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Bonnie and Clyde’s Guns Sell at Auction for over 1/2 a mil
Bonnie Parker’s Colt .38 snub-nosed revolver sold for $264,000, while Clyde Barrow’s Colt .45 sold for $240,000, CNN reported Monday.
The auctioneer said Parker’s revolver was taped to her leg and Barrow’s was found in his waistband the day they were both killed in a shootout with police in 1934.
Johnny Freedom
October 1st, 2012
I’m pretty sure that 1911 was stolen from an Armory.
Moe Tom
October 1st, 2012
Shit. Anyone interested in my 5 shot Lady Cops Colt, my 6 shot S&W Police revolver, my Walther PPK, 9MM. Good shape. Askin price 40,000 IOTW bucks.
Weldor
October 1st, 2012
@ JF, I’m pretty sure it was too.
I have guns pretty similar to both.
I doubt they’ll bring that sort of money.
Then again, I’m not famous… or dead.
Moe Tom
October 1st, 2012
If I had shot the shit outta a bunch a people, robbed some banks, plundered a little, my guns would be worth a fortune. I missed my callin’.
Moe Tom
October 1st, 2012
Nut fer Nuttin. But those guns should have been destroyed right after the court case was over. Why they were not warrents an investigation. Just sayin’.
Moe Tom
October 1st, 2012
Does anyone have a right to the guns that shot Abraham Lincoln,President McKinley, John Kennedy?
Chuck U Farley
October 1st, 2012
“… Parker’s revolver was taped to her leg and Barrow’s was found in his waistband…
Rule #1: In a gunfight it is always best to actually utilize your firearm of choice.
Tip for the Kiddies: Confucius say: “Man who have gun in waistband is aimed to go off uncocked.”
RANDO
October 1st, 2012
You can probably expect those to go for about twice that amount when they come up at auction about ten years from now.
RANDO
October 1st, 2012
Moe- is that a PP or a PPK?
eternal cracker p
October 1st, 2012
Literally worth 5 times their weight in pure gold.
Bad Brad
October 1st, 2012
I would have paid more for this one.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-butchcassidybre8901e1-20121001,0,570267.story
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old_oaks
October 1st, 2012
Barrow came back as Edelman.
even steven
October 1st, 2012
Half a million for two pistols? I could buy a really cool arsenal for that much money.
CrustyB
October 1st, 2012
@Moe Tom
I seem to recall that the gun Ruby shot Oswald with went into private hands, auctions, etc.
Jorel Lives!
October 2nd, 2012
“We rob banks.”
Faye Dunaway
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
F.D.R. in Hell
October 2nd, 2012
“Parker’s revolver was taped to her leg”
How much did her leg sell for?
You do know that the press reporters on the scene cut locks of her hair and pieces of her clothing to keep or sell as souvenirs.
Hurst delighted in alleging that body parts were also saved as souvenirs.
Wait…
Clyde says he wants to know what happened to the silver dollar he had in his pocket?
Moe Tom
October 2nd, 2012
Rando. It says on the gun Reading left to right. Walther, Made in Germany, Carl Walter Waffenfabrik ulm/do Modell ppk/s cal.9mmkurz. On the right side it says Interarms, Alexandria, Virginia. What does it all mean?
Damn Lawyers
October 2nd, 2012
Guns are the best investment one can possibly make. They will never lose their value and nobody can take them from you as long as you have enough ammo.
Damn Lawyers
October 2nd, 2012
^… or you drive into an ambush with your gun duct taped to your ass.
Roadmaster
October 2nd, 2012
My wife has a .38 and I’ve got a .45. Now all we need is a couple of BAR’s.
RANDO
October 2nd, 2012
MOe- It’s a German-made (Ulm is the city) Walther PPK/s , a slightly larger version of the original handgun made since the 1930′s. Interarms was the importer. It has two panel grips (instead of the wraparound style) and holds one round more than the PPK. 9mm kurtz translates to 9mm short, that is, .380. It is generally regarded as a top quality pistol. I love mine.
eurovore
October 3rd, 2012
You made several nice points there. I did a search on the matter and found most people will go along with with your blog.