'I am the gallery director but have been a photo collector for things like this and these vintage photographs are really important. 'People are intrigued by Bonnie and Clyde and our exhibit at Photographs Do Not Bend was well received. 'Some of the photographs are gory, they were killed in a horrible manner, but they were killers too - I'm like a doctor and look at them in a clinical way. 'The images are like a storyboard to a movie, but it reminds you that these were actual people aside from the portrayals and preconceptions. 'The previous owner had acquired the photographs from her uncle who worked at the local newspaper at the time of the event. 'It was planned out to the letter, officers didn't want Bonnie and Clyde to get away and to potentially go on to kill other police officers and civilians. 'They had eluded capture for many years, their apprehension was strategic and tactical, it worked like a military operation. 'Bonnie and Clyde were certainly that, they were both handsome people, were nobodies, and they robbed banks at a time when banks were not loved by everyone. But while some feared that the auction would split the two weapons up into separate lots, their anonymous Texas buyer has ensured the guns will continue to ride together - just as Bonnie and Clyde would have wanted.People gather around Bonnie and Clyde's bullet-sprayed car after they were killed in an ambushīurt Finger, 74, PDNB Gallery Director, said: 'There are certain outlaws that become iconic, like Billy the Kid, Al Capone and others, who live on forever. The posse of six policemen that fired on the duo were allowed to keep whatever they recovered from the scene of the ambush, and later sold their mementoes on to other collectors. As the pair drove past police opened fire, riddling the car with more than 130 rounds.
After a nearly two-year pursuit, police officers from Texas and Louisiana staked out a road that Bonnie and Clyde were expected to travel. Their final stand came on when police ambushed their car on a rural road near Sailes, La., east of Shreveport. Their time on the lam from 1932 to 1934, while bloody - the duo are believed to have killed at least 13 people - provided a much-needed distraction from the financial and political crisis gripping the country. Bonnie and Clyde were both young, attractive, and presumed to be lovers, on the run from the law. Their crimes might have faded into American lore were it not for the unexpected addition of sex appeal. It was a simple car theft that turned the police onto the criminals, who routinely evaded stings and setups as they continued their crime spree across the southern U.S. Also up for auction were a number of other items recovered from the shootout, including a gold pocket watch, a 1921 Morgan silver dollar and one of Bonnie’s silk stockings. The sale, hosted by RR Auctions, was expected to net up to $200,000 for each weapon - but bidders easily surpassed that amount.
The Texas buyer who purchased both wished to stay anonymous. 45 recovered from Clyde’s waistband went for $240,000. 38 snub-nosed revolver found taped to Bonnie’s thigh fetched $264,000.
Two pistols that were found on the pair’s bodies when they were ambushed by police and shot to death each sold for about $250,000.Ī. Proving just how fabled and illustrious the dangerous duo was, Bonnie and Clyde’s guns sold at auction for $504,000 this weekend, nearly 80 years after their crimes made front page headlines across the nation. Their murder sprees, bank robberies and jailbreaks captivated the nation during one of the most downtrodden times in American history. Follow the most famed – and feared – of all the Depression-era outlaws were Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.
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