Bling

[Steyrlp10]

http://www.christies.com/features/singing-bird-pistols-en-1422-3.aspx

Sparkles and guns

[six10]

Wow, thanks for posting that! "Exquisite" doesn't begin to describe those pistols.

I looked up the auction; the pistols sold for $5.8 million.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-31/christie-s-5-8-million-singing-bird-pistols-lift-hong-kong-sale-to-record.html

[Steyrlp10]

Wow, thanks for posting that! "Exquisite" doesn't begin to describe those pistols.

I looked up the auction; the pistols sold for $5.8 million.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...to-record.html

That's a lot of zeros on the calculator and would buy plenty of toys!!!

What is amazing is how well the mechanisms still work after all those years!

[masameet]

What a wonderful find, Steyrlp10!

To appreciate these amazing "singing bird" pistols, one must watch this:

[jonc]

wow

nice

[Steyrlp10]

What a wonderful find, Steyrlp10!

To appreciate these amazing "singing bird" pistols, one must watch this:

Thanks for posting... I'm so lame!

[masameet]

You? A pistol-packin' mama like you? Lame?

Never.

(But a little Google-fu wouldn't hurt you none. lol)

[LadyShooter]

As a military brat we spent some time in Germany. I have been fascinated with clockworks since. My jaw dropped watching that video.