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GARRETT GUN FETCHES MORE THAN $6 MILLION

he Colt “Peacemaker” revolver Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett used to kill notorious outlaw Billy the Kid on July 14, 1881, in Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory, hammered down for $6,030,312 at Bonhams’ recent “The Early West: The Collection of Jim and Theresa Earle” auction in Los Angeles. The .44-40-caliber,

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