Spring 2026 Premier Firearms & Militaria Auction
February 26th, February 27th, February 28th, and March 1st, 2026
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!
WELL DOCUMENTED COLT WALKER, B-COMPANY No. 23 WITH UNIQUE PERIOD REPLACEMENT PATERSON STYLE BARREL
01-27603 | S#23. |Cal 44. | S# B company 23.
This unique Colt Walker has a period Paterson-style replaced barrel. This revolver has long collection history and is listed in the earliest Walker documented S# lists. It also has certificate from TGCA Parade of Walkers 2003. Revolver has British proofs on each cylinder chamber meaning it must have had a British proofed barrel at some point in its life after American army issue. The original Walker barrel must have failed and this Paterson-style barrel utilized. There are no British proofs on this barrel, so it must have been modified back in the US. One early owner of this revolver opined that possibly revolver ran the blockade before the Civil War with other obsolete arms and barrel failed and replacement fabricated by Confederate armory, which is possible. Whatever made this survivor in this configuration, it is an unique, wonderful & interesting example that is better than average condition for other surviving Walkers. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: research file including 2003 Parade of Walkers bound certificate, copy of TX Gun Collectors 2003 Bulletin where revolver is pictured, copy of Gun Report vol 49, No. 3, 2003 where revolver is pictured and described. Copy of February 2001 Gun Report ad of Bob Everhart offering it for sale with excellent accurate description. 2006 auction catalog & letter of authenticity by John Gangle and description misidentifying cylinder proofs as Belgium. Copy of Quick’s 1953 updated serial number list of Walkers, showing this revolver in original list as owned by John C. Harvey, West Falmouth, Mass. Copy of photos of the Walker protype revolver made by Blunt & Syms with similar style barrel. PROVENANCE: John C. Harvey collection 1952-Quick’s list; Herbert Greene collection; Raymond Greene; Butterfield & Butterfield Auction 1998; Bob Everhart, Gun Report February 2001; Bobby Smith collection; Little John Auction Service/Auction Productions, lot 90, Nov. 26, 2006; The Esteemed Norm Greenberg Collection. STATUS: ANTIQUE.
