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Buffalo Bill Cody's Colt Model 1873 Frontier six shooter revolver is expected to be the highlight of Heritage Auctions’ Legends of the West Signature Auction on June 14. Heritage Auctions image.

Heritage Auctions to sell Buffalo Bill’s Colt .45 June 14

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
Buffalo Bill Cody's Colt Model 1873 Frontier six shooter revolver is expected to be the highlight of Heritage Auctions’ Legends of the West Signature Auction on June 14. Heritage Auctions image.
Buffalo Bill Cody’s Colt Model 1873 Frontier six shooter revolver is expected to be the highlight of Heritage Auctions’ Legends of the West Signature Auction on June 14. Heritage Auctions image.

DALLAS (AP) – A grizzly bear claw necklace and a Colt .45 six-shooter once owned by ex-scout and showman “Buffalo Bill” Cody will be auctioned this weekend by Heritage Auctions.

LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding.

A statement from Heritage Auctions says the Dallas-based auction house will sell the two pieces during its Legends of the West Signature Auction Saturday in Dallas. Nearly 400 photographs, law badges and railroad memorabilia will also go under the auctioneer’s hammer.

Heritage spokesman Tom Slater says the grizzly bear claw necklace was a gift to Cody from Sioux warrior chief Sitting Bull. It’s expected to sell for more than $12,000.

Slater says Cody bought the 1873 Colt model 1873 Frontier Six-Shooter Revolver from the New York City firearms dealer Hartley & Graham in January 1883. He expects bidding to top $30,000.

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View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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Buffalo Bill Cody's Colt Model 1873 Frontier six shooter revolver is expected to be the highlight of Heritage Auctions’ Legends of the West Signature Auction on June 14. Heritage Auctions image.
Buffalo Bill Cody’s Colt Model 1873 Frontier six shooter revolver is expected to be the highlight of Heritage Auctions’ Legends of the West Signature Auction on June 14. Heritage Auctions image.