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DVSmith
06-08-2012, 4:19 PM
It would be pretty cool to own one of her guns!

http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20120608&id=15203769

DALLAS (AP) - Relatives of legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley are offering up a collection of items - including her Stetson hat, guns, letters and photographs - in an auction that one expert says hits the mark for its breadth and sentimental value.

On Sunday, Heritage Auctions will offer up about 100 Oakley-related items in Dallas, including a 12-gauge Parker Brothers shotgun that is expected to fetch about $100,000. Two Marlin .22 caliber rifles are expected to sell for more than $20,000 each.

Oakley gained fame in the 1880s and 1890s for her shooting skills as a performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. She died in 1926 at the age of 66, but has remained a pop culture icon.

"The country kind of took her to heart," said Tom Slater, Heritage's director of Americana auctions.

Over the decades, her likeness has appeared on everything from dolls to lunchboxes and her life story inspired a Hollywood movie and Broadway's "Annie Get Your Gun."

"She was just sparkling as a public performer," said Paul Fees, former senior curator at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyo., with whom Heritage consulted on the auction. "This petite person handling firearms was startling. She was a natural at it. She made it look easy."

alfred1222
06-08-2012, 6:00 PM
those are pretty cool, but damn, $100,000 is ALOT of AR's and Ammo....

forgiven
06-09-2012, 4:22 PM
those are pretty cool, but damn, $100,000 is ALOT of AR's and Ammo....

The rich can have both; damn I wish I was rich!

bsg
06-09-2012, 8:26 PM
if these treasures are on auction block for the first time, they are considered to be "fresh." value will further increase, after this auction is concluded.

these items up for auction are part of America's history.

POLICESTATE
06-09-2012, 8:28 PM
Nice, it's all going to be cash and carry antiques! :drool: