Guy Finds CW Pistols In Locked Trunk Bought Auction

[Marty-Graw]

check out this story about a guy who bought a locked trunk at an estate auction


http://www.al.com/living/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/living/119693658786920.xml&coll=1

 

[tymcmurray]

Nice story. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[desertfox]

I'll bet he's one happy camper!
Thanks for the post and Happy Hunting.

Desertfox

 

[lumbercamp]

It would be interesting to know how much he paid for the trunk.

 

[bootybay]

neat story...I too would love to know how much he paid for the trunk...this is kinda like that one on the antique road show when they guy showed up with Picketts sword and didnt know it.... that story confirming the tale that pickett threw the sword into the mud when surrendered and this mans great found it in the mud, when he was being paid pennies to help gather the death and bury them....if anyone saw that episode, this man that now had the sword, used to play with it when he was a kid... now its in a museum I do believe... that was one neat story too...

I'd like to know who those pistols belonged too, since I couldnt get the rest of the article to come up.

 

[kg6yll]

It would be interesting to know how much he paid for the trunk.

I believe he paid $40.00

 

[roswellborn]

neat story...I too would love to know how much he paid for the trunk...this is kinda like that one on the antique road show when they guy showed up with Picketts sword and didnt know it.... that story confirming the tale that pickett threw the sword into the mud when surrendered and this mans great found it in the mud, when he was being paid pennies to help gather the death and bury them....if anyone saw that episode, this man that now had the sword, used to play with it when he was a kid... now its in a museum I do believe... that was one neat story too...

I'd like to know who those pistols belonged too, since I couldnt get the rest of the article to come up.

Cool story about the truck - here's something about that sword, too! (sorry for the hijack)

Apologies - but the guys who did the appraisal on Antiques Roadshow (Russ Pritchard and George Juno) were dumped by the show because they'd faked an appraisal of a sword (not the Picketts sword, but someone else's).

from this link:
http://www.current.org/prog/prog007ars.html

"Pritchard and Juno are controversial figures in the small world of military antiques. Last summer, their company, American Ordnance Preservation Association, was found liable in federal court of defrauding George "Ed" Pickett V, descendent of Gen. George Pickett, a Confederate commander renowned for his bravery. The general led the ill-conceived Pickett's Charge, the Confederacy's desperate last assault at the Battle of Gettysburg.

According to published accounts of the case, Russ Pritchard III went to great lengths to befriend George Pickett V and convinced him to sell his famous ancestor's numerous artifacts for $87,500—less than 10 percent of their market value. AOPA promptly sold the items to the city of Harrisburg, Pa., for more than 10 times what Pritchard had paid Pickett.

A federal jury ordered AOPA to pay Pickett $800,000, and a judge last August rejected the defendants' request for a new trial. Juno and Pritchard dissolved the company, and Pickett never received the money. "

wild.

Nan

 

[Huntr1]

It would be interesting to know how much he paid for the trunk.

Article said he paid $30.00 (not mentioned, but I am sure they meant $30.00 plus buyers commission).

After a long pause, the auctioneer said, "Sold for $30.''

I'd like to know who those pistols belonged too, since I couldnt get the rest of the article to come up.

Ultimately, he discovered that the guns belonged to William Henry Sharp, a lieutenant with Terry's Texas Rangers, a group of volunteers for the Confederacy during the Civil War.

 

[Admiral de Salee]

Those bastards. More evidence of "never believe what a dealer tells you something is worth".
Sell it at open auction, with notification to experts and collectors who'd be interested.

Pickett was devastated after the charge. I forget his exact reply to Lee or Early or another of his superiors, but it was something like (after they said something about his regiment), "Sir, I have no regiment".

It's too bad Mr. Shade isn't a fan of antique pistols. Those would have been a mind-blower to find!
My step-uncle (haven't seen him in years) had a Root Sidehammer, in its original box w/ all the compartments, all accessories--powder flask, percussion caps, cleaning & loading tools.
I wonder what that puppy would be worth these days.

Thanks for the link! And for the Pickett story.