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An early Colt revolver brought into Antiques Roadshow has been valued at £150,000.
The “iconic” revolver, which is believed to have been made in 1837, was described by expert Bill Harriman as “the most important firearm I’ve ever seen on the Roadshow”.
The revolver, which was bought 40 years ago for £150, was brought to The Black Country Living Museum in Dudley in 2017.
Antiques Roadshow | Series 40 Episode 11 | BBC
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Dude is the definition of British stoicism - didn’t flinch at the price.
@John Smith Listen to the owner's accent. He's not upper class. Calm yourself.
John Smith wow your nice. He sounded like a humble old man to me.
Thats because they edit out all the swearing and had to do a re-take
@Alan Cogan Grabbed his chest and went ohhhh
Because he he was expecting a higher estimate..last year a similar one at auction sold for 450,000 dollars
The true key to being an Englishman: When your time comes and you make your appearance on Antiques Roadshow, when told the items value you must not show emotion as you secretly sell it and spend the cash in your head.
Absolutely, act as if £150,000 is a trifle and it's not about the vulgar money anyway
Spend it on coke an cars be a real man
@@marleymatthews7633 And then waste what's left of it?
@@Jooeffoh yes and waste what's left over
Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd must suck to know that Celtic people don’t exist
The expert can’t hardly contain himself. Fantastic
THATS TRUE, AND THAT OFTEN HAPPENS ON 'A.R.S'. BUT HERE, WE KNOW IN ADVANCE, BUT ON FIRST BROADCAST, WE DON'T; IT'S MORE EXCITING.
Antiques Road Show = one of the OG reality shows. And still good to watch.
Pawn Stars be like: "best I can do is fifty bucks"
You forgot the deep in-breath and exhale and then 'lemme get this looked at".
There's some nicks on the barrel. I don't even know if it can fire. Then you gotta pay auction fees and the buyer premium fees. Best I can do is $1000. I think that's more than fair. I'm taking all the risk here. That's ten one hundred dollar bills and then it's my problem to sell. It could sit on the shelf for five years.
@Alan Cogan 🤣
hehe well done
Yeah sorry its not original if it was hardcore pawn it be 10 dollars
Antiques roadshow, very civilized compared to pawn stars.
Pawn stars isn't the same thing as AR....
No selling involved just appraisal
Pawn stars is a scripted show, is like wrestling.
Do I really need to be captain obvious here and provide an explanation or are you that stupid?
Some of those old time Brits have a proper command of language, which makes Westerners sound uneducated in some regards.
The British underwhelmed reaction... "This is worth a hundred fifty thousand ..." Oh really that's nice
JerJer B He knew it, and he probably has a lot of wealth already.
Not all nations Hollar!
They were all surprised. He reacted.
Love them or hate them, firearms have a vast history and I love the stories they have.
I don’t hate them just the availability of them.
Have you watched any forgotten weapons videos?
@@johnmc3862 And nobody does illegal drugs because they aren't supposed to...
@@johnmc3862 The right to legally buy them or the fact they exist?
Britain's should have the right to bare arms.
Out of all the stuff I’ve seen on this show, this is right up there. It’s so cool. Imagine in our grandchildren’s age how even cooler it will be. Not to say it’s use was not horrific. It sure was
I believe the man knows exactly what he's got before this starts. Fun though.
That’s what I was thinking.
Look at his face. He was shocked.
"Mr. Webley, I trust you have a license for that firearm?" "I does for this one" "What do you mean by 'this one'?"
Ha ha, hot fuzz. Great 👍
Ordulf Love that scene! Ha!
You don’t need one for guns made before January 1st 1900 if it isn’t deemed a danger to the public
@@fabiozanette5343 Also any firearm for which the ammunition is deemed to be obsolete. eg. Pinfire where a single original round can be worth in the £/$/€ thousands! Many Belgian revolvers, chambered for those rounds in 7mm and 9mm bores, were still being made well into the 20th century.
You don't need a license for any firearm that no longer has the ammunition for it manufactured (or obtainable). This is classed as an antique firearm that poses no danger. Most black powder firearms are also exempt from firearm laws. This is well an truly a antique requiring no license. Of cause laws change according to what country and or state you live in.
