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Bonnie and Clyde guns sell for $504,000 - U.S. News
So much for Kimber being overpriced.
She taped the gun to her thigh, because, according to a document obtained by the auction house, "In those days, no gentleman officer would search a woman where she had it taped and there were very few women police officers."
The auction house had initially valued the piece between $150,000 and $200,000.
A Colt .45 -- valued between $150,000 and $200,000 -- recovered from the waistband of Barrow's pants -- fetched $240,000. According to a YouTube produced by the auction house, the gun was plucked from the bandit's body by Frank Hamer, the relentless posse leader who tracked Bonnie and Clyde.
So much for Kimber being overpriced.
