Early Colts at auction

“Colt revolvers have always been the blue chips of gun collecting,” says Greg Martin, president of Greg Martin Auctions. “The romance, the craftsmanship, the history. Sam Colt the man, the promoter, the first American industrialist. All wrapped together it [really makes] an American story.”

An impressive chapter in that story will soon be up for grabs. On September 18 in Dallas, Martin will auction what he believes is the most significant group of Colt revolvers put together in the past 50 years. The Al Cali Collection features nearly 30 Colts made from 1836 to 1865 during the percussion era, including one of the finest known examples of Sam Colt’s very first pistol model, the Texas Paterson.

Posted by David on September 1, 2011 9:05 AM