Cattle brand guns are certainly an acquired taste and not one I have acquired. Some hate them, some love them. I'm generally unmoved (nice guns but the engraving left me uninspired as well) but do appreciate the art style.
I believe these were either done by Adams & Adams or Dennis Kies.
May be Gary can fill us in on the details? All master engravers. But it was Cole Agee the real master engraver who taught Weldon Bledsoe the cattle brand style. I suspect the photos don't do them justice.
Nice guns but not up to Agee's skill level from what I can see. This gun below is one of Agee's on a 1st Gen 1906 Colt with nice pearl that sold a year or two ago for $5500. Likely go for twice that price today. USFA pair of guns price wise? Silly asking price of course. We all know "asking" doesn't mean they will ever get that price....but nice guns none the less.
Vintage carved ivory, French fitted cases....may be 7K per gun tops if the engraving is that good by a noted artist. 14 or 15K would be stretching it IMO. I'd want to know a lot more about them before I'd venture into the 10K range for the pair. Refinish history of this pair would be a place I'd start as would be the details on the engraving and by whom. Bullet block for the case? And the period dbl gun leather rig that was suppose to go with each set of guns.
and another artist's variation coming after Agee.
"This is an example of a cattle brand and scroll custom engraved Colt Single Action Army revolver originally manufactured in 1918, and subsequently embellished by Master Engraver David Wade Harris. Harris was taught the art of cattle brand engraving by Weldon Bledsoe, who had in turn learned the art from Cole Agee. "
Estimated value @ auction $6500 to $9500.