So english, everybody else gasping and the guy is like "oh well", like it´s nothing haha.
And a "crikey" in the background too. Couldn't be more British😂
i think you mean 'oh wow'
The Paterson is so rare because it had a bad habit of blowing up, there's one in the Gettysburg museum that's blown up. It's also one of the most counterfeited guns because of its value. Colt was on the verge of bankruptcy then they produced the Colt Dragoon
The confederates had the Lemat revolver which blew up cause it had such a large powder charge and had a shotgun attached to the bottom of it was nuts.
Actually, after the Paterson came the Walker. Then came the Dragoons; 1st, 2nd and 3rd Model. 🙂
Hell of a find. Hell of a buy. He was very prescient.
I'll just look that word up..
@@seltaeb3302 Tis an excellent word.
"I'm open to offers!" That was a great line.
Beautiful, beautiful piece of weaponised art.
That was THE most perfect crowd reaction gasp I ever heard. 3:45, go ahead and defy my statement.
The off camera "crikey" really tops it off 🤌
@@iamaleftist3834 Good catch, even for a freaking leftist.
I was worried for his tummy getting punctured by the table.
Same here, his tummy might be bruised and needs rubbing now. :)
well played that man for buying it back in the day.
You're correct, correct, correct. Wow you know a lot about it mister, you're correct about all of it.
I think that's the true reason he wasn't overwhelmed when the value was announced - he already had a good idea of its price.
Fun watching two civilized Englishmen discuss a groundbreaking American firearm... A one thousand fold increase in value! True it was over a 40+ year period, but still an incredible investment!
I love that 'ohhhhhh' in the background when revealing the value 😁
A similar early Patterson sold at auction n the US for....$1,000,000._ Its worth a lot more in the US.
i ve no idea about guns but if he is right then its worth would be much more than 150.000 pounds
walter chiappini condition is everything. Each scratch isn’t 100s, it’s 10s of thousands.
I believe that was serial number one tho
Kenn Kid that was a #1
In addition to being #1, that was a presentation grade gun, in the case with all accessories, probably with a documented chain of ownership. The only similarity to this gun is that it's the same model.
I hate to say it but i cant get enough of the english antiques roadshow because brits just make it so much more interesting. Especially seeing things that in the states would have huge values be not that valuable cause they are considered modern in england but old in the states.
Please quit saying 'English'. It just emphasises American ignorance that we're British (English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish). You'd get annoyed if people called all Americans 'Texan'.
And we don't have adverts every five minutes. American TV is the pits.
@@nevillemason6791 as a Scotsman I disagree with your criticism. Reread it. He does say Brits & the Antiques Roadshow TV series is devised in England & is quintessential English in its look & feel & you know it. Let's say, the original Dr Findlay was made in Scotland by Scots from the BBC. And if someone quoted the British Dr Findlay series we would have lots of Scots correcting it. Yes Americans do say England for GB (we'll leave UK/NI out of this as it will cause them a meltdown) & they do quote Scotland when speaking whatever about anything Scottish. If I was Johnny Foreigner then I would recognise A/TQ Rdshw as definitely English borne & Francie & Josie as 'say' Scottish. Happy Xmas & a Guid Hogmanay & put that in your pipe!
@@nevillemason6791 annnnd technically 'British' is only Scots English Welsh, that is Great Britain. The United Kingdom is the three quoted & NI (not forgetting Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Isles of Scilly) I presume they come under UK. We don't have anything for that & it's a very complicated conundrum as we know. Over half the population don't understand the GB/UK make up & I was just as ignorant of it in my younger days. In our Olympic teams we only say GB with medals etc no mention of NI athletes. Really they should always have GB & NI which is of course UK which is what we should use but that's not British or really let's say it, English. In our own nation we do the same. Do I in Scotland view myself British, well not really & most English when they see British see it as another word for English! & then there's the flag..
“The big book of firearms which all boys have....” in British accent
I have one too. You're not a real boy without one.
English accent. And I have one so.
I love the gasp when the value is revealed...
Beautiful firearm
Elegant and charming people.
Good for him.
Brilliant
I would love for Forgotten Weapons/InRange to have a look at this gun.
Gun Jesus would live this!
