THE KEITH SIXGUNS ARE SOLD!

Here's a pretty comprehensive list posted by a member of the Ruger forum:


"Unless I messed up my spreadsheet, total price realized for Mr. Keith's collection was $1,639,025.00

List is from James Julia website with individual prices. I searched auction for "Elmer Keith" and these are returns I got. Looks like his estate was auction lots 1000 thru 1069....

Julia's website noted, "All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price."

The big ticket was lot 1038, Jim Corbett's Man Eating Tiger Rifle... $264,500.00 !!!

Here are the lots;

1000 ONE OF A KIND ELMER KEITH’S RUGER NO. 1 SINGLE SHOT RIFLE PRESENTED BY RUGER TO HONOR MR. KEITH’S MEMBERSHIP IN THE “21 CLUB”. $21,850.00
1001 ENGRAVED EARLY RUGER SUPER BLACK HAWK SINGLE ACTION REVOLVER THAT WAS PRESENTED TO ELMER KEITH. $14,375.00
1002 EXTREMELY RARE PROTOTYPE RUGER SUPER BLACKHAWK .44 MAGNUM SINGLE ACTION REVOLVER FURNISHED TO ELMER KEITH BY RUGER. $9,200.00
1003 VERY RARE, ONE OF TWO KNOWN, PRE-PRODUCTION FLAT TOP RUGER BLACKHAWK SINGLE ACTION REVOLVER WITH 4-5/8″ BARREL & BRASS GRIP FRAME. $10,350.00
1004 RARE RUGER BEARCAT SINGLE ACTION REVOLVER SN 15 THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $5,750.00
1005 THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL ELMER KEITH’S HANDGUNS, COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER, “THE LAST WORD – OLD NO. 5″, CUSTOM DESIGNED BY MR. KEITH & HAROLD CROFT. $80,500.00
1006 CUSTOM COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER WITH BRIDGEPORT STYLE BELT RIG THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $14,950.00
1007 RARE KEITH LONG RANGE CUSTOM COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. $14,950.00
1008 SCARCE COLT FLAT TOP TARGET SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $10,925.00
1009 CUSTOM COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $13,800.00
1010 SCARCE COLT NEW FRONTIER SINGLE ACTION REVOLVER OF ELMER KEITH, WITH BOX. $6,900.00
1011 COLT POCKET NAVY CONVERSION REVOLVER WITH EJECTOR OF ELMER KEITH. $4,720.00
1012 SCARCE RICHARDS CONVERSION OF COLT 1860 ARMY REVOLVER THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $7,475.00
1013 ENGRAVED COLT MODEL 1851 NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $13,225.00
1014 RARE COLT 2ND MODEL 1851 NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER OF ELMER KEITH. $5,175.00
1015 MARTIALLY MARKED COLT THIRD MODEL DRAGOON PERCUSSION REVOLVER THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $13,800.00
1016 EXTREMELY RARE COLT MODEL 1905 SEMI-AUTO PISTOL WITH ORIGINAL LEATHER HOLSTER STOCK THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $29,325.00
1017 RARE COLT MODEL 1905 SEMI-AUTO PISTOL & RARE AUDLEY HOLSTER THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $7,670.00
1018 SPRINGFIELD ARMORY MODEL 1911 SEMI-AUTO PISTOL THAT WERE GIFTED TO ELMER KEITH. $14,750.00
