Always interested in these old Purdey and other English shotguns as they surface around the world.
However a Colt doesn't have to be owned by someone to get big money at auctions. It just has to be associated with the opening of the west.
http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2015/05/historic-colt-paterson-revolver-sells-for-414000/Gun prices climbed into the stratosphere last month during the 2015 April Premiere Firearms Auction conducted by the Rock Island Auction Company (RIA). The most expensive gun at auction was an historic Colt Paterson, the first-ever factory-engraved Colt handgun. Complete with the original fitted factory case with various accessories, this Paterson inspired a bidding war that saw the price rise to a stunning $414,000. That is an amazingly high price for a gun that was not owned by a well-known historic personage. Generally, to command a price in the multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars, a gun must have a significant historic provenance — such as having been owned by a legendary figure such as Billy the Kid or Wyatt Earp.But that ain't nothing when this Colt Paterson showed up,
http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2011...ice-at-auction/The Colt Paterson afterwards designated as the 'Texas' Paterson with its longer and more useful 9 inch barrel played a critical role in the defense of Texas during its time as a republic and as a state.
