SUNSHINE
October 9th, 2008, 08:38
Historic pistol sells for $800,000
Winning bid incites ‘Yee-ha’ from owner
FAIRFIELD, Maine — An anonymous bidder paid a record $800,000 for a historic .44-caliber revolver, and Maine auctioneer James Julia said that despite the price, it was a bargain.
The Colt Walker pistol made for U.S. marshals in the 1840s belonged to University of Maine graduate John McBride’s great-great-uncle. McBride, of Libby, Mont., returned to Maine for Tuesday’s auction. He waved his cowboy hat and cheered “Yee-ha” when bidding ended for the gun
“It was in a box until 1941, then we moved to Worcester, Mass., and had it on display on the wall,” McBride said. He said his family will use some of the proceeds to buy land in Montana.
http://www.bangornews.com/detail/90730.html
Winning bid incites ‘Yee-ha’ from owner
FAIRFIELD, Maine — An anonymous bidder paid a record $800,000 for a historic .44-caliber revolver, and Maine auctioneer James Julia said that despite the price, it was a bargain.
The Colt Walker pistol made for U.S. marshals in the 1840s belonged to University of Maine graduate John McBride’s great-great-uncle. McBride, of Libby, Mont., returned to Maine for Tuesday’s auction. He waved his cowboy hat and cheered “Yee-ha” when bidding ended for the gun
“It was in a box until 1941, then we moved to Worcester, Mass., and had it on display on the wall,” McBride said. He said his family will use some of the proceeds to buy land in Montana.
http://www.bangornews.com/detail/90730.html