Just after the programme the police came with a sthil saw and cut it up .the old guys in jail for life.
@@ludo9234 antique firearms like this are perfectly legal to own in the UK
@@JaenEngineering It was a joke you know a laugh ha ha .
@@ludo9234 : Show us a joke, then we'll laugh :-P
This is the “44 long” British rappers be talking about in their raps
Pawn stars “I will give you $150 but I’m taking all the risk here”.
*huge risk
He lost a lot of legitimacy with that foolish line.
"The story goes that back in 1835, when Halley's Comet was overhead, the same night those men died at the Alamo, Samuel Colt made a gun... a special gun. He made it for a hunter, a man like us only on horseback. The story goes he made thirteen bullets. This hunter used the gun half a dozen times before he vanished, the gun along with him. They say this gun can kill anything."
Fascinating
Love this!
I would love that gun!
Very nice gun
This expert will never get called by Rick and his pawn shop
They never checked to see if the serial numbers matched, if the numbers matched it would be worth alot, if the numbers dont match the value drops significantly
I realise its a TV show but anyone who is a an avid gun collector has the "Blue Book of Gun Values" book.
My Blue Book from 2015 lists that gun at $80,000 for a gun in poor condition but up to $150,000 in great condition with matching numbers. After Colt left his partnership with Patterson, Patterson assembled the rest of the guns not keeping the serial numbers matching which dropped the value of the gun
Paterson revolvers were expensive back then 50 dollars in 1836
They will have checked already. A lot of the appraisal isn't shown.
The serial number was 19
The best I can do is 150 bucks and I’m taking a risk here
Hahaha. It takes a lot of time to sell and I gotta make some money too
Ricks "appraiser"; "It's only worth 5k; I'm a "dealer"; not a collector..."
I've got to get it checked over, get it framed up and then pay for someone to sell it. I'm really taking all the risk here.
I’ve got one in my shed. Use it as a hammer.
JAYER _OZ Don't be too hard on Rick and his crew, after all, it really is their job to try to "steal" it for as low a price as possible. If it's a real situation, the seller doesn't have to sell it if he doesn't like the price.
Amazing
The lady in blue says it all. She's back there but knows. This is extraordinary.
The days of being able to stumble upon great finds like this at flea markets, pawn shops, auctions, estate sales, military surplus stores, and even firearm shops are sadly loooong gone. With quite literally everyone having internet access anytime someone stumbles upon something which looks antique/interesting they can simply Google search it, find out it's approximate value, and put it on sale at the highest price they can find. There are businesses which deal with liquidating estates, they research quite literally everything which looks remotely old hoping to get a nice big score, which is now rare even for them. I remember even in the early 2000's you could still stumble upon good deals & the occasional decent find at flea markets, estate sales, and the like. I don't necessarily mean finding an item worth $400,000 for $20, but finding something worth $400 - $600 for $200 - $300. Like a WW2 era firearm such as a Soviet SVT-40, or other WW2 era uniform pieces, medals, badges, etc. Definitely not like that anymore. Not only that but the prices themselves have skyrocketed on many things. Like an original WW2 German Kar98k would have been $300 - $500 in the early 2000s if it was matching numbers. Now people are trying to get $2000 - $4000 out of them. Even one in seriously bad condition like the rifles rearsenaled by the Russian post-war I see people asking$1200+ for about a $300 rifle.
It annoys the hell out of me. I collect smoking pipes because I've smoked them for decades. I buy them, restore them back to working condition, and _smoke_ them, the way they were intended to be used. But the market is wildly inflated because of "collectors" who have no interest in pipes other than reselling them back and forth to each other or sticking them on a shelf as a decoration. I try to buy estate pipes which have been owned and used and loved for 50 or 60 years by someone who has died, so that I can fix them up and keep enjoying them as someone else already has -- and as I hope when I am gone, someone else will do with my collection. It depresses me to think that a pipe which has absorbed my skin oils over decades of use and has literally become an extension of my body will end up in some capitalist's "collection" who will only value them for the profit it might bring him.
The pistol owner had obtained the item 40 years ago. Nothing is available today like it was in 1980s, however there are modern (recent) valuables which can be picked up because they are not recognized as being worth the large price the specialist is willing to outlay.
