Two Guns sell for over half a million dollars-Bonnie and Clyde.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012...ell-for-504000
Jason McLure, Reuters
LITTLETON, N.H. - Two pistols found on the bodies of famed Depression-era outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow after they were killed by a posse in 1934 sold at auction Sunday for $504,000.
A snub-nosed .38 special found attached to the inside of Parker's thigh with white medical tape fetched $264,000 at an auction in Nashua, New Hampshire.
She taped the gun to her thigh, because, according to a document obtained by the auction house, "In those days, no gentleman officer would search a woman where she had it taped and there were very few women police officers."
The auction house had initially valued the piece between $150,000 and $200,000.
A Colt .45 -- valued between $150,000 and $200,000 -- recovered from the waistband of Barrow's pants -- fetched $240,000. According to a YouTube produced by the auction house, the gun was plucked from the bandit's body by Frank Hamer, the relentless posse leader who tracked Bonnie and Clyde.
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I wonder what the rifle that shot the bullet that killed JFK WOULD BRING?-Tyr
18 U.S. Code § 2381-Treason Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
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