Gents,
I did a little more "digging" and here's what I found.
The revolver sold for $50,000 plus buyer's fee!!
The provenace seems "shakey" to me, but I may be too
skeptical.
In 1923 Douglas Gray, a Tombstone businessman, sold this
revolver to Albert Sames. A letter written by Mr Gray came
with the pistol. In the letter Gray states that he received the
revolver from Mr Lawrence Hart, an assayer in Tombstone,
who was given the gun by Wyatt Earp.
I'll let you draw your own conclussions.
Tubac
PS the revolver is S/N 18122, a type 3 M-H Single action army model in .44/40, 7.5" barrell, engraved with
ivory grips.