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June 10, 2012

Grail

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THE HOLY GRAIL: A unique triple-barrelled shotgun made for a Scots aristocrat has been sold at auction for £43,000 (then $66,000).
The shotgun - dubbed the "€œHoly Grail"€ - was made in April 1891 for John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow and the seventh Earl of Hopetoun. The three-barrelled ejector, 16-bore gun, with three triggers, was designed by renowned Edinburgh gun makers John Dickson & Son and is the only one of its kind. Its origins were identified after the gun was taken to a valuing event at Hopetoun House, South Queensferry, and it has now been sold at Holt’s auction in London, to a private collector, after fierce bidding from around the world. -- KA-CHING! [HT: Rodger]

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The unnamed private collector better hope Hatchet Harry and Barry the Baptist doesn't discover his identity and address. Although I'd love to watch Lock, Stock, and Three Smoking Barrels. That is, if Guy Ritchie is writer/director.

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Posted by: DoubleU at June 11, 2012 6:53 AM