Summer 2026 Premier Firearms & Militaria Auction
August 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, & 9th, 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!
SON OF A COLT!! DOCUMENTED COLT FIRST GENERATION SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER OF CALDWELL HART COLT, SON OF SAMUEL COLT
| Cal. .45 Colt. | S# 81350. | 01-28285/BH |
Caldwell Hart Colt (1858–1894), son of Samuel and Elizabeth Colt, was the only Colt child to reach adulthood. Caldwell did not know his father well—Samuel Colt died in 1862 when his son was not yet four years old—but he inherited the great industrialist’s determination, daring, and taste for adventure. After reaching his majority, Caldwell became a director and later Vice President of Colt’s Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company. While the company was important to him, his greatest passion was yachting.
Caldwell Colt was among the foremost American yachtsmen of the late nineteenth century. A serious and accomplished competitor, he earned a reputation for fortitude, seamanship, and sportsmanship under demanding conditions. Whether setting records or pressing on through foul weather and adversity, Caldwell was known as a man who did not quit. His peers recognized him for his accomplishments and leadership by electing him Commodore of the Larchmont Yacht Club and Vice-Commodore of the New York Yacht Club.
Following an unsuccessful operation for throat cancer, Caldwell Colt died in Punta Gorda, Florida, on January 21, 1894, at age thirty-five. His remains were returned to New York by sea, where fleets of yachts paraded to pay tribute. He was buried from the Church of the Good Shepherd, Hartford, built by his mother, Elizabeth Colt, as a memorial to Samuel Colt. The eulogy delivered by the Commodore of the Larchmont Yacht Club still hangs in the club’s boardroom, and nearby sits the signal cannon from Caldwell’s yacht, Dauntless.
The revolver has been professionally restored and exhibits a full nickel finish with niter-blued screws, trigger, and cylinder pin. The two-piece hard-rubber Eagle grips are original to the revolver. Serial numbers on the frame, trigger guard, and butt match. Barrel 7½” with blade front sight.
UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: Colt factory letter documenting shipment to C.H. Colt on August 22, 1882, as one of twelve revolvers in the shipment. The revolver is described as a .45 Colt caliber with a nickel finish and rubber stocks. The accompanying letter also provides a brief biography of Caldwell Colt.
Documented Colt family firearms are among the most desirable of all factory-lettered Colt revolvers. This outstanding Single Action Army represents a rare opportunity to acquire a revolver with unquestioned Colt family provenance. ANTIQUE GUN
