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Lot 4276ANTIQUE
A Winchester Model 1866 rifle inscribed to William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Codyfrom the Julia Cody Goodman Collection
17 November 2008, 10:00 PST
San FranciscoUS$15,000 - US$25,000
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Find your local specialistA Winchester Model 1866 rifle inscribed to William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
from the Julia Cody Goodman Collection
from the Julia Cody Goodman Collection
Serial no. 118385, .44 caliber. 24 inch octagonal barrel with brass blade fore-sight and ladder rear sight. Left side of frame with after-market engraving To/W.F. Cody/From/His Friend D.J./1876. Upper tang stamped 1866. Walnut buttstock intaglio-carved on the left side with the figure of an American bison. Together with a newspaper article from an unspecified 1905 publication concerning Cody's divorce and containing much colorful language and charges from both sides with details about Cody's drinking and womanizing as well as statements from the defense about his wife, Mrs. Cody A Vixen/Says She Was Hard Drinker and Fed Spouse Bad Drug. An interesting insight into Cody's life as well as the period.
Condition: Very good as configured. Barrel with smooth browned patina, possibly a later patination. Fore-end showing a few scattered bruises. Replaced buttstock of fourth type. Serial numbers possibly altered.
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Condition: Very good as configured. Barrel with smooth browned patina, possibly a later patination. Fore-end showing a few scattered bruises. Replaced buttstock of fourth type. Serial numbers possibly altered.
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Footnotes
Provenance: Julia Cody Goodman Collection. Sold in these rooms on March 18, 1988, Lot 3007A. It has been suggested that the "D.J." in the inscription refers to Dick Johnson, who was with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in the early years and was billed as "The Giant Cow-Boy."




