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"Toy Store " Adventure #7009734 10/26/12
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,064 B bcolorado OP Campfire Tracker
OP bcolorado Campfire Tracker B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,064	So I walk into a local toy store I frequent and was looking at a Blackhawk 41 cal. I was chattin with the counter guy and he asked me if I wanted to see a couple nice revolvers. I thought to myself, self....that's a silly question. I said sure but it's probably out of my budget today. He comes back out talking about some guy named Ed McGivern and that these were a pair of his colts. They were shipped from the factory in 1919. They had been purchased at auction for 56,ooo smackeroos and I got to handle them. They sure were sweet...

Re: "Toy Store " Adventure bcolorado #7009746 10/26/12
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 73,096 Punta Gorda, FL T LEE Campfire Kahuna
T LEE Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 73,096 Punta Gorda, FL	WOW! George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you! Old cat turd! "Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison. I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me

Re: "Toy Store " Adventure T LEE #7009755 10/26/12
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 10,443 grants pass, oregon ironeagle_84 Campfire Outfitter
ironeagle_84 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 10,443 grants pass, oregon	WOAH! 30-06 till i die, the greatest round ever! I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy! CEO of a Turdlike People: Turds & Tats Division... (per Ingwe )

Re: "Toy Store " Adventure T LEE #7009759 10/26/12
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OP bcolorado Campfire Tracker B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,064	They were sold at auction to clear up some estate expenses of Cowboy Movie Actor Lash Larue. I felt honored to hold them and may even have a chance to make an offer on them. Big question...what are they really worth??

Re: "Toy Store " Adventure bcolorado #7009772 10/26/12
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Bigbuck215 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 14,999 Billings, Mt and proud of it ...	Originally Posted by bcolorado They were sold at auction to clear up some estate expenses of Cowboy Movie Actor Lash Larue. I felt honored to hold them and may even have a chance to make an offer on them. Big question...what are they really worth?? Methinks that is a question that only you can answer as they may be worth a lot more or a lot less to you than somebody else. As shooters, not much. As collector items, could be a bunch. Tough question. The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.

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Re: "Toy Store " Adventure bcolorado #7009777 10/26/12
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222Rem Campfire Outfitter 2 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 10,718	WOW! A pair of Ed's revolvers that were also later owned by Lash? I can't guess the value, but I'd love to own them. Heck, I'd love to own 'em even w/o their provenance. Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. --Winston Churchill

Re: "Toy Store " Adventure 222Rem #7009786 10/26/12
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OP bcolorado Campfire Tracker B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,064	Truthfully I would be tickled to have the ivory grips. When I was handling them I thought how great they would look in SteveNo's man cave.

Re: "Toy Store " Adventure bcolorado #7009796 10/26/12
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 15,729 Likes: 3 ms N navlav8r Campfire Ranger
navlav8r Campfire Ranger N Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 15,729 Likes: 3 ms	So are we to understand you didn't make an offer.....? Man those are SWEET! NRA Life,Endowment,Patron or Benefactor since '72.

Re: "Toy Store " Adventure navlav8r #7009805 10/26/12
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OP bcolorado Campfire Tracker B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,064	Actually, maybe some retirement funds to invest, a price was suggested by the store that may be a good one. Had to leave the store to catch my breath and get my wits back. Darn shiny object syndrome.

Re: "Toy Store " Adventure bcolorado #7009864 10/26/12
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,610 Likes: 20 Bozeman, MT shrapnel Campfire Ranger
shrapnel Campfire Ranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,610 Likes: 20 Bozeman, MT	Where are those, I would like to buy them...

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Re: "Toy Store " Adventure shrapnel #7009874 10/26/12
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 39,301 Oregon City, OR S Scott F Campfire 'Bwana
Scott F Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 39,301 Oregon City, OR	Heck Brian, I would just like to shake the hand that held them! The first time I shot myself in the head... Meniere's Sucks Big Time!!!

Re: "Toy Store " Adventure shrapnel #7009881 10/26/12
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OP bcolorado Campfire Tracker B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,064	Originally Posted by shrapnel Where are those, I would like to buy them... PM me for details. I posted this in hopes they would land here at the 'fire. They have Colt letters and auction records and even a first edition Ed McGivern book.

Re: "Toy Store " Adventure Scott F #7009885 10/26/12
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OP bcolorado Campfire Tracker B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,064	Originally Posted by Scott F Heck Brian, I would just like to shake the hand that held them! Well, I sure felt like a kid handling them. The bluing and ivory are very, very nice.

Re: "Toy Store " Adventure bcolorado #7009998 10/26/12
Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 105 Space Coast, Flori-duh 3 3Dub Campfire Member
3Dub Campfire Member 3 Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 105 Space Coast, Flori-duh	But did anything worthwhile rub off on you? Can you shoot aspirin tablets out of the air with either hand now?

Re: "Toy Store " Adventure 3Dub #7010056 10/26/12
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OP bcolorado Campfire Tracker B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,064	Originally Posted by 3Dub But did anything worthwhile rub off on you? Can you shoot aspirin tablets out of the air with either hand now? You betcha, in my dreams. Bet they are gonna be good tonight. Colts, blue, ivory and shots an old fart like me can only dream of....

Re: "Toy Store " Adventure bcolorado #7010126 10/26/12
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC hillbillybear Campfire Ranger
hillbillybear Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC	Wow! Just imagine if those guns could talk. Member: Clan of the Turdlike People. Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers �If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.

Re: "Toy Store " Adventure hillbillybear #7010377 10/26/12
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 39,301 Oregon City, OR S Scott F Campfire 'Bwana
Scott F Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 39,301 Oregon City, OR	Originally Posted by hillbillybear Wow! Just imagine if those guns could talk. They did! The first time I shot myself in the head... Meniere's Sucks Big Time!!!

Re: "Toy Store " Adventure bcolorado #7011081 10/27/12
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 13,250 Greenville, AL MColeman Campfire Outfitter
MColeman Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 13,250 Greenville, AL	Quote They were sold at auction to clear up some estate expenses of Cowboy Movie Actor Lash Larue. Lash LaRue appeared at the Birmingham Gun show several years back selling memorabilia/photos. I wondered then if he had fallen on hard times. I just 'Googled' Lash and he did, indeed, fall on hard times. He died in 1996.......I had no idea it had been that long ago that I saw him. Time really does fly.

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