1019 INSCRIBED CUSTOM ENGRAVED SMITH & WESSON MODEL 1917 GOVERNMENT MODEL DA REVOLVER THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $6,900.00
1020 IMPORTANT SMITH & WESSON HAND EJECTOR FIRST MODEL (TRIPLE LOCK) TARGET DA REVOLVERS WITH RARE BERNS-MARTIN DOUBLE HOLSTER RIG THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $39,100.00
1021 ENGRAVED RARE SHORT BARRELED SMITH & WESSON MODEL 1950 TARGET DA REVOLVER THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $11,500.00
1022 ONE OF THE FIRST SMITH & WESSON PRE-MODEL 29 HIGH LUSTRE DA MAGNUM REVOLVERS THAT WAS GIVEN TO ELMER KEITH IN 1956. $33,925.00
1023 RARE ENGRAVED ELMER KEITH’S PERSONAL CARRY SMITH & WESSON PRE-MODEL 29 DA MAGNUM REVOLVER. $21,275.00
1024 RARE ONE OF A KIND SMITH & WESSON PRE-MODEL 29 MAGNUM REVOLVER PRESENTED TO ELMER KEITH BY CARL HELLSTROM, PRESIDENT OF SMITH & WESSON. $19,550.00
1025 SMITH & WESSON PRE-MODEL 29 DA REVOLVER, MR. KEITH’S CARRY GUN WITH HOLSTER. $20,125.00
1026 VERY RARE SPECIAL ORDER SMITH & WESSON PRE-MODEL 29 THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $14,950.00
1027 LOW NUMBER ELMER KEITH COMMEMORATIVE SMITH & WESSON MODEL 29-3 MAGNUM REVOLVER SERIAL NUMBER 2. $5,175.00
1028 CONSECUTIVE NUMBERED PAIR OF INSCRIBED HIGH LUSTRE BLUE SMITH & WESSON MODEL 57 DA REVOLVERS THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $23,000.00
1029 EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT ZERO SERIES SMITH & WESSON .357 MAGNUM DA REVOLVER THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $28,750.00
1030 RARE SMITH & WESSON REGISTERED MAGNUM DA REVOLVER THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $12,650.00
1031 SMITH & WESSON K-22 MASTERPIECE (MODEL OF 1940) TARGET REVOLVER OF ELMER KEITH. $7,475.00
1032 LOT OF THREE BOHLIN BELT/HOLSTER RIGS, ONE SPARE BOHLIN HOLSTER & SINGLE ACTION HOLSTER THAT ALL BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $10,925.00
1033 THE ICONIC FIRST ITHACA NID GRADE 4E TEN GAUGE 3-1/2 INCH MAGNUM OF CHARLES ASKINS. $29,900.00
1034 IMPORTANT (SILVER INLAID) ITHACA NID 5E ALL EXTRAS 16 GAUGE MADE FOR MAJ. CHARLES ASKINS. $8,050.00
1035 FABULOUS PARKER BHE SINGLE TRIGGER VENTILATED RIB BEAVERTAIL FOREND TRAP GUN OF ELMER KEITH. $13,800.00
1036 TEN BORE PURDEY SIDELOCK EJECTOR GAME GUN WITH CASE. $29,900.00
1037 RARE & IMPORTANT WESTLEY RICHARDS BEST QUALITY DETACHABLE LOCK EJECTOR, SINGLE TRIGGER, 12 BORE 3″ SIDE-BY-SIDE WILDFOWL SHOTGUN, CA. 1909 WITH CASE. $6,325.00
1038 THE JIM CORBETT MAN-EATING TIGER RIFLE (MAN EATERS OF KUMAON) W. J. JEFFERY GRADE 2 BEST BOXLOCK EJECTOR DOUBLE RIFLE, PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND ICONIC DOUBLE RIFLE EVER OFFERED FOR SALE! $264,500.00
1039 EXCEPTIONALLY RARE GOLD INLAID W.J. JEFFERY BEST SIDELOCK EJECTOR DOUBLE RIFLE MOUNTED WITH CREST OF RAJA OF MIRAJ JUNIOR STATE AND WITH ORIGINAL CASE. $51,750.00
1040 .577 NITRO EXPRESS WESTLEY RICHARDS BEST DETACHABLE LOCK EJECTOR DOUBLE RIFLE WITH CASE. $69,000.00
