September 18, 2022, 12:06 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: September 8, 2007
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 16,188
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Originally Posted by FresnoVince
Thanks, Mike. As I mentioned to Hawg, the world's top Butch Cassidy historian was asked to authenticate the rifle as Butch's death rifle when it first made an appearance, and rejected the claim. I didn't get into detail, but after he ran down the background to the whole incident and the persons involved with it, I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole unless I only bid basic gun value on it. I would posit that's why it went for what I would consider to be a very "low" bid.
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46,000.00 is a low bid? I don't really see how he can refute it with the provenance it has.
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