1851 COLT NAVY 36 CAL. REVOLVER. A classic1851 COLT NAVY 36 CAL. REVOLVER. A classic Colt 1851 Navy six revolver, octagonal barrel, brass trigger guard, walnut grip, brass trim on top of grip engraved by owner 'Texas Navy Ship Austin 1891 Edw Moore', matching serial number 208789, overall length 13”, barrel length 7.5”.
1851 NAVY COLT BLACK POWDER REVOLVER1851 NAVY COLT BLACK POWDER REVOLVER 36 CAL.US Historical Society, Robert E. Lee Commemorative 1851 Colt Navy in .36 caliber, 6 shot. Limited edition #283/2500, 24-karat gold engravings, authorized by the Williamsburg Firearms Manufactory. 7 1/2" barrel, 13" overall. Walnut stock. Presentation box, powder flask, Robert E. Lee medal, 6 shots, caps and documents included. shipping info This lot can be shipped in-house.
ANDY WARHOL (AMERICAN, 1928 - 1987)ANDY WARHOL (AMERICAN, 1928 - 1987) 8" x 10" Handguns. Pair of black and white photographs of 1851 Colt Navy and martially marked 1847 Walker Colt, each stamped with "The Estate of Andy Warhol" blue stamp, each embossed with a blind stamp "Copyright Andy Warhol".
1851 COLT NAVY SINGLE ACTION PISTOLOriginal1851 COLT NAVY SINGLE ACTION PISTOLOriginal Colt .36 Navy revolver with second model square back trigger guard, mixed serial numbers, but nearly all date to first year of production. (Trigger guard, 3470. Barrel and frame, 3580. Strap 6290.) shipping info This item can be shipped in-house, directly to the buyer.
MODEL 1851 COLT NAVY PISTOL: All matchingMODEL 1851 COLT NAVY PISTOL: All matching serial numbers 11996, early 1852 production. 7 1/2'' octagon barrel with New York City address on barrel. Replacement grips. 13'' overall length.CONDITION: Note light pitting overall, replacement grips not correct fit, trigger does not lock on own when cocked.
M1851 Colt Navy Presented to CaptainM1851 Colt Navy Presented to Captain Michael Grealish by Col George H. Hoyt .36 cal. 7.5" octagonal barrel S/N 132996. Single line New York address. Factory engraved with one-piece ivory grips.? Blued finish with silver-plated backstrap and triggerguard.? Inside of triggerguard inscribed: "Presented to Captain M. F. Grealish/by Col. Geo. H. Hoyt". An interesting inscription in which the presenter Colonel Hoyt is of greater historical significance than the recipient Captain Grealish. The relationship between the two men is unknown. The post-war presentation could not have been made before July 1866 when Grealish was commissioned captain. By then Colonel Hoyt had already resigned in July 1865 following a promotion to brevet brigadier general that March.Irishman Michael Grealish (abt. 1839-1897) was employed as miner when he enlisted in Company K 1st Colorado Infantry at Central City Colorado Territory in September 1861. The 1st Colorado would be redesignated as cavalry in November 1862 and was commanded by the notorious Colonel John Chivington who would squander the minor celebrity he achieved in March 1862 at the battle of Glorieta Pass forever tainted in memory by his ruthless culpability in the November 1864 San Creek Massacre. Private Grealish was present at Glorieta and served uninterrupted with the regiment until May 1864 when he was ordered on detached duty to Ft. Lyon CT with the Commissary Department. He remained at Fort Lyon attempting to secure a commission in the Quartermaster Department until mustering out in December 1864. Private Grealish even petitioned the President. An interesting war dated letter found in his archive file bears the letterhead of the "Executive Mansion" dated January 1864. The President had scrawled a quick note to the Secretary of War inquiring "Is there a vacancy of Military Store Keeper in Kansas to which I can order the appointment of Michael Grealish? Signed "Yours Truly/A.Lincoln."Grealish ultimately was appointed Military Store Keeper (MSK) in the Ordnance Department in July 1866 with the rank of captain. Correspondence from the period relates that Grealish's preference was the Quartermaster Department but that he settled for Ordnance when a vacancy opened. Except for a few weeks leave every few years Captain Grealish would serve for the next thirty-one years as a dedicated Military Store Keeper at various government arsenals. In fact he died of heart failure at the Allegheny Arsenal on May 1 1897 while still on active duty. In the intervening decades he was posted to Hilton Head South Carolina August 1866 to November 1867; Pikesville Arsenal Md. to May 1876; Augusta Arsenal to November 1889; Rock Island Arsenal to November 1894 and the Allegheny Arsenal until his death in May 1897.His cumulative service record is nearly spotless. He was charged with "disobedience of orders" in December 1885 by the officer commanding the Ordnance Department but was never formally tried or sanctioned. Grealish married in Kansas