Millikin Colt Dragoon Revolver

Profusely engraved by master engraver Gustave Young, this Colt Third Model Dragoon cap-and-ball revolver falls within the serial number range for a variety of other special presentation guns given out by the factory.

This gun was originally owned by Col. John Millikin, who was killed in 1862 during the American Civil War. His son, Paul, who was a colonel in the Spanish-American War and World War I, inherited the gun after his father’s death. Paul’s name and rank are engraved on the gun’s backstrap.

It sold at auction by Rock Island Auction Company for $1.7 million in 2019 against a pre-sale estimate of $1.2 to $2 million and is now in a private collection.