If memory serves me right, Clerke's were prototypical of what was referred to as a "Saturday night special". Made from cast alloy (Zinc and/or low grade aluminum primarily) most were chambered for low-pressure cartridges -- .22LR, .32 S&W (not long) mostly and the .38 S&W (not special). If one of these guns survived firing more that 200 rounds, I'd be surprised. One specimen that I saw -- in .22 caliber -- you could see where the sprue holes were in the casting mould as they had barely polished (not machined) them off. The .38 S&W was better finished but it had fallen from an idiot's pocket in a parking lot. The fall not only popped the cylinder open, it cracked it and fractured the joke they called the cylinder crane.
Clerkes made the RG/Rohm guns look like premium guns.
Among the lowest quality firearms ever built in a factory, value of a specimen in excellent condition would be $25-$50.
The Clerke revolver is generally considered the cheapest/worst made revolver... Ever. You might be able to get me to take it off your hands if you paid me enough.
No, not really. A .32 S&W Long caliber gun is not considered powerful by today's standards.
A revolver is so named because the bullets are in a cylinder which revolves to supply a new round to be fired after each shot. A pistol is usually supplied by a magazine which is in the grip.
50 or so
250 to 500
A single-shot .44 caliber derringer pistol.
Buy some books that deal with the type you have.
$100-$150
Impossible to answer without a detailed description to include serial number, barrel length, finish, condition, box, papers, accessories, etc..
at that time there were only single shot rifles and pistols. A single shot weapon was not the best to have when fighting indians. He felt a multiple shot weapon was in order. So, he developed the first multiple shot percussion pistol....that developed into the cartridge pistol and rifle............
Well, I don't know specifically what a Clerke 1'st .22 long is worth, but I do know a Clerke 1'st firing a .32S&W goes for anywhere from $70 to $80 depending on condition and I also know that .22 caliber versions of revolvers usually cost a bit less, so I'd venture to say somewhere in the $50 to $65 range.