in November 1876 and in 1879?unsuccessfully sued the government for back pay. Grealish's widow Mary collected his pension until her death in Riverton Wyoming in April 1918.The revolver's presenter George Henry Hoyt (1837-1877) was a most extraordinary fellow whose short career included stints as lawyer tied to Abolitionist John Brown and soldier with the notorious Kansas "Red Legs" that paved the way for a political appointment as Kansas Attorney General in 1867-69.Paid by one of John Brown financial backers George Hoyt a novice attorney in 1859 reluctantly found himself brought in to assist in the defense of the messianic John Brown who blithely stood accused of "treason" after his explosive Harper's Ferry Raid. Hoyt joined the defense team too late to affect the outcome of the rushed trial which seemed to sympathetic Abolitionists preordained to end at the gallows. Brown's attempted slave revolt riveted the nation giving currency to extreme elements on both sides of the smoldering sectional debate. The prospect of national compromise dimmed to darkness as the trap door dropped open under the weight of Brown's prophecy.With more than a hint of opportunism afforded by the advent of the Civil War the young Hoyt turned up in militantly free-state Kansas where he was commissioned in Company B 7th Kansas Cavalry as a 2nd lieutenant in 1861. After less than a year riding roughshod in Missouri with Jenison's Jayhawker's Captain Hoyt was discharged for disability September 1862. Hoyt then became associated with the formation of an equally notorious group of irregulars known as the "Red Legs" organized "sometime in 1862. One source says that Captain Hoyt commanded the "Red Legs" which came to be "recognized as a badge of desperate service in the Union army."As the worst of guerilla war subsided under the pressure of martial law and stricter military accountability Hoyt became Lieutenant Colonel of the 15th Kansas Cavalry in October 1863. Colonel Hoyt commanded detachments in the field during 1864-1865 as numerous citations in the O.R.'s attest. Hoyt duly received an obligatory brevet star in March 1865. Colonel Hoyt's military service was brought to an abrupt conclusion in April 1865 when he was badly injured in a runaway stage coach accident while traveling on army business. Barely able to walk Hoyt was declared unfit for duty and was compelled to resign in July 1865. Sustained by his political ambition Hoyt's last hurrah on the public stage came in 1867 when he became Kansas Attorney General. When the term was completed in 1869 Hoyt's fragile health gave out completely compelling him to "abandon business pursuits entirely" according to a consensus of affidavits in his pension file. George Henry Hoyt died prematurely on February 2 1877 in Athol Massachusetts and is buried in the local Silver Lake Cemetery (Lot 828). His widow Mary A. Hoyt continued to receive her husband's pension until her death in January 1920.The inscribed Colt Navy is likely Captain Grealish's early service revolver carried before the general availability of more modern cartridge conversions starting in 1870. The context of the presentation is unknown and it is not evident from the records how or when the two officers might have crossed paths in their respective ranks. Accompanying the Colt are two thick files containing National Archive military and pension records for both men. Condition: Revolver appears to be an old refinish however it still retains its factory sharp edges and markings.? Barrel and cylinder with nice patina brown and traces of blue finish.? Ivory grips has nice aged look .
Factory Engraved Model 1851 Colt NavyFactory Engraved Model 1851 Colt Navy Percussion R .36 cal. 7.5'' octagonal barrel S/N 128281 with an I under serial number. Barrel marked Address Col Saml Colt New York U.S. American. Factory pattern engraving on the barrel loading lever flats frame backstrap and triggerguard. Cylinder with battle ship scene. Ivory grips. Condition: All metal is very sharp and crisp with nice light brown patina. Some blue under loading lever. Back of cylinder still retains the pins; some are battered. Cylinder with a nice light brown patina; very sharp and crisp scene with about 70% of the scene still visible. Ivory grips with a nice yellow patina. Overall very sharp and crisp revolver.
Rare Civil War presentation revolver,Rare Civil War presentation revolver, Mdl. 1851 Colt Navy, .36 caliber, 7-1/2 in. barrel marked on side "General Louis Blenker", matching serial numbers 108207, accompanied by a folder of National Archives photocopies of General Blenker's letters and other documents relating to his military service and family; no permit required. Metal with 70 percent original nickel silver plated surface, refinished grips with dents and abrasions.