Videos tagged with Provenance

This video provides an expert-level inspection of a 1938 Walther PPK, potentially linked to German film director Erich Engel. The speaker, demonstrating high authority in collectible firearms, details how to assess an original finish by examining slide wear and uses the serial number to date the pistol. The entry emphasizes the difficulty in definitively proving ownership of historical firearms without strong provenance.

This video, featuring Professor Ben Nicholson, author of "Clockwork Basilisk: The Early Revolvers of Elisha Collier and Artemas Wheeler," delves into the world of fake and reproduction Elisha Collier revolvers. The discussion covers the motivations behind counterfeiting, differentiating between fraudulent profit-driven fakes and homages, the market value of such reproductions, the evolution of faking techniques before and after the internet, and the critical importance of provenance in authenticating historical firearms. The book itself is also promoted, available for preorder on Kickstarter.

This video showcases three unique firearms with historical provenance. The first is a Sauer 38h pistol, captured in the European theater, complete with documentation that has a minor serial number discrepancy. Next is a Colt Commando revolver, verified by a factory letter to have been delivered to the Sheriff of Knoxville, Tennessee in the 1940s. The highlight is a "black widow" Luger pistol that was reportedly taken from a Nazi U-boat. The video also includes calls to action for their Patreon and podcast, "Flak & Fubar."