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    After today, it's all historical.

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    Wyatt Earp's revolver, interesting.

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    Who knows for sure? This gun had the numbers removed. Wyatt was himself a petty criminal much of his life. He was a con artist and sold many guns during his life. He was arrested by the LAPD around 1912 running a scam. His early life in Illinois shows a lengthy history of criminal records.

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    Boyer filed off the serial numbers when he was in a dispute about the authenticity of the books he wrote about Earp. That, to me, sounds very highly suspicious. If it were, indeed, THE revolver that Earp used, what is the point of erasing the one thing that might have proven it was THE revolver Earp used?

    Filing off the serial number would seem to indicate that the revolver really wasn't the one Earp used and, without positive proof, one has to take Boyer's word for its authenticity.

    Starting at $50,000, I wouldn't bid on something that might not be authentic and can't really be proven to be authentic. Sounds more like a deliberate cover-up to me...
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    After today, it's all historical.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Durangokid View Post
    Who knows for sure? This gun had the numbers removed. Wyatt was himself a petty criminal much of his life. He was a con artist and sold many guns during his life. He was arrested by the LAPD around 1912 running a scam. His early life in Illinois shows a lengthy history of criminal records.
    Many if not most of the 1800's Wild West lawmen were or had been engaged in criminal activity of one kind or another, up to & including murder.

    I guess in that time & place people figured something like "It takes one to know one" or "You have to fight fire with fire".

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