Purported Bonnie and Clyde guns sells for $210K
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two guns thought to have been used by bank-robbing fugitives Bonnie and Clyde have snatched $210,000 at an auction in Kansas City, Mo.
The Joplin Globe (http://bit.ly/A9BRHg) reported an online bidder from the East Coast on Saturday bought the weapons believed to have been seized from the outlaw couple's Joplin hideout in 1933.
Given that a transferrable Thompson runs between $25 - $50K, $210K for both guns given the provenance is actually somewhat of a bargain. The article doesn't state, but it's interesting that the guns just came up for sale now. It'd be hard to imagine that they were still being held by the state after nearly 80 years, so the assumption is that it's a collector selling the pieces. It's possible that the poor economy caused some collector to have to sell off part of their collection.
The Obama Recesssion: More guns on the street.
That is all.
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4 comments:
I saw a story a few weeks ago about some purported Bonnie and Clyde guns going up for auction. I don't recall all the details, but I believe the guns were found in a building in which Bonnie and Clyde hid from police. The building's owner found them after the duo were gone. There's nothing to tie the guns directly to the crooks other than they were in the same building at some point, and that Tommy guns weren't all that common.
I figured that you could now know how much you need to save up. Of course, those who do have Full-Auto Guns will now point to this article and raise their prices.
Which is why the NFA of '33 is ELITIST, and we NEED to OCCUPY all the Full Auto Dealers! ; )
Somebody has to have some provenance tying those to Bonnie and Clyde, cause they aren't worth that otherwise... And I'm betting they probably paid less than $10k for them originally...
Bubblehead, you can try occupying this NFA dealer... Or come by sometime for a frosty brew, your choice :-)
The provenance on those guns is highly suspect. There is no documented evidence of bonnie or clyde ever using a thompson.
The story goes that those guns were given to a LEO who was present at the raid. I think there are some gaps there.
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