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RARE Winchester Arms & Ammunition Outdoor Sign

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:8,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD
RARE Winchester Arms & Ammunition Outdoor Sign
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This is an exceptionally rare authentic Winchester Arms and Ammunition Company steel outdoor hanging advertising store sign. This sign is featured in the book “Winchester Rarities” by Tom Webster on page 58. The sign shows a 1/8” sheet steel that is in the shape of a Winchester Model 1866 lever action rifle, complete with sights, lever & hammer having an incised outline of a magazine tube, forearm, forend cap and buttstock. The sign is double sided and painted along with being factory stamped, “FOUNDED 1866” at the center and on the stock, “WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO / NEW HAVEN CONN”. The sign is in old red paint and stenciled in a gold / cream lettering, “WINCHESTER ARMS AND AMMUNITION SINCE 1866” on both sides. The sign shows two factory holes, one at the receiver and another mid-way down the barrel, as the sign would have been suspended from chains that were attached to a hand wrought iron sign mount. The sign was said to have been made at the Winchester Factory using their machining tools and were hung outdoors as stores trade signs. These signs are exceedingly rare with this being only the fifth sign offered to the public market. The sign has been found to be an authentic example by companies such as Morphy Auctions and James D. Julia who sold the sign at their Spring 2011 sale for $20,700. The sign shows obvious wear from being hung outdoors with some paint loss, predominantly on one side, with some chipping, but overall the sign is in good condition. Measures 41 ½ inches in length from the tip of the barrel diagonally to the end of the crescent butt stock and is 8.5”H. The lot includes only the sign and does not include the chains or bracket.