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| Bonnie and Clyde guns fetch $0.5m in New Hampshire | Bonnie and Clyde guns fetch $0.5m in New Hampshire |
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| 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 $504,000 (£300,000). | |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Parker's Colt Detective Special .38 revolver drew the highest bid, selling for $264,000. | 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. | 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." |