{"id":29686,"date":"2026-06-05T15:01:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/diamond-encrusted-solid-gold-smith-wesson-pair\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:01:26","slug":"diamond-encrusted-solid-gold-smith-wesson-pair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/diamond-encrusted-solid-gold-smith-wesson-pair\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamond Encrusted, Solid Gold Smith &#038; Wesson Pair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yK7K_pndQwo?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>These are &#8220;what we believe, without fear of contradiction, the most spectacular decorated American firearms from the 19th century.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Their maker, reason for creation, and history lost to time, these lavish Smith &#038; Wesson No. 1 pistols stand alone as an amalgamation of firearms artistry: Cast solid gold frames, engraving, etching, and approximately 25 carats of diamonds on each pistol.<\/p>\n<p>Completely fresh to market, the exquisite pair is a literal and figurative crown jewel in the field of American firearms decoration from its Golden Age.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 &#8211; Intro: What combined to make the Golden Age of Decorated American Firearms?<br \/>1:43 &#8211; Unveiled to the World<br \/>2:17 &#8211; The technology behind the beauty<br \/>4:35 &#8211; Discussing the artistry<br \/>6:29 &#8211; Investigating their history and origin<br \/>8:37 &#8211; What do diamonds tell us?<br \/>10:52 &#8211; Completely fresh to market<\/p>\n<p>Follow us!<br \/>Email: <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb<\/a><br \/>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany<\/a><br \/>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/<\/a><br \/>X: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RIAuction\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/x.com\/RIAuction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are &#8220;what we believe, without fear of contradiction, the most spectacular decorated American firearms from the 19th century.&#8221; Their maker, reason for creation, and history lost to time, these lavish Smith &#038; Wesson No. 1 pistols stand alone as an amalgamation of firearms artistry: Cast solid gold frames, engraving, etching, and approximately 25 carats&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/diamond-encrusted-solid-gold-smith-wesson-pair\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Diamond Encrusted, Solid Gold Smith &#038; Wesson Pair<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":29687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}