Boston.com reports
Relatives of legendary sharpshooter Annie
Oakley are offering up a collection of items -- including her Stetson
hat, guns, letters and photographs -- in an auction that one expert says
hits the mark for its breadth and sentimental value.
On
Sunday, Heritage Auctions will offer up about 100 Oakley-related items
in Dallas, including a 12-gauge Parker Brothers shotgun that is expected
to fetch about $100,000. Two Marlin .22 caliber rifles are expected to
sell for more than $20,000 each.
Oakley
gained fame in the 1880s and 1890s for her shooting skills as a
performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. She died in 1926 at the age
of 66, but has remained a pop culture icon.
Boston.com reports 
I don't buy a gun that I can't shoot or would be too concerned about damaging to shoot. I do hope that whoever gets these will at least put them on display in a museum. She was an exceptional sharpshooter in an age when people respected that, and it would be good to get the message out to today's wimps.
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