I'm sure many of us here have around $750k or so. I wonder what it would go for without the history, maybe half that or so?.



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This Colt is everything collectors of fine arms seek. It is factory documented as gold plated, factory engraved, and shipped to a small arms dealer in El Paso, Texas, with known connections to Villa. Best of all, the revolver is inscribed, not once, but twice to Pancho Villa, the most famous figure of the Mexican Revolution. His decade-long fight made him famous far beyond Mexico’s borders.

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Pretty Cool, nice to see guns holding their value

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Not into bling personally but that Colt is pretty nice looking.
Quite a history too.

I think if I bought it, I would have to learn to whistle "El Deguello" in tribute to Pancho!

Gold plated guns don't do much for me but that one does not look that bad.... but still... my question is did Poncho ever even carry or shoot it?

From what I have read, he carried a Colt Bisley. This one has some wear, no mention by who though.


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Very fine. The engraving, Francisco Villa inscriptions, and other markings remain crisp. The revolver retains 80% of the delicate gold and has the original factory nickel plated backing exposed where the gold has faded. The fading is mainly along the top of the revolver on the back strap, top strap, and along the flutes of the ejector housing. There is considerably more gold remaining than is commonly found on the few other known factory gold plated First Generation Colt Single Action Revolvers, and the revolver was clearly well-cared for. The cylinder has some faint drag lines, and overall the wear is mostly limited to light handling and storage type marks. The grips are also very fine and have attractive natural iridescent colors, very minor flakes at the toe, and a distinct carved eagle head. Mechanically excellent. The commemorative silver coins are excellent. This is an incredible piece of Colt firearms and Mexican history. Very few Colt Single Action Revolvers were factory engraved and gold plated and very, very few revolvers inscribed to Pancho Villa remain today. It is our privilege to bring this historic Colt to auction in the year of the 100th anniversary of Pancho Villa's death.
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