4250 RARE CIVIL WAR MODEL 1862 SHARPS & HANKINS SHORT

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Category Firearms & Military
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Start Price 1,500.00 USD
Estimated at 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD
CAVALRY CARBINE FROM AE BROOKS COLLECTION. Cal. 54 S# 4166. About 500 short barrel 19" carbines were made, most issued to 3rd NY Cavalry. Frame is marked: "SHARPS / & / HANKINS / PHILADA" on the right side, "SHARPS / PATENT / 1859" on the left. Stamped into stock on both sides is AE Brooks inventory #1429 and this gun is shown and described on page 31 of the 1899 published catalog of his remarkable collection. It's nice to find an example of this carbine in original unaltered condition with published collection provenance going back 125 years. Flayderman in his price guides warns against deceptive altered Navy 24" carbines as original cavalry examples are very scarce. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: copy of pertinent pages from the 1899 Brooks catalog showing this gun. CONDITION: very good overall, matching serial numbers, traces of original nickel finish, overall gray metal. Mechanically fine with bright rifled bore. (01-26025/JS). ANTIQUE. $3,000-5,000.
Lot #4250