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THE
COLLECTION
John Fox
A CELEBRATION OF THE AMERICAN WEST
We ask you to apply the idea that no other collecting discipline brings the past more to life, than the field of fine and historic arms collecting. To know a firearm’s story and to hold it in your hand is to stand awestruck in the footsteps of those who held it first. With that in mind RIAC, proudly present the John Fox Collection.
Mr. Fox had a lifelong love affair with the American frontier, the “wild west”, and “big sky country”. His collection
is the finest of if its type that we are aware of and was built over many, many decades. It tells his story and the national epic that is the taming of the American frontier. The core of the collection is comprised of working guns of the frontier, tools from those men and women, some identified, others lost to time and left to our imagination that harnessed that unrelenting, wild landscape. We coined the term “frontier issued” and it will be quite apparent why. These guns are impartial, unbiased, relatable and authentic. There is a certain majesty to their appearance. It is earned and worn with pride, a job well done and a life well lived. However, there is also tremendous depth within the collection and not just by manufacturer and model. The collection is reinforced by a number of exceptional, rare and historic objects that serve as benchmark epresentative examples of iconic 19th century American firearms befitting of the finest American firearms collections publicly displayed or privately held.
John Fox
It is with great pleasure Rock Island Auction Company presents:
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A CELEBRATION OF THE AMERICAN WEST
COLLECTION
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