Do you like S&W? Do you Like Tiffany?

[Professor Marvel]

Here's a little item you won't see everyday -

"Rare Historic and Deluxe Tiffany & Co. Smith & Wesson .32 Double Action 4th Model Revolver Exhibited by the Factory at the 1893 "World's Columbian Exposition" in Chicago"

apparently sold for $103,500



http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/rare-historic-and-deluxe-tiffany-co.-smith-1-c-6daf182288

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prof marvel

[Montana Slim]

Yes I likey S&W - especially the "classics"

BUT, No...I don't particularly care for the Tiffany grip....wouldn't buy that durn thing if it was marked 50% off 
Unless I had a definite buyer for $103,000.... standing by with the cash in his hand.... and he couldn't run.

Slim
(Who would only need one bullet if he got stuck with that one at $50K)

[Professor Marvel]

Yes I likey S&W - especially the "classics"

BUT, No...I don't particularly care for the Tiffany grip....wouldn't buy that durn thing if it was marked 50% off 
Unless I had a definite buyer for $103,000.... standing by with the cash in his hand.... and he couldn't run.

Slim
(Who would only need one bullet if he got stuck with that one at $50K)

I concurr ...
To Paraphrase Chief Dan George:

"It's not for shootin' .... it's fer.... lookin'  at"

yhs
prof marvel

[Advertising]

[Devil Anse Hatfield]

I like it .
Love the metal work. If I owned it ,It would be used.

[Forty Rod]

And so is born the "Steam Punk Look"!

And you thought it was something new.   

[Shotgun Franklin]

I would like to have it. Looks like a heck of a trading piece to me.

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

There were one or two of these on display at the S&W museum when I took the factory tour last year. They were in a glass case so of course I could not handle them, but I got a real good look at them.

Sorry, I think they are just plain ugly. They do not appeal to me at all. Of course this was quite typical of lots of art produced during the Victorian period. Highly ornate, often to the point of being ridiculously overdone. Just my opinion, but I have seen lots of examples of art and decoration from the period that looking at it with today's eyes I think is just plain ugly.

It is interesting to note that the barrel and cylinder have normal engraving. Nothing really out of the ordinary. It looks to me like all that overly done stuff on the frame is actually applied over the frame, and is not integral with the frame. I'll have to take another trip out to Springfield one of these days and have another look.

[Story]

Prof,
$20 says it'd letter to a Madam of the House. Send the link to Lady Clankington. Heh. 

[Captain John Jarrett]

LOVE IT.....Wish it were possible to get one made up like that today!!

[St. George]

Oh, it's possible, all right - but only if you're not overly fond of all of your internal organs...

It's doubtful any of these high-grade presentation pieces were ever shot by their owners - but they could be shot if needs be.

Vaya,

Scouts Out!

[Professor Marvel]

Prof,
$20 says it'd letter to a Madam of the House. Send the link to Lady Clankington. Heh. 

Ah My Dear Story -
You've been watching Firefly reruns again, haven't you 
me too
yhs
prof Marvel