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During our tour of Graceland many years ago, the guide pointed out a pole (like a phone pole) that the King used to hold targets for his target practice.
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During our tour of Graceland many years ago, the guide pointed out a pole (like a phone pole) that the King used to hold targets for his target practice.
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Maybe I'm in the minority, but I just don't care about who owned or used a gun prior to me buying it unless it exhibits some unique trait related to its function. That being said, I understand some people have different interests than I, and a lot of people have a lot more money than I do.
I was in a Cabela's and some how they had come into possession of part of Gary Burghoff's (Radar from MASH) collection. Everything was probably 30% higher than you'd pay for the same models with no celebrity association. Nothing terrible special in the lot, but it disappeared within probably 6 months.
To me they are just used guns.
I was in a Cabela's and some how they had come into possession of part of Gary Burghoff's (Radar from MASH) collection. Everything was probably 30% higher than you'd pay for the same models with no celebrity association. Nothing terrible special in the lot, but it disappeared within probably 6 months.
To me they are just used guns.
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^^^^^^^^ agree---The fact that famous people owned something never meant much to me.
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If there's some historical significance to the gun via the previous owner, then the history buff in me has more appreciation. I'd have more interest in the gun the real life "Radar" carried in Korea than one the actor playing him owned.
OTOH, I'd have no interest owning a gun used to commit murder, no matter how historically significant.
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Personally Elmer Fudds Shotgun or Yosemite Sam's revolvers are out of my affordable budget but on the other hand, were I wealthy enough to I could see bidding on one of John Waynes, Clint Eastwoods, Joel McCrea or William Holdens guns, just because it would be cool to own.
Not to mention Roy Rodgers, the Lone Ranger or Hopalog Cassidys six shooters never ran out of bullets.
Not to mention Roy Rodgers, the Lone Ranger or Hopalog Cassidys six shooters never ran out of bullets.
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I would have paid a premium for a MASH characters association, but not 30%. Maybe 10%, a bit more if Burghoff had a known photo with the gun. I’m a MASH nut and Gary Burghoff was one of my favorite actors that was on the show.
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There were photos and documentation that came with the guns.
The more I think about it the only pistol I would seriously give a kidney for is my grandpa's old charter. Its not famous to any of yall but it is to me. He carried that thing everywhere. And I would gladly trade my meager collection for that thing. To me its price less to others its just a $250-350 pistol.
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There's the kind of famous gun that trumps them all.
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I would never pay the huge collector premium for such things but there's a few I wouldn't mind having. They're probably more famous to me than the average person. The Elmer Keith #5 would probably top the list. Tom Selleck's guns from Last Stand at Saber River and Crossfire Trail (placards switched) would be on there too. Unlike most, Tom is a shooter and has these guns built for his movies by real gunsmiths. Not Hollyweird prop houses. The Open Top from Crossfire Trail was scratch built for the movie, the first made since the original guns.
Or John Wayne's Great Westerns.
Or John Wayne's Great Westerns.
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Not many know "jelly" Bryce, but owning his 44 special would be cool.
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