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trophies. >> "bonnie and clyde," a 3-year-old kid knows who that is. jamie: they had the shotgun from the borrow gang to his house full of texana artifacts. >> gun 45, that was in clyde a waistband, a and a 38 tape to bonnie's leg, frank haimer wrote a note that bonnie was squating on this gun. jamie: it takes patience, luck, and quick things, but they will end up in earl's strang "strange inheritance." jamie: he got what he wanted. >> always. jamie: he almost blows it, up next, mrs. davis a white knuckle moment.
were ruthless, that is a piece of americana. history is history. jamie:? tha.jamie: in 1986, they learn t they are about to auction off pieces of the bonnie and clyde memorabilion, their personal weapons. a 45 that was in clyde's waistband, and a .38 that was taped to bonnie's thigh. >> the opportunity came up of history, holding a gun that he knew clyde probably used, and had on his person, his top joy. jamie: robert and his wife marianne drive to austin for the sale. other texas history befores fill the hall. >> my dad got up to converse with somebody, go get a drink, and the guns came up for auction. he was not in the crowd.
sell-off part of his "strange inheritance," 2 guns found on bodies of "bonnie and clyde." almost immediately the plan hit a snag. >> bonnie's gun, the serial number was scratched off. that being the case, does not hold too well with the atf . >> they await word from federal authorities. will they allow the sale to go through, or seize the gun? >> they decides that this was a historic artifact that needed to be saved they reissueed a serial number, an stashed in on the gu. jamie: 5 months later, the bonnie and clyde collection, are center piece of the gangsters, outlaws and law pheup auction. men auction. >> my wife and i went to new hampshire efficient the live auction, we had some
>> robert's golden opportunity is slipping away. marianne looks around, with no sign of her husband. the hammer is about to go down, she takes matters into her hands. >> my mom, knowing my dad wanted them, she was one that purchased two guns. jamie: she did the bidding because he was nowhere to be found. >> absolutely. he was very happy that she did that. jamie: what did she pay. >> under 40,000 for two guns. jamie: earl's dad keeps collecting texas history, but in 2003, beset by health problems and depression, he takes his own life at the age of 69. >> he decided that was it. and like most of us control life he controlled hi his death, it s a traumatic, vin for the family. jamie: early takes over his father's role as head of family
exciting. jamie: do you know who bought the guns? >> i don't, the person was anonymous, i know a tequila individual -- texas individual but i do not know. >> bobby cannot reveal the buyer's name but he shares reason why the buyer valued those weapons. his family had crossed paths with bonnie's. >> after bonnie parker passed away, my mother took pity on the parker family, and would naturally just bring them food and help them out through this tough time, i said why did the buy the clyde barrel, he said, i thought they should stay together. jamie: the sale of the bonnie and clyde gun,ing ised to earl his father's collect is worth every bit of 4 million he has been told. he plans to gradually sell-off most of it, so robert davis a 50
clyde. >> you want to hold a piece of history. jamie: it's heavy. >> earl explains that the barrow gang left the weapon on the side of the road by accident, while changing a tire on their getaway car. >> dad loved the "bonnie and clyde" story. >> as we all do. jamie: you have to wonder why , they killed a lot of people. >> fascination with americaa and gangsters. >> 1930, bonnie parker, an unemployed waitress meets clyde barrow in west dallas, she is 19, he is a year older on the run from buglary charges. charges. >> they are the mission call characters -- missio myth call characters who caused trouble and pain, a young boy and a y2k girl who went against the system, biolar it was love at ft sight, only thing that separated
anticipation. >> we had media from russia, japan, all over europe. these two young people on the roads of america, somehow resonate with the world. it was incredible. >> i was nervous. jamie: what is happening to your heart as you watch it unfold? and what was bidding? >> place is packed. people on telephone bidding, internet bids, it is getting up to 7,000, 80,000, 100,000. jamie: at $140,000, the bidding seems to stall. >> your heart is thinking that bidding is going to stop. but all of a sudden, two main bidders on phone started to bid again. jamie: $1 theft, $200, 2 phone bidders battle it out. >> hammered $2 62,000, it was amazing. >> a record price for a bonnie
and clyde gun. >> a mind blower to watch what we thought would not go for what it did, did. >> a lot of cheers but then we had to sell the next gun, clyde barrow's colt .45. >> top bids over the phone. >> up to 160,000. jamie: passed 180,000. >> a found bidder -- phone biller hammered it fo for 240,0. >> the same bidder who bought bonnie's gun, in 1986, earl earl davis a mother paid less than 40,000 for the gun. they sell mor more than a-milli. >> to watch them in a 25 year period, increase 1 hus% that was % thousand% that -- 1000% that was
years ago, livingston knows that their story still strikes a koerdz. >> thkoeurd. strikes cord. >> this some pow touches people. jamie: he groups the "bonnie and clyde" guns with artifacts. >> the name of the auction, is gangsters, outlaws and law men. jamie: but there is a problem, it puts livingston's big event in jeopardy. >> the first gun that davis sent is bonnie parker .38, we look if for the serial number it has been scratched off, we can't sell the gun, it is felonious to have it in our office,. jamie: he faces a quandry, should we call the fbi, fess up and hope they make an exception. >> there is a big khapbgts this
jamie: jim will it ewho runs the museum, explains that frank haimer g pistol to lee simmons who ordered the ambush. >> this is the pistol that bonnie parker had in her lap, when they killed bond kpe collide. jamie: how did you get it? >> the family of lee simmons loaned it to us. jamie: i would love to see it. >> sure. this gun, was in her lap. with a magazine over it. probably heavier than you think it is. jamie: from bonnie's lap to jamie's hands it is heavy and beautiful. >> it has been decade since her death but it gives me a shiver to hold one of the bonnie parker weapons. jamie: i better put it back. i would like to take it home, i remember starting to see why collectors would want to own pieces of texas history like this. >> you look at these people who