Whitneyville Hartford Dragoon Conversion

[Fox Creek Kid]

You don't see these every day. 

http://jamesdjulia.com/item/lot-2257-extraordinarily-rare-colt-whitneyville-hartford-dragoon-conversion-revolver-35443/

[Coffinmaker]

Why ... Oh why couldn't people have taken care of some of the old guns that have survived a century and a half.  That could have been a really fun gun to play with.
I have never understood collectors.  If your not going to maintain something, so you can go out and play with it, why bother??

Coffinmaker

PS:  26 - 27 K is an awful lot of money for a paper weight.