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This RR Auction Treasure Sold for $364K in 2012
See which RR Auction items got the highest bids last year.
It was a great year for collector's of history with the many unique auctions offered by this Amherst auction house.
RR Auction in Amherst has a list of highlights from their 2012 offerings. Their top five sales finished at over $100,000.
Topping the list is a Spacesuit Cuff Checklist worn and used by Apollo 15 commander Dave Scott. Pistols owned by the infamous Bonnie & Clyde crime duo came close, along with a piece of Titanic history.
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A list of the top ten highest-selling items last year:
Item #ItemPrice Realized 510 Dave Scott -- Spacesuit Cuff Checklist $364,452.00 37 Bonnie Parker Colt Detective Special .38 revolver -- Revolver $264,000.00 38 Clyde Barrow 1911 Army Colt .45 Pistol -- Pistol $240,000.00 1640 Wallace Hartley -- $185,968.80 665 Edgar Allan Poe -- $164,520.00 167 Alexander Graham Bell -- ALS $94,430.40 1580 Abraham Lincoln -- SP $90,750.00 337 Military Collection -- Collection $90,393.60 2 John Coffee Hays -- Revolver $84,000.00 1641 Lady Duff-Gordon -- Kimono $75,205.20Find out what's happening in Amherstfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
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