Things began looking up when Robbins & Lawrence agreed to manufacture Sharps’ Improved Model of 1851. A factory was built in Hartford, Conn., and the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company was born.

This unfired, 99-percent-condition, (NRA Modern Gun Standards) Allen Firearms-imported replica is worth $950 to $1,250; an Uberti-marked Model 1A in 85 percent condition recently fetched $806 in ...

Check out Rafael Eledge's appraisal of an 1856 Sharps Model 1855 Naval rifle in Vintage Atlantic City, Hour 2. Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available ...

A collection of Civil War memorabilia, including two Colt 1851 Navy pistols. ... holding a Sharps Model 1874 rifle that came to Montana as a buffalo gun in the late 1800s.