The Revolver that did not fail Buffalo Bill

[Pierre Tavlitzki]

Frontiersman, army scout, great hunter, helper of the railway and of the Pony Express, Buffalo Bill intensely lived all the adventures of the Far West. Still young, he became a living legend and operated his own glory in his hugely popular show, the Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.

He had survived all the dangers of the West, and was sharing his luck and his fame with his inseparable Remington revolver of which he said: "It never failed me".

It is unclear when Bill bought his Remington, a military model of the Civil War in .44 caliber. In 1906 he presented it to one of his collaborators. Bill's adventures ended in 1917, but those of his gun were not completed: it suffered some damage which necessitated rather extensive repairs.

On June 10 at Heritage in Dallas, the Remington gun is the featured piece of a lot estimated $ 200K, made up of documents and photographs coming from Bill's collaborator. Here is the link to the catalog.

[Pierre Tavlitzki]

This nicely composed lot was sold $ 240K including premium.