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Bonnie and Clyde guns up for auction in New Hampshire Bonnie and Clyde guns fetch $0.5m in New Hampshire
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The guns used by American gangsters Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who died in a hail of police bullets in 1934, are up for auction. Guns used by US gangsters Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who died in a hail of police bullets in 1934, have sold at auction for more than $0.5m (£0.3m).
The guns form part of the RR Auction, entitled American Gangsters, Outlaws and Lawmen, taking place in the US state of New Hampshire on Sunday. The guns were part of the RR Auction, entitled American Gangsters, Outlaws and Lawmen, taking place in the US state of New Hampshire on Sunday.
Bonnie and Clyde's exploits during the Great Depression earned them a place in American folklore.Bonnie and Clyde's exploits during the Great Depression earned them a place in American folklore.
Al Capone and Baby Face Nelson items are among others up for sale.Al Capone and Baby Face Nelson items are among others up for sale.
'Shakespearean tragedy''Shakespearean tragedy'
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow gained notoriety for a string of bank robberies before law enforcement officers ambushed them in Louisiana on 23 May 1934.Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow gained notoriety for a string of bank robberies before law enforcement officers ambushed them in Louisiana on 23 May 1934.
Up for sale are many lots, including items taken from the car in which the couple died, Bonnie Parker's cosmetics case and a host of photographs. Items taken from the car in which the couple died, Bonnie Parker's cosmetics case and a host of photographs, were among items up for sale.
But the bidding is sure to focus on Parker's Colt Detective Special .38 revolver and Clyde Barrow's 1911 Army Colt .45 pistol, both of which have estimates of $150,000 to $300,000 (£93,000 to £185,000). Parker's Colt Detective Special .38 revolver drew the highest bid, selling for $264,000.
Meanwhile Clyde Barrow's 1911 Army Colt .45 pistol went for $240,000. His pocket watch sold for $36,000.
Retired history professor ER Milner says it is clear why the couple are still so intriguing.Retired history professor ER Milner says it is clear why the couple are still so intriguing.
"Americans and, I think, most people love a lover... and here [were] these young people in the midst of the worst depression in the history of the world striking a blow for what they thought was right - and loving one another."Americans and, I think, most people love a lover... and here [were] these young people in the midst of the worst depression in the history of the world striking a blow for what they thought was right - and loving one another.
"It was almost a Shakespearean tragedy on a dusty road in Louisiana.""It was almost a Shakespearean tragedy on a dusty road in Louisiana."
The notorious prohibition gangster Al Capone's pistol and a love song about his wife, entitled Madonna Mia, which he wrote while imprisoned in Alcatraz, are also up for grabs.
So is a press card signed by his nemesis, the prohibition era investigator Eliot Ness.
A Baby Face Nelson revolver has an estimate of $40,000 to $50,000.