Sitting Bull’s Winchester Model 1876 Lever Gun Is Set for Auction This Week.

[SEIndSAM]

Christie auctions to $40K to $60k....

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[BigRed]

What an amazing piece of history that would be to hold.


I have an ancestor that survived one of Sitting Bull's most famous battles; Battle of The Little Big Horn. He was within earshot of Custer when Custer stated his last known words...."Holy ****, look at all them Indians!"

 

[manifest destiny]

A- How absolutely ephing cool would it be to own this relic? Way ephing cool!
B- Would you actually shoot it if you bought it? Man, I dunno.... It's described as functional but rough condition. At $40-60k I don't know if I could bring myself to actually pull the trigger.

 

[Hkindiana]

A- How absolutely ephing cool would it be to own this relic? Way ephing cool!
B- Would you actually shoot it if you bought it? Man, I dunno.... It's described as functional but rough condition. At $40-60k I don't know if I could bring myself to actually pull the trigger.

You could set up at Gun shows and charge people $5 to just hold it for a minute

 

[DadSmith]

Christie auctions to $40K to $60k....

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I don't see how that won't reach double that amount at an auction. That is a huge piece of American history.

 

[jerrob]

What an amazing piece of history that would be to hold.


I have an ancestor that survived one of Sitting Bull's most famous battles; Battle of The Little Big Horn. He was within earshot of Custer when Custer stated his last known words...."Holy ****, look at all them Indians!"

Even your forefathers spoke in asterisks, the ****** nut didn't fall far from the ******* tree.

 

[BigRed]

If I bought this and posted a pic of it here, it would be about 5 minutes before @Leadeye came along and posted something even more cool from his collection.

 

[BigRed]

Even your forefathers spoke in asterisks, the ****** nut didn't fall far from the ******* tree.

House rules go way back.

 

[Leadeye]

An 1886 owned by the soldier who captured Geronimo sold for over a million.

 

[BigRed]

Fun fact (at least to me):

When I was a kid, my grandfather talked from time to time about Geronimo and the stories he would read about him in the news (along with other historical events). When I did the math, I figured out that the last years of Geronimo's life overlapped the early years of my grandfather's life by several years.

History always seemed pretty "close" when I realized my grandfather lived during the same time as Geronimo. That epiphany gave me a much different perspective on the world when I was growing up.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Fun fact (at least to me):

When I was a kid, my grandfather talked from time to time about Geronimo and the stories he would read about him in the news (along with other historical events). When I did the math, I figured out that the last years of Geronimo's life overlapped the early years of my grandfather's life by several years.

History always seemed pretty "close" when I realized my grandfather lived during the same time as Geronimo. That epiphany gave me a much different perspective on the world when I was growing up.

My maternal grandfather was born toward the end of Geronimo's most active period (born in 1879). He passed in 1972 and I often wish I'd have had the forethought to talk to him more and ask him questions. But he was stone deaf, and was a big fan of professional wrestling so I don't know what kind of stories he'd have had to tell. Mom's side of the family were kind of from the "wrong side of the tracks" compared to Dad's side.

 

[2tonic]

What an amazing piece of history that would be to hold.


I have an ancestor that survived one of Sitting Bull's most famous battles; Battle of The Little Big Horn. He was within earshot of Custer when Custer stated his last known words...."Holy ****, look at all them Indians!"

Yeah....but he wasn't a soldier.
I have it on good authority that your ancestor had the beer and brat concession at the battle.

 

[BigRed]

Yeah....but he wasn't a soldier.
I have it on good authority that your ancestor had the beer and brat concession at the battle.

Get your red hots!

 

[Robert Richardson]

Custer had it coming.

 

[printcraft]

An 1886 owned by the soldier who captured Geronimo sold for over a million.

I can’t see where this one wouldn’t do something similar, 40-60k for that history seems incredibly low.

 

[Joniki]

An 1886 owned by the soldier who captured Geronimo sold for over a million.

That rifle was serial number 1 of the 1886's.

 

[Leadeye]

That rifle was serial number 1 of the 1886's.

The soldier was also a CMH winner, a lot of history in that rifle.

 

[VostocK]

I'll be stunned if that thing brings less than six figures at auction. But then again the Pawn Stars cast might show up and end up convincing the auction house to sell it for $40. I guess we will find out tomorrow.

 

[tjh88]

Anyone see what this went for? The auction site locked up on me and I haven't been able to find the final price. Just curious.
Thanks,
Tim