Cool Derringer, but just a bit pricey for me...
"DALLAS, TX – The small pistol gangster John Dillinger was carrying hidden in a sock when he was arrested in Tucson, Arizona 75 years ago – six months before he was fatally gunned down in Chicago – was sold for $95,600 at Heritage Auction Galleries’ July 25 Grand Format Arms & Militaria Auction. The winning bid was more than double the pre-auction estimate of $35,000-$45,000."
More at news-antique.com.
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"I ain't braggin' 'bout what I got,
but I'm the guy that put the ape in apricot.."
Thanks for posting that, WB!
Rob
Funny thing is, that gun probably went for more that Dillinger ever robbed from any bank. Go figure.
Fantastic bit of history there too. I just wonder if the new owner has put a round through it just to say he shot a gun that Dillinger used?
Cheers!
Dan
"If you believe everything you read, better not read." - Japanese Proverb
ROFL I wish mine would fetch that much at an auction! Great pic, thanks!
Elaina
"Elegance is refusal."
-Coco Chanel
It just occurred to me that the buyer could prolly amortize the cost of that Derringer by offering to shoot people (non-lethally, of course) for a fee. I'll bet you could find 95 wackos who'd pay a thousand bucks to be able to say they took a bullet from Dillinger's Derringer...
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"I ain't braggin' 'bout what I got,
but I'm the guy that put the ape in apricot.."
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