Wednesday, March 5, 2008 , Updated
Jack Ruby’s gun to be auctioned off in Vegas
Florida real estate developer Anthony Pugliese III paid $200K for the gun that Jack Ruby used to kill John Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas in November of 1963. On March 15 and 16, he will put the gun up for auction along with about 150 other Kennedy-related items at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
Since he purchased the notorious .38 Colt Cobra revolver at auction in 1991, Pugliese thinks its value has increased substantially, as evidenced by his intent to start the bidding at something over $1 million. Guernsey's (a New York-based auction house) is handling the logistics of the Vegas event. (New York? Get a rope.)
When Ruby originally bought the handgun in 1960, it cost him $62.50. (Of course, in those days you could get a movie ticket for 35 cents.)
posted by JM
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alexander troup, says:
THEY...... say that this is the gun that Honest Joe sold to Ruby back in the 60s, while it belongs in a Museum like Booths gun does that shot lincoln in 1865,oh well the gun will live on after we are dead, and so that is all folks. Alex Troup, 38 specalist, for Jackson Ruby and Honest Joe on Deep Elm.
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