Fall 2025 Premier Firearms & Militaria Auction
October 30th, 31st, November 1st, & 2nd, 2025
This auction will feature an outstanding collection of items spanning multiple categories including Modern, Military, Sporting, & Antique firearms & militaria! Below is just a small grouping of select highlights from the massive offering to be featured in this upcoming sale!
WILBUR GLAHN FACTORY ENGRAVED COLT IST GEN. SAA REVOLVER
25-5169 | Cal. 45 Colt. | S#. 347295. | Bbl. 4 3/4″.
Bbl., frame, cyl. & grip straps have 25% coverage of scroll engraving with fine punch dot backgrounds in the style of factory engraver Wilbur Glahn. Full nickel finish. 2 piece ivory grips with have a raised steer head on the right panel with silver rampant colt medallions.
UNATTACHED ACCESORIES: Colt Manufacturing Company letter dated March 7, 1995 stating: “Serial Number: 347295 / Caliber: .45/c / Barrel Length: 4 3/4″ / Finish: Nickel / Type of Stocks: Rubber / Factory Engraved: Yes / Shipped To: Von Lengerke & Antoine 33 S. Wabash Avenue Chicago, Illinois For Harry Hessel / Date of Shipment: March 14, 1925 / Colt Factory Order # 9626/1 / Number of Same Type Guns in Shipment: 1”. Also included a binder with 12 pages of information & photos pertaining to a Harry Hessel of San Antonio, Texas. Hessel was a dry good merchant, who was related by marriage to Heyman Saul Lebman, a gunsmith who had ties to known gangsters of the period. STATUS: CURIO.
