There are some beautiful examples of Dave Higginbotham's work posted.  I hope more rifles keep showing up.  #190 is an outstanding example.

nineteen76, 

You sure have an outstanding collection of Lone Star rolling blocks.

I see there was one recently sold at auction on 4 June 2016:   

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I wondered if you were the successful bidder.

Regards,
Powderman

It was a good price for that rifle, even though it went through and auction house. To bad the seller did not post it on one of the single shot rifle forums though.

Just my opinion, but I think the auction houses sometimes make a fatal error when grouping certain types of guns all into one auction. They flood the auction with a bunch of single shot rifles with hopes it will bring out a lot of buyers with single shot rifles as their main interest. That part works, and it's great for the buyers who have deep pockets. But by putting so many nice, similar guns in one auction, it dilutes the waters. Bidders have usually got a limited amount of funds to spend, so they wont bid on every gun, or they wont bid very high in order to ensure they spread their buying money over whatever they most desire. Consequently the resulting prices all tend to go lower than if the auction had less of the same type of gun.
I don't begrudge the auction houses making their share of the ending price. Sellers aren't forced to use them, and the fees are not hidden from sellers, so buyers knowingly consign with them. But I know several sellers who were surprised to see their guns sold at an auction that included a large collection of similar guns, and felt it hurt their particular gun(s) sales.

Be careful, you might talk yourself out of selling it this summer or are just baiting me.   

George

I'm beginning to drool.  Of course you have to remember it's a fairly high serial # compared to my #0001.

Dave also built some gove style rolling blocks.
As i remember the first was built for katha. I do not remember the calibre .
He also built a 50-70 r.b. Pistol it was a blast to shoot.
Dave was also known for his love of muzzle loaders. He apparently built a lot of them years ago.
I know that he used many different barrels, badger, green mountain. He barreled a 45-70  win high wall for me with a gm barrel they had given him to test. It shot very well.

Mark, welcome.  I hope you have some interesting tales and valuable information that you might want to share.

John Boy, thanks for reviving the Lone Star thread.  Hope to see more Lone Stars turn up. 

I'm on another forum where there are several Lone Star shooters. I've mentioned this LS thread, hoping to get some more interest stirred up.

George