LARGE BRONZE STATUE OF THE RAMPANT COLT BY THOMAS HAAS

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COLT COLLECTORS ALERT!!   SUPER RARE LARGE BRONZE RAMPANT COLT  STATUE #2 of 100 BY THOMAS HAAS.   IN 1968 FIREARMS CRAFTSMAN THOMAS HAAS PURCHASED THE ORIGINAL 1855 RAMPANT COLT PATTERN COMMISSIONED BY SAMUEL COLT AND SOON PROMINENT COLLECTORS ASKED HAAS TO CAST RAMPANT COLTS USING THE ORIGINAL PATTERN (STATUE FROM THE COLT FACTORY DOME) AS THE SOURCE OF ALL DETAILS.  THIS IS #2 OF HUNDRED BRONZE STATUES HAAS PRODUCED WORLDWIDE.   #1 WAS PRESENTED TO COLTS CEO IN 1968 AND THIS #2 WAS PRESENTED AS A GIFT TO HAAS’S CLOSE FRIEND IN REYNOLDSBURG, OHIO  MR. GLENN GIERHART.  THIS HISTORIC COLT TRADEMARK STANDS 21.5” TALL AND 23” LONG ON A 21” x 10” OVAL BRONZE BASE.  ON THE BASE ITSELF IS A CROSSED PAIR OF PATTERSON REVOLVERS AND A BRASS PLATE MARKED “THE RAMPANT COLT TWO OF ONE HUNDRED”.    BOTH SPEARS ARE IN TACT AND INCLUDED.
ALSO INCLUDED IS RL WILSONS “THE RAMPANT COLT: STORY OF A TRADEMARK” NUMBERED TO THE BOOK.   INSIDE THE FRONT COVER IS THE HAND WRITTEN NOTE BY THE ARTIST HIMSELF THOMAS HAAS PRESENTING THIS HOLY GRAIL #2 RAMPANT COLT TO HIS BEST FRIEND MR. GIERHART.  THE BOOK ALSO INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL HARD LEATHER CASE/SLEEVE TO PROTECT THE BOOK.   THE PROVENANCE AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS STATUE IS TRULY EPIC AND WOULD BE A CENTERPIECE TO ANY COLT/FIREARM COLLECTION.
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