Oh, yeah, haven't you heard? EVERYTHING IS A PRICELESS ANTIQUE THAT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM. I collect old cameras to use. "No, this beat up old Pentax K1000 is $400, firm." Me: "It's scratched and the viewfinder's cloudy." Them: "IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE USED." "Proper" collectors annoy the hell out of me.
@@hoilst hoilst I bought a Chechen war era Russian military surplus winter coat on eBay a couple weeks ago. Was excited as they're difficult to find in the US & shipping from Russia is hit or miss right now. While I am interested in collecting vintage items most of what I buy I do actually use. I intended on wearing this coat next winter. When I received it I discovered that the seller had ran it through a conventional washer/dryer which totally destroyed the inner wool lining. I messaged him asking why he didn't disclose the destroyed lining and his justification for not mentioning that was "IT'S A VINTAGE ITEM FOR COLLECTING NOT WEARING!" I had to go thru eBay to be able to return it. The seller tried to dispute it with the same thing he said before, that it was a coat meant for collecting not wearing so the fact that it cannot be worn shouldn't need to be stated. To which my response was "The destroyed wool lining ruins the collectors value". Although eBay always sides with the buyer anyway so it didn't really matter what I said.
The crowd gasps in unison at the valuation.
The English doing understatement better than anybody else since... well, probably since ever. That, and resourcefulness are the two key pillars on which England is built
The English invented understatement!.
@@geraldswain3259 Sorry Gerald but I think you're overstating our invention of understatement.
I read an account from an Indian raider long ago - I think he was an Apache. He said they had no real trouble raiding against muzzle-loading firearms but when repeaters came in they couldn't knock over a farmhouse without losing 2 or 3 men.
God bless our English brothers and sisters!
And you to bro. PEACE!
Thank you and you to my friend
And you
Sam Colt and John Browning. American ingenuity at it's acme.
wish they hadn't spoiled the valuation in the title
Nice !!!
That’s the base price for the Colt. I could see a bidding war with rich collectors going way beyond the appraisal.
He knew it was worth a lot...A lot!!! If he spent that much 40 years ago he would know all about that gun by now. And the exact value of it..
Does it kill demons? If so I'm going to need to borrow it.
Take this into Rick's Pawn Stars shop and you'll be lucky to get $10,000 for it.
@Carlos Spiceywhiener then Rick walks away whilst staring at the item.
The way he left it cocked is messing with my OCD
Open to offers, good on him. Pass it on and go enjoy your retirement.
Was used in the battle of Bandera Pass 1841 Texas
Funny how the amount its worth takes peoples breath away #peace
Bang bang
I think Sam and Dean Winchester have been looking for that.
it looks a lot like the one from the show right
Knew this comment would be here somewhere!
If that were from the "first few months" of 1837, it would have a single, double, or early triple-digit serial number.
it had a 19 on the bottom of the gun
i wish we knew if he put in an auction and how much he got for it.
Who else was waiting for the onlookers sharp intake of breath..nice valuation for the old guy.
The gunfight at OK Corral was on Wednesday, October 26, 1881,
In 2014 RIA sold one at auction for $195,000.00 USD.
That's just a little more than the valuation given for this one.
British parliament: WE NEED ANTIQUE CONTROL
And tax
That was actually very undervalued at £150k
You just walked in here with the holy grail. Let me get my guy look at it
The expert reminds me of Mick from Wolf Creek....Winner!
Awesome. American history is so cool.
Oh I love how everyone gasps when the appraisal price is high!
This is the gun that started it all
That belongs in a museum. Good on him for preserving it so well too
My, that is a big one.!!
I know ;-)
Wow!
A cool cat indeed AND he looks like David Warner the actor.
please don't remind me of the world's loss, the pain is still too great.
@@tinytanks Sorry TT & yes, he was a big loss to the acting world & his fans. I always remember him from the film 'Time after Time' 1979. I've watched him doing several interviews & he always came across as an extremely likable & very humble gentleman.
in Britain one must never give the impression that one needs or wants money. That's why when one enters a British shop one is treated like a distasteful inconvenience.
