2022 Posted May 4, 2022 16 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said: Remember, he was a holdout - still using percussion pistols in the cartridge era. Yea but .25 cents?? Wow!! What a return on that investment!
PowderRiverCowboy Posted May 4, 2022 Posted May 4, 2022 And Not the one He was carrying when killed , Hickok was wearing a S&W Model No2 Army revolver, a five-shot, single-action, .32-caliber weapon, It was Given to a storekeeper to settle a debt By Seth Bullock . This is when they were at the Adams Museum In Deadwood .
Rye Miles #13621 Posted May 4, 2022 Posted May 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, PowerRiverCowboy said: And Not the one He was carrying when killed , Hickok was wearing a S&W Model No2 Army revolver, a five-shot, single-action, .32-caliber weapon, It was Given to a storekeeper to settle a debt By Seth Bullock . This is when they were at the Adams Museum In Deadwood . I thought I remember reading that he was carrying a different gun than his Navies when he was killed.
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted May 4, 2022 Posted May 4, 2022 I can't have it. I live in california.
PowderRiverCowboy Posted May 4, 2022 Posted May 4, 2022 36 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: I thought I remember reading that he was carrying a different gun than his Navies when he was killed. Yep Hold my beer , Now local Legend Has it that he was carrying 2 , one (this one made it to the Funeral Home ) the other said to be missing by the time his body got there ?? I have chased it on and off for years does it exist ??? https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21020/lot/4136/
Rye Miles #13621 Posted May 5, 2022 Posted May 5, 2022 47 minutes ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: I can't have it. I live in california. It’s a cap and ball! They’re not allowed in Cally?
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted May 5, 2022 Posted May 5, 2022 19 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: It’s a cap and ball! They’re not allowed in Cally? Probably the ivory grips
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted May 5, 2022 Posted May 5, 2022 17 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: It’s a cap and ball! They’re not allowed in Cally? Ivory grips. Even though federal law establishes a date of manufacture after which ivory is not legal, the wethers in sackamenna deemed it necessary for the protection of ivory-bearing animals to ban it's sale/purchase regardless of age. Gotta protect them endangered wooly mammoths, mastodons, and fossilized ice-age walruses, don'tcha know!
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted May 5, 2022 Posted May 5, 2022 Any time a firearm, that has a tie to an American person, or event, and is put up for sale at an auction...well...I always dread the thought of someone other than an American, will buy it, and take it off to "B.F. Egypt", and thus we lose our heritage/history, little by little.
Black Angus McPherson Posted May 5, 2022 Posted May 5, 2022 20 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: .25 cents?? Even back then that is unbelievably cheap! If you read the notes in the photos it says they were raffled off to pay for his funeral. .25 cents for a raffle ticket isn't bad. It doesn't say how many tickets were sold. Plus, .25 to pay for a funeral is pretty darn cheap, too. Angus
Sundog Posted May 5, 2022 Posted May 5, 2022 23 hours ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: One of the pair of ivory handled Colt's used by Wild Bill is up for auction at RIA. The other is in the Cody Museum. After Wild Bill was killed they were sold to cover funeral expenses. The cost? Twenty-five cents each. Will probably bring more than that at the upcoming auction. Sure looks like those ivory grips have not aged very much. Normally, this length of time afterwards, the handles would be yellow. But it could be the lighting. Very interesting and a good post.
Rye Miles #13621 Posted May 5, 2022 Posted May 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Black Angus McPherson said: If you read the notes in the photos it says they were raffled off to pay for his funeral. .25 cents for a raffle ticket isn't bad. It doesn't say how many tickets were sold. Plus, .25 to pay for a funeral is pretty darn cheap, too. Angus Hmmm, you’re right I never thought of that. There could have been hundreds of tickets sold !
Nimble Fingers SASS# 25439 Posted May 5, 2022 Posted May 5, 2022 On 5/4/2022 at 7:17 PM, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: I can't have it. I live in california. Another good reason to move to AZ!
Nimble Fingers SASS# 25439 Posted May 6, 2022 Posted May 6, 2022 I wonder if Bill Koch is going to buy it? He has Frank James’ 1875 Remington and Colt 1873, serial # 1! He has a great firearms collection, saw a lot of them when he exhibited some of them in West Palm Beach FL back in 2010-11 not sure. Wouldn’t surprise me if he did.
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted May 6, 2022 Posted May 6, 2022 Wonder how many tickets were sold at auction. If not many it would have been a real cheap funeral!
Rye Miles #13621 Posted May 7, 2022 Posted May 7, 2022 19 hours ago, Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 said: Wonder how many tickets were sold at auction. If not many it would have been a real cheap funeral! I would think funerals were pretty cheap back then. Pine box and a hole and a stone marker couldn't have cost that much. Plus I doubt if there were many people there. I doubt they had a funeral home!
Rip Snorter Posted May 7, 2022 Posted May 7, 2022 Some more details https://www.deadwood.com/history/history-timeline/
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted May 7, 2022 Author Posted May 7, 2022 I keep wondering if it is a Pietta or a Uberti?
Sedalia Dave Posted May 8, 2022 Posted May 8, 2022 On 5/6/2022 at 11:27 AM, Nimble Fingers SASS# 25439 said: I wonder if Bill Koch is going to buy it? He has Frank James’ 1875 Remington and Colt 1873, serial # 1! He has a great firearms collection, saw a lot of them when he exhibited some of them in West Palm Beach FL back in 2010-11 not sure. Wouldn’t surprise me if he did. Phil Collins (British Citizen) was and avid collector of historical items related to the Alamo and the Texas Revolution. A few years ago he donated all of his collection, believed to be worth tens of millions of dollars, to the State of Texas.
PowderRiverCowboy Posted May 8, 2022 Posted May 8, 2022 12 hours ago, Rip Snorter said: Some more details https://www.deadwood.com/history/history-timeline/ Do Not accept that Deadwood history Page as Facts , Even the Adams Museum has Items they purchased that are questionable origin. The Deadwood Page want you to fall into the lore or a story . Like the death Chair and deadmans hand . tourist bucks .
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