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[webenda]

An anonymous bidder paid more than 10 times the estimated $22,500-$30,000 which the Walther air pistol was expected to fetch at Christie's in London on Thursday.

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A pistol held by Sean Connery in a poster for "From Russia with Love" sold for $415,875 at a Christie's auction. This is a world record for a James Bond gun.

There are also some amusing little factoids revealed by the auction. Lot no. 250 is the pistol used for the poster for From Russia With Love. When the intended Walther PPK failed to materialize, the photographer provided his own gun--but there was a difference that only the sharp-eyed would have detected. The famous long-barreled pistol was in fact nothing more than an air gun!

The article states that Connery only held the gun as 007 for the publicity shots for the 1963 film because a crew member forgot to bring the right one, a Walther PPK semi-automatic. The gun that was in the publicity shots actually belonged to a photographer.

One bloke said he paid £8 [8 British Pound = 12.61 US Dollar] for a Walther LP53 air pistol. (From a second hand shop.)

This site offered a Walther LP53 air pistol for $275 + shipping.
http://www.network54.com/Forum/79574/me ... lther+LP53


This is a Walther PPK:

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[2railjon]

Purchased over 25 years ago before the assult weapons ban this Franchi SPAS-12 was stored away un-fired in a safe in Arizona and forgotten about.....until today.






The Terminator ain't got crap on me!!!!!!

[webenda]

Have you fired it yet? Gonna try semi-automatic gas operation?

[rogruth]

You can tell I know a lot about this.

What is that part on top with the holes in it?

[The Dirt]

Hey "Uncle Jon", Airborne wants me to remind you that it's almost Christmas.

And that you've always been his most favorite uncle!!

[2railjon]

Wayne I can fire it in "pump mode" but I'll wait on the "semi-auto mode" until I replace the receiver shock absorber and gas o-ring with a new set:

To learn more about the SPAS-12 then you'll ever want know you can go here:
http://spas12.com

Roger, That's a fold-out shoulder stock!

[2railjon]

Dirt, LOL!!!!!!! I'll keep that in mind on my return trip to see you guys after my desert adventure!!!!!!!

[The Dirt]

Hey fellas, perhaps a word of explanation, maybe a word of warning...

Is the wind blowing a little colder and a little harder today?

Did you step on the cat getting out of bed, stub your toe, fumble your hairbrush into the toilet, and then mistakenly put Anusol on your toothbrush?

Did you not notice your kid's skateboard at the top of the stairs, take the 'fast' way down, sending the skateboard through the window on the landing?

Did you run out of coffee after making that one precious cup this morning, and then pour cider into it when you meant to pour milk?

Did you put your shoe on, only to find that the cat crapped in it?

Go outside to find that the wind wrapped your kid's trampoline around the nearest oak, which dropped a widow-maker through your car's windshield, shifting it into neutral, and helping it into the stone wall?

Well, it may only get worse. This day, in 1956, there occurred an event that made Atlas shrug and Zeus shudder. Every anniversary since, psychics get diarrhea, priests get anxious about their exorcism skills, terrorists hide in their caves in terror, women cross their legs and wrap their coats around them a little bit tighter, and everybody feels just a little bit more nervous.

And I can explain why. Yes, I know the very sole and single reason.
This day, on December 1st, Tramp was born.

But hey, I'm ready for the big celebration, (Since I doubled my insurance yesterday)
So happy birthday, Tramp ol' buddy!! I'll raise the first beer!! Many happy, healthy returns of the day!!

(And now, off to the bomb shelter...)

[sarge]

Happy Birthday, Tramp. May the years ahead give you great pleasure (and us more thought provoking prose to read).

I was wondering why the cat was pinging about the library this morning acting as if an errant and particularly fine hair was tickling his Wilkie Button...

[hev52]

And a Happy Birthday to ya Tramp............................ Party tonight. Got the Bo's getin' things ready.........................

[AG]

Happy Birthday Tramp!
From the sunny Fla.
AG.

[rogruth]

Tramp,

Happy Birthday,young'un.

Hev,

I think you have some of my wifes' relatives from Kentucky bringing in the sheaves.

[webenda]

Tramp,

Happy Birthday from Sunny Tucson.

[Tramp]

Damn, thanks, lads. How nice of you to remember. I just opened a stunning flotilla of gifts from D. I'm the luckiest man alive. Beers all around. Cheers!

[2railjon]

Happy Birthday Tramp! You are a blessed fella indeed!