#17 • Six Seamless Skin Cartridges for Colt's Army Pistol

Part of Antique Ammunition Online Auction (timed auction by Linkous Auction Group)

High bid $7.00

Status: Sold

Authentic reproduction of a D.C. Sage & Co. Middletown Connecticut pack of six seamless skin cartridges made of Hazard's first quality cartridge powder for Colt's Army Pistol in 18 grain caliber, Hotchkiss' Patent Feb. 11th 1862, sold by W.J. Syms & Bro. sole agents 305 Broadway N.Y., wrapped in a brown kraft paper outer sleeve secured with period-correct natural twine and bearing a richly aged deep rose-pink label faithfully replicating the original Sage & Co. packaging. The pack presents a clean, tightly wrapped rectangular form with neatly folded ends and the label fully legible across all text. Overall condition is excellent, with the outer wrapping crisp and intact, the twine secure, and the label vivid with no tears or deterioration.