by Steven Crain | Sep 8, 2020 | Fire Arms
Iconic People today seem to love to throw around the term “iconic,” applying it to many things that are hardly iconic. Some things truly are iconic, though, and that includes the Kentucky or Pennsylvania long rifle. If you are old enough to have watched the “Davey...
by Steven Crain | Apr 23, 2018 | Fire Arms
In our American West sale there is an item that really caught my attention, not because of condition (it is good) nor because of value (it is moderate) but because of where it has been, and the “stories it could tell!” The item is a Colt Single Action, with a 7 ½ inch...
by Brian Witherell | Mar 7, 2015 | Fire Arms
On Saturday March 14th, Witherell’s will be offering nearly 100 antique firearms collected over 100 years ago. According to family tradition Uncle Paulson began collecting in the 19th century and his nephew Sam Kerbey (photographed in the center of the below...
by Brian Witherell | May 23, 2014 | Fire Arms
It was months ago that my father, Brad, fielded a call from Humboldt State University asking if we might appraise a collection they owned. Dad suggested the items be shipped to our Sacramento location to save both time and money for the University. We started to...
