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MORE ON ALEXANDER HAMILTON'S GUNS, THE CROTON CONNECTION, THEY SELL FOR 1.15 MILLION
A pair of pistols once owned by Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father killed by a similar gun in his infamous duel with Aaron Burr, sold for $1.15 million, according to Rock Island Auction Company.
The bidding was brisk for the brace of 18th-century .50-caliber flintlock pistols, with a starting bid of $750,000 and a final hammer price of $1 million, to which a 15% buyer’s premium was added, said Joel Kolander of the auction house, which is based in Rock Island, Illinois. READ MORE AT https://www.forbes.com/sites/aaronsmith/2021/05/14/the-guns-of-alexander-hamilton-sell-for-115-million/?sh=4ed79a0f2286
READ MORE ABOUT THE CROTON CONNECTION TO THESE GUNS AT https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-croton-connection-guns-of-alexander.html
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