Greetings my dear netizens
As stated, here is an auction for what is certainly a fake Colt Dragoon.
This is from an estate auction for a dead so-called billionair in florida.
They have several colt navies, but this caught my eye, they have it listed as
“Lot 114: COLT POCKET MODEL 1849 .44 PISTOL
Serial Number 29514. GOOD CONDITION POCKET MODEL WITH NON ORIGINAL BARREL. NO RESERVE. Vandenbrook Galleries is holding a mostly (all but 6 guns) NO RESERVE auction featuring collectible and important guns and firearms that you do not want to miss! We are liquidating a wealthy collectors' gun collection that was accumulated over many years”
That is the entirity of their description!
I emailed them twice, telling them
1) this is not an 1849 pocket model
2) 1849 pocket models never were offered in .44
3) this is actually a Dragoon
4) this is not original but a copy, possibly a deliberate fake
5) Colt Dragoons were never in that serial number range. Interestingly, Pocket Model 1849’s
were in that range....
It looks to me like it has been refinished, and the non-original barrel renumbered and possibley farbed to match.
Unfortunately, no answer, and the auction goes blithly on.
Which suggests to me that they are trying desperately to ignore the fact that they have a fake, and are trying to cover their ass with smoke, mirrors, and an attempt at “willful ignorance” ....
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/colt-pocket-model-1849-44-pistol-a404e2c99e