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Guy wants to sell me these 1860 Engraved Colts
altnutt
Member Posts: 80
Hello,
Reaching out for some professional help on these. Guy wants to sell me his pair of Colt SAAs engraved he says by Tiffany & Co, in the box as you can see. What do you all think by these pictures? I snapped some quick pictures. He told me they are museum quality and they look it. They are pretty amazing, the scenes of war are perfect quality. There are eagles on the bottoms of the grips, could be silver I imagine. What do you all think these should sell for? Anyone know of an auction where something like this has come up?
Sorry about picture quality I did it by my cell phone.
Reaching out for some professional help on these. Guy wants to sell me his pair of Colt SAAs engraved he says by Tiffany & Co, in the box as you can see. What do you all think by these pictures? I snapped some quick pictures. He told me they are museum quality and they look it. They are pretty amazing, the scenes of war are perfect quality. There are eagles on the bottoms of the grips, could be silver I imagine. What do you all think these should sell for? Anyone know of an auction where something like this has come up?
Sorry about picture quality I did it by my cell phone.
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No one says, "I want to sell you a (very expensive) gun; make me an offer." It sounds like the seller is trying to find out how much money you have, & that will determine how much is willing to sell them for.
Neal
I'd be suspicious
May I ask how much the seller is asking for it?
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http://theautry.org/the-colt-revolver-in-the-american-west/tiffany-grips?artifact=87.118.40
go here to observe some examples of ORIGINAL Colt 1860 revolvers
http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/admin/show_inventory.php?catID=13&subcatID=151
just tell the "guy" they are FAKE, revolvers, flask , nipple wrench, etc., the mold block may be the only original piece in the whole set, just offer him $2,500.00 and closely observe his reaction, i am no expert, just 5 years as a partner in a gun shop, i have handled and seen some original colts and this entire set up just don't look original.
go here to observe some examples of ORIGINAL Colt 1860 revolvers
http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/admin/show_inventory.php?catID=13&subcatID=151
I have no doubt that those are original 1860 Colt revolvers and would happily double your offer given the opportunity. The question at hand is whether they are genuine Tiffany Colts which requires further research.