Herman Goring's Pistol FS

BigDaddy · Aug 6, 2016

I hear he had unusual taste in clothing too.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/05/news/goring-gun-auction/index.html

highli99 · Aug 6, 2016

Tyants love gold plated firearms. Saddam, Ghadafi, etc.

East2West · Aug 6, 2016

Gold plated guns and lace underbritches... odd fella.

Kman · Aug 6, 2016

Zuhältertastic!

Dmacri25 · Aug 6, 2016

highli99 said:
Tyants love gold plated firearms. Saddam, Ghadafi, etc.

$20 say obie has gold plated golf clubs.

dist1646 · Aug 6, 2016

I expect the price to go higher than they are expecting!

somd_mustangs · Aug 6, 2016

if you don't want to deal with all the pop-up ads and other junk:
http://www.rockislandauction.com/viewitem/aid/68/lid/1409
"Very fine as replated" - usually that's a big value kill but not in this case

This RIA has some truly spectacular stuff including a sequential pair of prototype Walther AP's (pre-P38) with matched stocks.

nedsurf · Aug 6, 2016

Nice looking gun but unless I was a museum curator, I never see the draw of possessing anything from a monster like that. Don't forget Rock Island Auction is matching any NRA-ILA contributions.
https://www.riafreedomchallenge.com/

Stoic58 · Aug 6, 2016

I always found it interesting that Herr Göring's usual carry piece was a 4"bbl S&W M&P in .38 Special. I would have expected a plain-jane P-38, but I guess Göring wanted an ultra-reliable sidearm with no buttons or levers, probably expecting to draw it on another German.

CruncherBlock · Aug 6, 2016

It's very tempting since I couldn't get the Zimmerman Kel-Tec PF9, I'm saving my money for Jim Jones' punch bowl set. I'm not so sure it can be proved that Herman actually used it to kill someone. On the other hand there's no doubt about the punch bowl set and just think what it will be worth once John Wayne Gacy's "Pogo the Clown" suit goes on the market.

zoostation · Aug 6, 2016

Saw it up close at the NRA show where the auction company had it on display. Obviously one of a kind but not one I would want to own.

dreadpirate · Aug 7, 2016

Gee- can a firearm be part of my 401K? :rolleyes:

That's about the only way I would ever finance something like that!

dreadpirate · Aug 7, 2016

zoostation said:
... Obviously one of a kind but not one I would want to own.

Yeah - one of General Patton's side arms would be more interesting.

lee2 · Aug 7, 2016

if no one wants it ill take it.
its history good or bad.

Boom Boom · Aug 10, 2016

Super creepy. I would never bid on it never mind want to own it. Karma.

5.56blaster · Aug 10, 2016

The former owner was just a little to F%&king evil for me to want anything he may have had. Somethings are better left alone.

huesmann · Aug 12, 2016

East2West said:
Gold plated guns and lace underbritches... odd fella.

It's just they're terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.

somd_mustangs · Sep 4, 2016

Update:
RIA pulled this from the auction when an advanced collector/expert pointed out the same gun sold back in 1985 with plain brown grips and no plating.
Oops...

zoostation · Sep 4, 2016

somd_mustangs said:
Update:
RIA pulled this from the auction when an advanced collector/expert pointed out the same gun sold back in 1985 with plain brown grips and no plating.
Oops...

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