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  • Wild Bill's and Jesse James' Guns Don't Sell at Auction, but Oakley's Gun Goes for $293K

    11/27/2013 4:53:13 PM PST · by Red in Blue PA · 30 replies
    While guns reportedly belonging to the famous outlaw Jesse James and legendary gun fighter Wild Bill Hickok recently failed to sell at auction, Annie Oakley's shotgun sold Sunday for $293,000. Despite a $1.6 million estimated value, Jesse James' .45 Colt didn't sell at an auction in Dallas on Sunday, November 24th, 2013. After James' death, the gun changed owners several times over and ultimately landed in the hands of a collector in 1975, but according to the Daily Mail, the gun came with an incredibly strong provenance, including letters from three generations of the James family confirming its history. At...