Weapon, which preserves historical value, has almost no equal in terms of memorable and expensive things. For many people, a pistol is just a dangerous and unpleasant thing, but its past can be completely unpredictable - after all, what's a story without romance? Tragedy, death and violence - all of these cinematic characteristics of bygone days - are executed as a result of firing pistols and revolvers.
But only certain types of tools tend to achieve this importance. The assault rifle, for example, while far more dangerous than any pistol, always symbolizes the spread of violence and local warriors. Its flurry of bullets kills hundreds, not just a few (as Stalin once unsuccessfully joked: “The murder of one person is a tragedy, the murder of millions - statistics"). On the other hand, there is the Colt. 45, which participated in one single death and now history owes this pistol forever.
But whether they fired forever or just lay in their holster, the historical significance and material value of a firearm can change every day. Sometimes, even without firing a single shot, the weapon has some special value and significance, because it belonged to some very important historical person to confirm safety, status or prestige. When a pistol is of incredible historical value, it can sell for hundreds of thousands - and sometimes millions of dollars. The following 7 guns have a record auction value due to their collectible value... Also take a look at the 10 best assault rifles and machine guns in the world.
7. Pistol Walter Adolf Hitler: $ 114,000
The gold-plated 7.65mm Walter, probably never holstered, belonged to the most disgusting leader in our history. However, it was sold at auction for $ 114,000 to an unknown buyer. Since then, the owner has changed several times, and most likely, this pistol made millions on its resale. Find out 10 interesting facts about Adolf Hitler.
In 1939, when Hitler was 50 years old, he received a gift from the Walter family - a gold-plated 7.65 mm Walter PP, a small but rather strong model. Many historians believe - and some still claim - that Hitler used him to commit suicide in a bunker at the close of World War II.
The common story is that an American soldier stole this treasure while carrying out an operation to capture the Fuhrer several months before his death. On infiltrating Hitler's apartments in 1945, the ivory-grip pistol was one of the many things the mercenaries found in his desk drawer. As for the dictator himself, he was far away in a Berlin bunker and was preparing to commit suicide.
6. Colt .45 Wyatt Earp: $ 225,000
This revolver belonged to Wyatt Earp, the legend of the American Wild West. In addition to maintaining order as sheriff in the city of Toomstone, Arizona in 1880, Earp often lost money, hunted buffaloes, was the owner of a brothel and a hairdresser, and sometimes judged boxing fights.
The gun sold at auction in Arizona for $ 225,000 last April. These firearms have been used in some of the most legendary gun battles in Wild West history. The shootout at OK Corral is a legend, the exact information about which has forever melted in time.
We all perfectly heard how criminals Tom and Frank McLaury, Ike and Billy Clanton and Billy Claiborne met Sheriff Wyatt, his brothers Virgil and Morgan, and Deputy Deputy Doc Holiday on the streets of Toomstone, Arizona on Wednesday afternoon, 1881. Wyatt and Doc Holliday were the only ones to leave the firefight without a scratch, quite possibly thanks to this gun.
5. The Smith & Wesson revolver that killed Jesse James: $ 350,000
Meanwhile, in Missouri on the other side of the law, the saddest mobster in American history was planning attacks on banks, trains, and postal stagecoaches. James Gunn haunted Kansas and Missouri for nearly two decades during the Civil War. But at the turn of the 1880s, the gang began to disintegrate due to a series of unsuccessful thefts and seizures. The point in this story was put by the bullet in the head of Jesse James, fired from this iconic and extremely valuable pistol.
The shot was fired by Bob Ford, he was in cahoots with the Governor of Missouri and dared to kill the leader for a reward. On the morning of April 3, 1882, after breakfast, James turned his back to fix the painting that hung on the wall, and then Ford shot him in the back of the head. The murder weapon was sold for $ 350,000 at an auction in Anaheim in 2003.
4. Theodore Roosevelt double-barreled gun: $ 862,500
Theodore Roosevelt was a hunter. As you know, she occupied the first place in his life. It was rumored that he could trade the presidency for a safari in Africa. And it was no joke: Roosevelt embarked on the one-year Smithsonian African Expedition in March 1909 - the same month he left the White House. In thirteen months, 11,400 animals were killed, ranging from insects to elephants. Including six rare white rhinos. They are now on display in museums in America.
For science and history alone, Roosevelt killed animals, and this gun was part of that mission. This weapon was made especially for Theodore by the company Fox gun companywhen the presidential term ended. One of America's most beloved presidents commented: “This is the most beautiful weapon I have ever seen". In 2010, the double-barreled gun was sold for $ 862.5 thousand at auction. And, of course, the President's pajamas, which were torn to pieces, added some value too.
3. Simon Bolivar Silicon Pistols: $ 1,687,500
While some of us know him as Simon José Antonio de la Santisima Trinidad Bolivar Palacios y Blanca, historians call him simply one of the most important figures in world history. As a military leader and politician, he fought for the independence of Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia from the Spanish Empire. He is, in a sense, the founding father of Latin America.
Bolivar, suffering from tuberculosis, was a revolutionary on the front of the civil war and political restructuring, all the time was at risk of murder.
This pair of flintlock pistols probably fought the Spanish Viceroys. In 2004, they were sold in New York for $ 1,687,500 at auction Christie's.
2. Pistols of George Washington: $ 1,986,000
For almost $ 2 million, the pistols were sold to the Richard Mellon Foundation in 2002 at an auction Christie's... This the most famous pistols in America's revolutionary struggle for independence... Most people agree that these are the most important firearms in American history.
After George Washington was armed with these pistols throughout the Revolutionary War, these twins eventually end up in the hands of the seventh President of the United States, Andrew Jackson. Then they came a very long way and only came back in the last decade for the public domain.
1. Lincoln's killer: priceless
None of the pistols on this list can compete with this tiny 6-inch large-bore pistol currently in storage in Ford's Theater National Historic Site... The only time for this little thing was paid $ 25 in the mid-1800s by John Wilkes Booth.
With one shot, Booth ended the life of Abraham Lincoln when he sneaked into the president's theater box on April 14, 1865. After being hit in the head of the president, Booth dropped his weapon and jumped onto the stage to hide. The War Department has kept it for generations as proof. Eventually, the miniature relic returned to its origins in Ford's Theater, where it changed the course of history.Although there were rumors that once it was stolen and replaced with a fake one. In 1997, the FBI conducted an inspection and the pistol was found to be genuine.
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