Colt Revolver Fetches $800K @ Maine Auction

Bravo · 10-08-2008, 02:18 PM

FOXNews.com - Historic Colt Revolver Sells for $800,000 at Maine Auction - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

The auction went down about 5 miles from where I live...I should have gone!

Can't see spending that much on a gun...ever...but someone clearly wanted it

RATCHETMASTER · 10-08-2008, 05:19 PM

I have two of those guns!!

troy2000 · 10-09-2008, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by RATCHETMASTER

I have two of those guns!!

Don't put them both up for sale at the same time; you'll break the market and drive prices down.

GlockMeister · 10-09-2008, 04:13 AM

Gonna feel sorry for the guy that bought it when if Obama gets in and he then says, hand it over. lmao

madcratebuilder · 10-09-2008, 08:12 AM

And I choked about spending $450 for my Walker Colt. Same gun, just 130 years newer.

troy2000 · 10-09-2008, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by GlockMeister

Gonna feel sorry for the guy that bought it when if Obama gets in and he then says, hand it over. lmao

Sure. That'll happen...I believe it's actually in the party platform: "we will immediately collect all museum-grade antique guns, and destroy them to keep our children safe on the streets."

Don't get carried away, GM.

Bravo · 10-09-2008, 10:15 AM

Haha, yeah, as much as I disagree with Obama's 2nd Amendment stance, I think this gun is safe.

cremley · 10-09-2008, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by troy2000

Sure. That'll happen...I believe it's actually in the party platform: "we will immediately collect all museum-grade antique guns, and destroy them to keep our children safe on the streets."
Don't get carried away, GM.

I seriously wouldn't doubt it. There are politicians I don't trust, and there are crazy radical politicians that I DON'T TRUST. Obama is the second of the two. According to his voting record and not his lie of a BS plan, My father will lose his job as soon as that defense budget is cut to nothing. He says so many lies that it makes me sick every time I even hear his name. I used to not really care because he was just another politician but he is not the average left or right winger. I hope I am very wrong but I think he is a dangerous man and will do no good for this country.

sorry to make it political

I shouldn't have done that.

Anyway, back to the main thread, I don't understand why you would pay that much for a gun. I guess it is worth it in the beholders mind. I wonder if the auction closed and he thought to himself, "What did I just do and why did I do that?!!"

troy2000 · 10-10-2008, 12:16 AM

I just read on MSNBC this evening that the final price was actually $920,000.

cremley · 10-10-2008, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by troy2000

I just read on MSNBC this evening that the final price was actually $920,000.

What are you doing reading MSNBC?!!!

troy2000 · 10-10-2008, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by cremley

What are you doing reading MSNBC?!!!

Ummm...reading the news?

cremley · 10-10-2008, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by troy2000

Ummm...reading the news?

Reading MSNBC is like getting your news from the national enquirer or Globe! As long as you read it and understand that it is probably not true, keep reading!

billy · 10-11-2008, 03:29 PM

it is all lies!
everything is a conspiracy!
god told me that!
dont read anything!
dont watch anything!
only rush limbaugh and god know whats really going on.

jmp8927 · 10-11-2008, 04:10 PM

Not me. No pistol is worth that much.

ibfestus · 10-11-2008, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by jmp8927

Not me. No pistol is worth that much.

Obviously it is worth it or the dude wouldn't have ponied up the loot! The value of any item is determined by what a willing buyer will pay a willing seller. In this case it was a very unique item and well worth the expense to the buyer.
I,personally, have never been able to buy a firearm at a public auction. They usually go for crazy prices but I cannot second guess the buyer. He obviously knows something I don't.

Back in 1994, I decided to relocate. In order to fund the move I had an auction. I even auctioned off my home! I also had nearly 40 firearms that I sold at the auction. I had some Mosin Nagant rifles that I bought 3 for $100 shipped, they sold for as much as $100... each. There was also a JC Higgins bolt action 12 ga. shotgun that I pulled out of a garbage can. It was total junk and could not even chamber a round let alone fire it... it bought $60

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Sorry for the rant... I am totally wasted with all the election BS.

10-08-2008, 02:18 PM	#1
Bravo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Maine, USA Posts: 2,017	Colt Revolver Fetches $800K @ Maine Auction FOXNews.com - Historic Colt Revolver Sells for $800,000 at Maine Auction - Local News \| News Articles \| National News \| US News The auction went down about 5 miles from where I live...I should have gone! Can't see spending that much on a gun...ever...but someone clearly wanted it

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GlockMeister Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 6,257	Gonna feel sorry for the guy that bought it when if Obama gets in and he then says, hand it over. lmao __________________ I'd rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6!

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madcratebuilder Cranky Old Fart Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northern Orygun Posts: 941	And I choked about spending $450 for my Walker Colt. Same gun, just 130 years newer. __________________ Better a has been than a never was.

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troy2000 Resident Armed Liberal Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 10,017 Images: 9	I just read on MSNBC this evening that the final price was actually $920,000. __________________ I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting you really believe what you just said. WF Buckley, Jr

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billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 14,254 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 154	it is all lies! everything is a conspiracy! god told me that! dont read anything! dont watch anything! only rush limbaugh and god know whats really going on. __________________ "I would never die for my beliefs because what if I'm wrong?"- Bertrand Russell Last edited by billy; 10-11-2008 at 03:31 PM.

10-08-2008, 05:19 PM	#2
RATCHETMASTER Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 23	I have two of those guns!!

10-09-2008, 10:15 AM	#7
Bravo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Maine, USA Posts: 2,017	Haha, yeah, as much as I disagree with Obama's 2nd Amendment stance, I think this gun is safe.

10-11-2008, 04:10 PM	#14
jmp8927 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Walterboro, SC Posts: 1,210 Images: 17	Not me. No pistol is worth that much. __________________ Doing the unexpected makes the unexpected the expected and thus the expected becomes the unexpected.