Bonnie and Clyde Guns Expected to Fetch $200,000 Each at Auction

Fascinating.

At Telegraph UK:

Two guns recovered from the bodies of Bonnie and Clyde, the notorious gangster couple, are expected to fetch $200,000 each at auction in September.

The weapons were found on the outlaw lovers after they were gunned down in an ambush by Texas Rangers in 1934.

The Colt .38 revolver was taped to the inner thigh of Bonnie Parker and the Colt .45 pistol was tucked into the waistband of Clyde Barrow.

The guns will go under the hammer on Sept 30 at RR Auction in Amherst, New Hampshire, along with personal effects including Barrow's gold watch, a letter from his brother and Parker's cosmetics case.

Bobby Livingston, RR Auction's vice president, predicted that each gun would raise between $100,000 and $200,000.

"This is one of the finest Bonnie and Clyde collections you will ever see," he told CNN. "We expect the guns should sell anywhere between $100,000 and $200,000. But really the sky is the limit for these types of guns."