View Full Version : Al Capone's 45 auto up for sale ...
Here's your chance to add Capone's 45 to your other treasures;
Patton's SAA and Hitlers Walther.
Auction, Sacramento Oct 8
this it will make the numbers posted??
Another highlight from the estate is a 1911 semi-automatic, 0.45-caliber pistol, with an estimate of between US$100,000 and US$150,000.
this it will make the numbers posted??
Another highlight from the estate is a 1911 semi-automatic, 0.45-caliber pistol, with an estimate of between US$100,000 and US$150,000.
I was going to bid $150. Oh well.
I had the money saved up but had to go buy groceries and a tank of gas. Thanks Joe.
Sold for $860,000
https://www.yahoo.com/news/capones-belongings-least-3-million-181040372.html
Johnny P
10-12-2021, 08:59
Looks like it has a Micro rear sight, and I believe Micro dates to 1947 which is 16 years after Al went to prison. Looks like a parts gun.
Capone died in 1947 at home with his gun. Released from prison in 1939.
Tom Trevor
10-12-2021, 02:02
The Colt single action said to have been used by Pat Garret to kill billy the kid. six million.
The 50-70 trapdoor Springfield sporting rifle that was buried with wild Bill Hickok then removed from the coffin when he was moved to Mt. Moriah cemetery over 400.000. Bet it was rusty.
Johnny P
10-12-2021, 02:22
Think maybe on his deathbed he told the family to have Micro sights put on his pistol as soon as Micro went into business?
Think maybe on his deathbed he told the family to have Micro sights put on his pistol as soon as Micro went into business?
Since he had the mind of a 12 year old at time of death due to syphilis I doubt it but anyone in the guns possession from 1947 till now could have. The gun had been openly modified with the engraved slide, stippled frame, grips and apparent re-blue. The rear sight may have been a replacement for a broken previous target rear sight used by Capone, who knows?
No where on the auction site have I seen that the gun is suppose to be EXACTLY like it was when owned by Capone. That doesn't make it "not Capone's gun".
Whoever paid close to $1 million for it seems to be OK with it.
Johnny P
10-12-2021, 05:23
Jesse James mother sold his revolvers, and when she sold out she bought some more to sell.
The frame is a first year production, and the slide is 1920 or later.
I have Washington's hatchet. The handle was replaced 3 times and the head only once
I have a few guns that could be considered parts guns or not in factory original condition. Nevertheless, they are still mine.
Then there is the old story of Jesse James? mother . . . .
She is said to have sold many, many, many guns that ?she said? belonged to her outlaw son!
(Here we go with query marks instead of quotation and apostrophe marks . . . .AGAIN)
Johnny P
10-13-2021, 11:52
Not unusual at all for military guns to be mis-matched, but highly unusual for commercial guns, regardless of ownership.
Not unusual at all for military guns to be mis-matched, but highly unusual for commercial guns, regardless of ownership.
It's a custom gun. Look at it. It may have been a gift, Capone may have told some smith what he wanted done to it or he bought it like it is. The rear sight could have been a prototype before Micro went into business. Capone's son may have changed it out later.
Capones car was made into a "bullet proof" car with thick glass and other reinforcements. It was altered from what came from the factory too.
What the hell difference does it make ????
Johnny P
10-13-2021, 06:56
By the time Capone got out of prison syphilis had destroyed a portion of his brain and he functioned at the level of a 8 or 9 year old. The work on the pistol shown dates to after 1939, like at least 10 years or so.
Think his car was like the one Johnny Cash sung about?
Perhaps only the rear sight.
Capone's son, Sonny, liked guns too. Perhaps he played with it, changed the sight and added the trigger shoe. Doesn't matter in the least.
The gun was sold because of who owned it, not it's originality.
Gene Autry shouold have signed his name on 100 pairs of boots.
Johnny P
10-14-2021, 01:07
Perhaps just don't cut the mustard when you are paying that much for questionable merchandise.
As said before, whoever paid near $1 million for it must be pleased.
Johnny P
10-14-2021, 08:36
Which changes nothing about it being a mix of parts.
Which changes nothing about it being Al Capones gun and being completely irrelevant to the matter.
jon_norstog
10-15-2021, 06:51
I saw that recently. BBC News? In with the closet queens was a kind of beat-up Colt Police Positive Special with ratty nickel plating. I'm thinking THAT was Capone's gun. If it sold it wasn't for any million dollars.
jn
I bought Geronimo's AR15 for a song. Helluva bargain.
Johnny P
10-15-2021, 06:21
Alleged to be Al Capone's gun. No guarantee.
Wasn't there another criminal who's tomb or safe was opened? It was Ronaldo's show. Actually, it is probably totally real. A nickel peeling .38 could have been handles by the rich and famous. Just nickel just didn't seem to be done well a hundred yrs. ago. Wait, I have a nickel plated S&W from the 70's. OK,insurance covers it. What insurance you ask?
Now for you real history buffs. I said buffs. There was a photograph found about ten or more yrs. ago or so. OK, it was a shot taken by an early photographer that shows a mule in a corral. Yup, a mule in a corral.
What was great about the photo was, that it coincided with 1880's Tombstone. It was the real thing. Photography beats metallurgy. HA
Oh, and I doubt that said photo stirred up a million dollars. The Cowboy days are over. Well, it has it's spurts. It ain't pretty.
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