As seen on TV…APPRAISER: The gun itself’s not very intricately embellished. It&
As seen on TV…APPRAISER: The gun itself’s not very intricately embellished. It’s missing a silver band that goes around the butt cap here. There’s a ridge that came down with a channel for a ramrod that actually went under it that’s been broken off. The case is in a little bit of disarray. So just as a gun in box, it’s not terribly valuable. Maybe retail, if you saw this for sale with a single pistol, nice English casing– $2,500. Something like that. But, because you’re talking about Albert Sidney Johnston, whether it be in the North or the South, it would be something that would drive interest. And then you have this nice movement through his family, and then the gun actually belonged to someone else, who was also very important in the Confederacy, being the aide-de-camp to Jefferson Davis. I think, retail, you might expect this to actually bring around $12,000. GUEST: Oh, my goodness.(Antiques Roadshow, submitted by Humanoid History) -- source link