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Historically associated Colt SAA revolver, .45 cal., 7-1/2” barrel, blue finish, wood grips, #76035.
Currency:USD
Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory
Start Price:NA
Estimated At:20,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD
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This item SOLD at 2010 Feb 25 @ 14:35UTC-08:00 : PST/AKDT
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Historically associated Colt SAA revolver, .45 cal., 7-1/2” barrel, blue finish, wood grips, #76035. This gun is accompanied with documentation including a sworn and notarized affidavit dated January 5th, 1977, stating, “This is to certify that Colt Single Action 45 Cal. Revolver Serial #76035 was given to me on or about May 1941 by Mr. Elfego Baca, an old acquaintance and friend of many years. Mr. Baca was an early day Peace Officer and former Sheriff of Socorro County during New Mexico Territorial days. The story of Mr. Baca’s career is related in the book entitled “Law and Order Ltd. The rousing Life of Elfego Baca” published by the New Mexican Publishing Corporation, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1928 by Kyle S. Crichton. Author Signed. George H. Franklin”. Elfego Baca was a noted lawman in New Mexico and perhaps is best known for standing off approximately 80 cowboys trying to kill him over the course of two days by firing thousands of rounds into a small out building in the small town of Frisco (now Reserve), New Mexico because he had arrested one of their drovers. He was born in1865 and lived through many exciting adventures to die in 1945 at the age of 80. George Franklin was the father of our consignor and a noted lawman himself, having served as an Albuquerque Police Officer, FBI Special Agent and Public Safety Director for the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Franklin in fact was involved in many high profile cases including many Federal kidnapping cases, bank robberies including chasing the Barrow (Bonnie and Clyde) gang, John Dillinger, etc.; pursuit of the O’Malley gang which resulted in Franklin being shot in the leg in a raid of the gang in Kansas City and the capture of Wilbur Underhill on December 29, 1933. Also included are a number of copies of photos taken of Franklin including several as a policeman and several when with the FBI including him in the FBI’s armory at the Albuquerque field office holding a Thompson sub-machine gun; Franklin standing in the 1950’s with New Mexico Senator Clinton Anderson and another unidentified Agent, again with a Thompson. The gun shows an old re-blue finish of which approx. 99%+ remains; the bore is very good, the action crisp and the barrel address, serial numbers and three line patent address are all fully visible; the grips are in overall very good condition. A factory letter accompanies this lot confirming caliber, blue finish with barrel length and type of stocks “Not Listed” however with a notation at the bottom of the letter under “Remarks” that 7-1/2” was the standard issue for the time period of this gun; shipped to Hartley & Graham in New York on August 30, 1882 in a shipment of 50 guns. The documentation with this lot also includes a microfiche copy of a letter on Elfego Baca’s letterhead, when he was an Attorney, dated January 19, 1945 to George Franklin including the top portion of the dated and cancelled envelope, where Baca is recommending to Franklin to get to know a friend in El Paso, Texas and a copy of a letter to William O. Sweet from Franklin indicating his sending of the above-noted original letter to Sweet as a gift in relationship to Walt Disney’s making of the movie “The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca”. Also included is a first edition of Crichton’s book on Baca with a June 30, 1939 original hand inscription to George H. Franklin, signed by Baca; additionally included are two souvenir coffee mugs from the town of Reserve where a monument to Baca’s standoff was erected and photos of that monument including one picture with our consignor at the monument; also included is a modern Colt wood and glass display case for the Single Action Colt. A rare opportunity to own a famous lawman’s Colt SAA with impeccable documentation and passed directly down through a family who, like Elfego Baca, individually have served this nation honorably and admirably. Est.: $20,000-$40,000.
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