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BookwormMG
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Posted - September 30 2009 :  06:34:39 AM  Show Profile
This widow didn't know what the old guns in the rosewood case were worth, or even what they were. Well, they were a pair of engraved Colt 1851 Navy revolvers with ivory grips . . .

http://latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gun-auction29-2009sep29,0,2142069.story
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Posted - September 30 2009 :  07:43:39 AM  Show Profile  Copy this URL to Link to this Reply
Very nice indeed, ...
you can keep "The Change"
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Posted - September 30 2009 :  08:35:35 AM  Show Profile  Copy this URL to Link to this Reply
I should be so lucky! Good for her.

Here is the auctioneer's listing, with some very good photos of the guns.

Colt guns

I'm not sure why it states that the final bid was $149,500. It also states that the guns came from the family of Col. Browne, so her husband must have been related. That could explain why they were given to him.

Very cool stuff!
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