Bonnie & Clyde Firearm Auction
Bonnie & Clyde Firearm Auction
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Buffalo Bill Commemorative Winchester Lever Action 30-30 Rifle With Saddle Ring
Lot # 67 (Sale Order: 76 of 120)
Marlin Model 1892 .32 Rim Fire Lever Action Rifle Serial # 144712
Lot # 68 (Sale Order: 77 of 120)
Stevens Little Scout 14 1/2 22lr Rifle Serial # None
Lot # 69 (Sale Order: 78 of 120)
Winchester Model 1890 22sllr Pump Action Rifle Serial # 429905
Lot # 70 (Sale Order: 79 of 120)
Imbel .308cal Rifle Made In Brazil With Bipod And Sling Serial # Pac0642
Lot # 71 (Sale Order: 80 of 120)
"Henry Skinner Fine Damascus" 16ga S/S Shotgun
Lot # 72 (Sale Order: 81 of 120)
45 Caliber Thompson Sub-machine Gun (Tommy Gun) Model 1921a - Serial # 4208
Lot # 74 (Sale Order: 82 of 120)
Just months previous to the raid, Bonnie & Clyde kidnapped a police officer by the name of Thomas Persell. Persell recounted the events of the abduction for the Springfield Daily News and the Joplin Globe, mentioning each time the "Tommy Gun" Mrs. Parker proudly held.
The raid occurred at the height of the duo’s crime rampage that cut a wide swath across middle American during the Great Depression. The raid did not produce any arrests. The two had a knack for being one step ahead of law enforcement, but it did yield a cache of weapons, plus a camera. The guns have been in the family of Mark Lairmore and his sisters, the sellers, from Springfield, MO., ever since the unknown Depression-era police officer gave them to their great-grandfather.
Mr. Melton Lairmore, Mark Lairmore’s father, registered the Thompson Sub-machine Gun under the name of Lairmore Armored Car Inc. in 1968 inaccordance with the Gun Control Act of 1968.
In a photo available on our website, Melton Lairmore, operator of an armored car service in Springfield, presents two guns taken from the car of famed 1930’s gangsters Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow to Springfield Police Chief Gordon Loveland.
Lairmore loaned the .45 Thompson sub-machine gun and the 12-guage Winchester shotgun to police for use in displays during Crime Prevention Month and in the future police museum in the old city jail.
The weapons were displayed in the Springfield Missouri Police Museum, also known as The Calaboose, from 1973 until 2011
Related documents and photos are available on the auction detail page of our website.
Winchester 12 Gauge Model 1897 - Serial # 650715
Lot # 75 (Sale Order: 83 of 120)
Five Bonnie And Clyde Photographs
Lot # 75A (Sale Order: 84 of 120)
Walther Model P-38 Ac 45 Pistol With P-38 Leather Holster (circa 1944)
Lot # 76 (Sale Order: 85 of 120)
Ruger New Model Super Blackhawk .41magnum Revolver Serial # 88-26293
Lot # 77 (Sale Order: 86 of 120)
Heritage Arms Rough Rider 22cal. Revolver With Box And Manual, Serial # F11473
Lot # 78 (Sale Order: 87 of 120)
Taurus .357 Magnum Serial # Aw547371 With Box And Manual
Lot # 79 (Sale Order: 88 of 120)
Iac Trench Gun Model 372 12ga Pump Action Shotgun With 2-3/4 - 3" Chamber
Lot # 80 (Sale Order: 89 of 120)
Stevens Savage Arms Model 311 Series H 3" 20ga S/s Shotgun. Serial # B632523
Lot # 81 (Sale Order: 90 of 120)
Poly Technologies Inc Made In China .410ga Shotgun Gia-knox Tn.
Lot # 82 (Sale Order: 91 of 120)
Remington Model 522 Viper .22lr Rifle With 4x32 Tasco Scope. Serial # 3131767
Lot # 83 (Sale Order: 92 of 120)
Winchester Model 52b .22lr Bolt Action Rifle With Scope Rings And Manual
Lot # 84 (Sale Order: 93 of 120)
Winchester Model 9422m .22 Win. Mag Lever Action Rifle With Tube Magazine
Lot # 85 (Sale Order: 94 of 120)
Colt Pt.Fa Mfg.Co Model Colteer I-22 .22lr Bolt Action Rifle. Serial # None
Lot # 86 (Sale Order: 95 of 120)
Browning Arms Co Semi Auto .22lr Rifle. Made in Belgium Serial # 4t89232
Lot # 87 (Sale Order: 96 of 120)
Browning Model A5 12ga Shotgun Made In Belgium. Serial # 74310
Lot # 87A (Sale Order: 97 of 120)
Winchester Model 20 .410ga Shotgun With Full Choke Serial # 20421
Lot # 87B (Sale Order: 98 of 120)
Remington 870 Express Mag 20ga 2-3/4 - 3" Shells Pump Action Shotgun.
Lot # 88 (Sale Order: 99 of 120)
Smith & Wesson M&p 15-22 .22lr Rifle With Collapsible Stock. Includes Box
Lot # 89 (Sale Order: 100 of 120)