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The gun that painter Vincent Van Gogh is thought to have fatally wounded himself with is to go under the hammer in Paris later this year.
Dubbed, “the most famous weapon in art history”, the Lefaucheux revolver is estimated to be worth between €40,000 and €60,000 by AuctionArt. More
I wouldn’t give them a plugged nickel for the thing.
Would you pay for this?
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I loaned him that gun.
He said he was going to shoot some rats that were hanging out around the studio.
(real, actual rats – y’know, rodent-rats – not mexicans or venezuelans or french)
Anyhow, the gendarmes confiscated it and that was that.
I only narrowly escaped being charged.
Wasn’t that just used during a robbery in Brazil?
Call me when the Vincent van Foster alleged suicide weapon is up for sale.
^^^ Are you volunteering for the cavity search?….
I think auctioning of the weapon that a man (any man or woman) used to end their lives is a little too much for my taste. Having said that I’ll bet the Walther Hitler used is sitting in some private collection someplace.
Ghoulish. But then, so is the fact that an artist’s works increase in value on his death, more so if the death is young and particularly tragic.
I bid three measures of Gordon’s one of Vodka and half a measure of Kina Lillet
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Make it a two-fer, toss in the knife used to cut off his left ear.
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So it’s a Knife made of Pecan I hear
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If Glock had made it, it would still function.
The hacked-off ear would go for higher bids, if someone has it somewhere and wants to unload it.
The guy was a nutto, just like lots of artists. Some artists were crazy and nasty at the same time, like Picasso, or as I like to call him, Pick-ass-hole.