iddee
10-09-2008, 01:06 PM
FAIRFIELD -- Eighty-year-old John McBride whooped it up Tuesday when auctioneer James Julia announced the winning bid of $800,000 for McBride's great-great-uncle's Colt Walker .44 revolver.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5485125.html
Derek
10-09-2008, 01:18 PM
I guess if you make it to 80 and have the cash. Why not.
"Money's only something you need in case you don't die tomorrow." - Gordon Gekko
beegee
10-09-2008, 11:24 PM
Well since there so few of them... where would you find 2? There are lots of fakes, but for an original pristine un-corroded piece. Wow! I'd rather have $80K in a pistol than in a 401K right now. At least the pistol is useful.