1041 FINE & IMPORTANT WESTLEY RICHARDS BEST QUALITY SINGLE TRIGGER EJECTOR DETACHABLE LOCK DANGEROUS GAME DOUBLE RIFLE. $69,000.00
1042 VERY FINE GOLD NAME WESTLEY RICHARDS HAND DETACHABLE EJECTOR DANGEROUS GAME DOUBLE RIFLE WITH CASE. $69,000.00
1043 LOVELY LITTLE WESTLEY RICHARDS HAND DETACHABLE LOCK SINGLE TRIGGER DOUBLE RIFLE WITH CASE. $32,200.00
1044 RARE AND UNUSUAL WESTLEY RICHARDS EJECTOR CAPE GUN WITH HAND DETACHABLE LOCKS. $26,450.00
1045 CHARLES BOSWELL BOXLOCK EJECTOR BIG GAME DOUBLE RIFLE WITH CASE. $59,800.00
1046 FINE HOLLAND & HOLLAND ROYAL EJECTOR DANGEROUS GAME DOUBLE RIFLE WITH EXTRAORDINARY SIGHTS. $57,500.00
1047 VERY FINE HOLLAND & HOLLAND DOMINION SIDELOCK EJECTOR .465 H&H DANGEROUS GAME DOUBLE RIFLE WITH ORIGINAL CASE. $33,350.00
1048 HOLLAND & HOLLAND NUMBER 2 GRADE SIDELOCK DANGEROUS GAME DOUBLE RIFLE. $19,550.00
1049 VERY FINE HOLLAND & WOODWARD PATENT SINGLE SHOT DROPPING BLOCK DANGEROUS GAME RIFLE BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND. $11,500.00
1050 FINE HOLLAND & WOODWARD PATENT H&H SINGLE SHOT CUSTOM RIFLE. $10,350.00
1051 W.W. GREENER SINGLE SHOT DROPPING BLOCK RIFLE ON 1902 WEBLEY ACTION. $12,650.00
1052 FINE IVER HENRIKSEN CUSTOM RIGBY FARQUHARSON .338-74 KEITH SINGLE SHOT RIFLE WITH SCOPE. $9,440.00
1053 FINE IVER HENRIKSEN CUSTOM FARQUHARSON SINGLE SHOT RIFLE WITH SCOPE, BUILT FOR ELMER KEITH. $8,260.00
1054 INCREDIBLE SERIAL NUMBER “1″ HOFFMAN ARMS CUSTOM SPRINGFIELD RIFLE OF ELMER KEITH. $17,250.00
1055 EXCEPTIONAL KORNBRATH ENGRAVED AND GOLD INLAID HOFFMAN ARMS MAGNUM MAUSER DANGEROUS GAME RIFLE. $20,125.00
1056 HOFFMAN ARMS MAGNUM MAUSER DANGEROUS GAME RIFLE. $11,500.00
1057 RARE AND MAGNIFICENT GOLD INLAID “KEITH GRADE” CHAMPLIN & HASKINS CUSTOM .375 H&H RIFLE WITH SCOPE. $23,000.00
1058 CHAMPLIN-HASKINS BOLT ACTION KEITH GRADE RIFLE WITH SCOPE. $6,195.00
1059 THE FIRST CHAMPLIN-HASKINS KEITH GRADE RIFLE, SN 1, PRESENTED TO ELMER BY THE MAKER. $5,015.00
1060 EXCEPTIONAL PACHMAYR CUSTOM SILVER INLAID AND ENGRAVED MODEL 70 WINCHESTER RIFLE WITH SCOPE, MADE FOR ELMER KEITH. $22,425.00
1061 FN CUSTOM MAUSER WITH SCOPE, USED BY ELMER KEITH ON HIS FIRST AFRICAN SAFARI, AND FEATURED IN MANY OF HIS WRITINGS. $12,650.00
1062 MAGIS ENGRAVED BROWNING OLYMPIAN MAUSER .338 MAGNUM WITH SCOPE. $9,775.00
1063 UNUSUAL MANNLICHER SCHOENAUER 1910 WITH 24″ BARREL AND FULL LENGTH STOCK. $7,475.00
1064 RARE SHARPS MODEL 1877 No. 1 LONG RANGE SINGLE SHOT RIFLE THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $23,000.00
1065 RARE CONVERSION SHARPS MODEL 1874 HEAVY SPORTING BUFFALO RIFLE THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. $6,900.00
1066 MEACHAM STYLE SHARPS MODEL 1874 CONVERSION RIFLE. $4,025.00
1067 FINE MEACHAM CONVERSION SHARPS HEAVY TARGET/HUNTING RIFLE OF ELMER KEITH. $8,050.00
1068 QUANTITY OF COLLECTORS AMMUNITION FROM ELMER KEITH. $4,600.00
1069 ELMER KEITH’S HAND TOOLED & HAND MADE DECORATED SADDLE BY GRIGSBY. $9,775.00
TOTAL PRICE REALIZED $1,639,025.00

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