Geronimo's rifle, Wyatt Earp's shotgun auctioned
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Springfield rifle owned by the famed Apache warrior Geronimo fetched $100,000 (48,500 pounds) during an auction of Wild West guns and weapons that brought in more than $1 million.
Lawman Wyatt Earp's double-barrelled shotgun garnered $65,500, while a sabre attributed to U.S. Army cavalry commander George Custer sold for $20,315 at the Bonhams & Butterfields auction on Tuesday.
Some of the guns were offered by a private collector who spent a lifetime accumulating firearms once carried by some of the most famous and infamous figures in American history, said Paul Carella, director of the company's arms department.
"Obviously, he was like many of us, just intrigued and enamoured of the old West," Carella said on Wednesday.
At the 800-item auction, buyers also spent $4,183 for a 32-caliber pistol reportedly carried by frontier scout Calamity Jane at her death.
"We achieved some very good prices," Carella said. "I knew those pieces would garner the interest they did, because there are so many people interested in these guys, these folklore legends."
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Lawman Wyatt Earp's double-barrelled shotgun garnered $65,500, while a sabre attributed to U.S. Army cavalry commander George Custer sold for $20,315 at the Bonhams & Butterfields auction on Tuesday.
Some of the guns were offered by a private collector who spent a lifetime accumulating firearms once carried by some of the most famous and infamous figures in American history, said Paul Carella, director of the company's arms department.
"Obviously, he was like many of us, just intrigued and enamoured of the old West," Carella said on Wednesday.
At the 800-item auction, buyers also spent $4,183 for a 32-caliber pistol reportedly carried by frontier scout Calamity Jane at her death.
"We achieved some very good prices," Carella said. "I knew those pieces would garner the interest they did, because there are so many people interested in these guys, these folklore legends."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071122/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_auction_guns;_ylt=AvdOCCo_6aPffK87Q3AaiowZ.3QA
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Should have advertised better/\ Geronimo's rifle should have fetched more than the entire auction did! Possibly having the Auction in a city where the police would likey take it and destroy it before you got it to the car had a lot to do with it!!! 0 -
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Should have advertised better/\ Geronimo's rifle should have fetched more than the entire auction did! Possibly having the Auction in a city where the police would likey take it and destroy it before you got it to the car had a lot to do with it!!!
Agreed. I would have thought this stuff would have brought more.0 -
That was my first reaction when I read this.....What was such an event going on in this anti everything city? [:0][:0] I can understand a used condom auction from famous people or something like that, but this?? Unbelievable.......
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