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Important pair of silver-mounted breech-loading Hall patent American flintlock pistols one of only two sets known to collectors and the other set is now residing in a foreign museum. The pair measure approx. 16-1/2” with 7-1/8” octagonal barrels of approx. .52 caliber rifle. The pair are beautifully made and show nicely checkered American walnut stocks with pronounced grain. They are beautifully mounted in heavy silver and show double keyed barrels. The metal surfaces are in very good condition with traces of original finish, sharp edges, some light erosion and surface pitting, but generally crisp overall with sharp markings. One stock is very good plus to near fine with sharp checkering, just some slight minor storage and slight handling marks, the other stock shows an old break and well done repair at wrist and is good overall. The pistols are marked “R. B. 40” on each breech block, and are consecutively numbered “1” and “2”. The New England Gun by Merrill Lindsay features this pair on page 105 and under number 9, Lindsey states, “These breech-loading silver-mounted pistols made around 1818 are the most valuable pair of American pistols known.” These pistols are featured in an incredible number of articles and reference books starting with Stock and Steel March 1923 Published by Associated Firearms Collectors of America, article by Donald S. Leech, The New England Gun by Lindsay, The Role of Honor in the Center Spread of Arms Gazette Magazine October 1993, Antique Arms Annual 1971 Page 147, and a copy of The Washington Post, March 23rd, 1959 pictures Charles Florence, President of Massachusetts Arms Collectors holding the pistols documenting the fact that he had just purchased them from noted firearms dealer Herb Glass for the incredible sum of $15,000, which was a staggering sum at that time when a Walker Colt or Texas Patterson was about $3,000. A very large folder of documentation and research is included with the pair which is impossible to cover completely in this description. Provenance: J. F. Schilling Hugh Smiley John C. Harvey Ruth Harvey Herb Glass Bill Florence Employers Group Ins. Co William M. Locke Tom Seymour Charles DuPont, with an original inventory sheet from the Charles DuPont collection documenting his purchase from Tom Seymour on January 10th, 1985. A rare and important set of flintlock pistols with impeccable provenance and among the best early American arms ever to be offered for sale at auction. Est: $75,000 - $150,000
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