This "British" thing just doesn't exist outside of Dickensian folklore and forgettable Internet memes. You'll be treated more or less the same in a British shop as you would in any other country's shop. It's time all lame National stereotypes were buried forever.
@@TonyEnglandUK I agree with your last sentence entirely but my comments are based on observation and experience not prejudice.
Back in the mid-90s I was cycling to work and there was an old Morgan 3-wheeler parked up, the owners (man and wife) nearby. I jumped off my bike and rushed over and started asking them technical questions about it (it was a 1930's model). The chap was happy to answer questions and after a minute or two asked if I wanted a quick spin in it ... we went off round the local bypass and back as his wife waited (looking after my bike : ) ). I took a couple of pics of it (I always carried a small Olympus) and he suggested I pose in the car with his goggles on whilst he took a pic (which is on the wall behind me). As I bid him goodbye and thanked him for the ride he asked me "do you know why I offered you a ride? ... it was because you did not ask how much the car was work, but were only interested in it for its own sake". Although things have changed as British society has rotted (I now live overseas and visit only occasionally) once upon a time being able to tell the difference between the monetary value of a thing, and its Worth, meant something.
@@alfnoakes392 I like your story. The same can be said about the "worth" of people. Some of the most generous and kind people I have met are impoverished financially but rich emotionally and spiritually.
You can tell this appraiser doesn’t know antique firearms because he never looked for serial numbers…… those serial numbers are critical when assessing value.
"I think it's worth £150,000." "Oh well." Coolness personified.
Looks like a gun out of Borderlands or some pixel game. I love it lol.
Gramps got a lot of friends now.
the Colt of Supernatural
paulo cesar lol yes
No, the one in supernatural was (if it were real) constructed around the 1860s to 1880s. It had an exposed trigger and was six shot.
@@callofdutyblackops9 its a modified Colt Paterson 1836 cartridge conversion made from a Pietta Paterson extra deluxe. probably not older then you
@@callofdutyblackops9 no the trigger is similar to the one from the vid
Rick: Best I can give you is 200 bucks
3:40 - that's the moment when his wife, his daughter and his son in law suddently discovered their interest in old firearms ;-)
3:45 if you replay the reaction... its pretty hilarious.
"I have no reason not to doubt = I have reason to doubt.
I didn't have a big book of firearms as a kid
Looking at an inflation calculator, and assuming 1977 as the year of purchase (translating "40 odd years" into 40 + 1), that gun was just under 1,000 GBP in 2018 money. What amazes me is that you could get a Patterson back then for such a low amount. I mean... even back then it was ~140 years old and I'm sure people already knew how important this model was.
We don't have the same fascination with guns as you do in the US.
When he said what are you going to do with it? Don't you mean what am I going to do with the £150,000
One of the rare discoveries.
I know that the BBC iPlayer is only available in the UK, and this particular program is not currently available, but is the BBC Antiques Roadshow (UK) itself regilarly shown in any other countries apart from the UK, especially is it shown in the USA? Could US viewers have seen the original broadcast program, either live or on catch up TV?
It's shown on some PBS stations.
@@woot123sexyparty I couldn't find any reference to it on the American PBS website at the moment, do they show them every year and its just not on at the moment?
@@nghiggins if you get now tv and a vpn you can watch anything
It's a firm favourite on ABC in Australia. Love it.
Bit like that scene in Taxi Driver...
The guy was way WAY off. This gun sold at auction for $ 977,500 US (about 700 000 BP)
The serial number will be under the wooden grip, stamped, usually three numbers or more, but this might be a low two numbered gun.
I would value this particular piece at betwixt 7 to 9 million pounds, it really is a truly excuisite piece.
Rick from pawns would've said I need to take it to the range to test it before I value it.
Jeeze. I'm going to have to stop using the one I've got to knock nails in with.
lmao
An 1837 colt now would be worth in the millions and a prototype one I couldn’t imagine the price.
Thanks I was looking for that trigger for so long , it’s the only reason David Gilmour is still alive...
Brilliance.
Different people have different reasons for collecting and sometimes money isn’t always one of them. Having said that, what a nice investment. I often wonder if the original sellers of these valuable items ever see them on the ARS? They have to feel a bit sick. Kind of like missing the lottery by one number.