Sunday, January 22, 2012

Bonnie and Clyde's Guns Fetch $210,000


Reuters reports on the results of our recent story.

Two guns believed seized from gangsters Bonnie and Clyde in 1933 after a deadly Missouri shootout with police sold for a combined $210,000 at an auction on Saturday in Kansas City to an unnamed online bidder.

The bidder paid $130,000 for a .45-caliber Thompson submachine gun, known as a "Tommy gun" in gangster slang. The same bidder paid $80,000 for an 1897 12-gauge Winchester shotgun.
The desire to collect gangster guns is not something I think comes from a sound and healthy mind. But, I've visited this place, and actually enjoyed it in a sick and morbid way. So, maybe I shouldn't talk.

What do you think?
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  1. Greg CampJanuary 22, 2012 at 8:35 PM

    There's something wrong with wanting to own a historical object? I think that you're too full of yourself.

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