Wonder if thats the gun she used to hunt with when she was young and feeding her family and market hunting?

well, she was born in 1860, so I am guessing no,

can't read the serial number in the image of the letter

since many folks here have seen it, i bet some one knows the vintage

"Will never be sold" and "$293,000" should never be used in the same sentence. They must be getting a little thin on pictures by now. This is about the fifth major auction with Annie Oakley photographs.

pictures are easier to come by than the shotguns


i remember reading that after his death, Jessie James' mother would go to local gunsmiths to get the unrepairable pistols and sell them to people at the farm as one of Jessie's.

As I recall, it was a mid-1880's gun but I don't remember the serial number.

I have another one of Annie's guns...least wise the guy I bought it from said hit was...

Probably would of been out of her price range. But mid 80's would make her 15ish bet she was hunting then??? Guess I should search the web instead of speculating.

She was shooting this gun very early in her show business career. The PGCA records confirm that is right. I don't know who it lettered to.

Another Annie Oakley gun just sold. It is more interesting than any of the others. It's a Model 1895 Winchester converted to .410 by Bland. It has hard core provenance, but I don't know how much it sold for.

30203 - G grade, top lever, 16 gauge, 30" Damascus steel barrels, pistol grip.