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Few need an introduction to Hollywood icon John Wayne. "The Duke" was one of the biggest stars of the 20th century. His American and masculine image became his trademark, as was his skill with a shooting iron. Mementos of the beloved actor are highly prized collectibles.
This revolver was wielded by John Wayne onscreen in such films as Rooster Cogburn, The Cowboys, and his Academy Award winning role in True Grit. He can even be seen wearing it and the accompanying holster rig on the January 28, 1972 cover of Life Magazine.
Time to see what this silver screen smokewagon can do at the world's #1 auction house. "Fill your hands, you son of a bitch!"
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@hungarianhillbilly4144 3 года назад

John Wayne was the personification of the American spirit. People from East block countries saw John Wayne they saw America, when we thought of America we thought of John Wayne.

@harrylime8077 3 года назад

Yea, what are they thinking about Biden’s America?

@hungarianhillbilly4144 3 года назад

@@harrylime8077 He is destroying America. If they wanted Socialism why didn't they just go to USSR, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Poland, Hungary, East Germany or any other combloc country? There are no Socialist countries left in Europe.

@Chiller01 3 года назад

@@hungarianhillbilly4144 This country is experiencing a wealth disparity and concentration it hasn’t seen since the robber barons. Unregulated capitalism through unfair tax structure, tax evasion by wealthy citizens and corporations and myopic globalization has created an untenable situation. A civil war may result but not the way the MAGA right expects.

@outlaw-of-torn3548 3 года назад

Ridiculous. Some people have too much money.

@stg4478 3 года назад

@@Chiller01 no it's not going to go the way kool-aid left wing nut think

@scottw5315 3 года назад

John Wayne is an American icon who's impact on our country cannot be overestimated. I can tell you that as a retired Marine, his portrayal of Sgt Stryker in the Sands of Iwo Jima became the archetype for Marine NCOs.

@thelastjohnwayne 3 года назад

Scott Thank you for your service.

@scottw5315 3 года назад

@@thelastjohnwayne You bet!

@hubertwalters4300 3 года назад

@Bo Bo Knows He tried to get in the service but was denied because of a knee injury he incurred playing college football.

@evankline759 2 года назад

Lol

@waynegroves6922 2 года назад

@Bo Bo Knows Amen . . . DeNiro is dead to me now - Stallone I still like.

@Blktailhunter53 3 года назад

A piece of history

@Chiller01 3 года назад

A piece of pop culture history.

@hubertwalters4300 3 года назад

@@Chiller01 If it is a first generation Colt,it is a piece of history wheather or not if John Wayne owned it,first generation Colts are very pricey,even the ones that were not owned by John Wayne, not as pricey ad his, but they demand a high price.

@foreveryoung6797 3 года назад

Glad to see someone still admired, saw all his movies as a kid, my Dad liked John Wayne, so did I.

@mrshifter8220 3 года назад

Only admired by true Americans.......BLM says he was a racist regarding a statement made in the sixties, seventies or so.....can't remember what he said, (Google) but honestly it was true but not excepted by the BLM racist. They want to remove his statue and rename the Orange County Airport, including the local democrat government.

@jamiemartin1793 2 года назад

True Grit was his best movie...except for maybe the Shootist

@MomentsInTrading 3 года назад

That was fun to watch!

@saltysailor6689 2 года назад

I actually saw this pistol at a prominent attorneys office here in Dallas in the 80's. It was in a glass presentation case from Patrick Wayne. I just stared in awe at at that glass case. Thanks for the memories.

@seymourwrasse3321 2 года назад

even John Wayne was screaming from the grave , " shut up and sell the damn gun

@edwardsabo8368 3 года назад

WOW.. I wonder what happened to his Colt from the Shootist .

@scottscheuerman6170 3 года назад

As I understand it the revolvers from the shootist were great western revolvers

@stephenclemence5856 3 года назад

@@scottscheuerman6170 Hollywood used a lot of Great Western revolvers in the old western movies. Some actors used original Colts, which are obviously worth more.

@scottscheuerman6170 3 года назад

@@stephenclemence5856 yes I know Great western was used in Hollywood some of the revolvers that James Arness in Gun Smoke was great western part of the time

@MrHipshot64 3 года назад

The pistols he used in the Shootist were Great Western revolvers and are on display in the National Western Heritage and Cowboy Hall of fame museum in Oklahoma City.

@stephenclemence5856 3 года назад

@@MrHipshot64 I believe you can always tell if it's a Great Western or not, by the hammer. Great Westerns didn't have the firing pin on the hammer like a colt.

@MOAONAABE 3 года назад

hellfighters, green berets sons of katy elder

@Swearing0000 3 года назад

Why $25k increments in the bids? The winning bid was $450k and they wanted a $475 bid. They wouldn’t have taken a $460k bid? Seems odd to me.

@griffinreitz7041 3 года назад

If you don't have 25k at a pop they don't want you there... LOL

@charlessmith4242 3 года назад

* Someone could have offered the $460,000. The actual price was over a half a million dollars when you add in the buyer's premium, etc.

@fideauone3416 Год назад

This is the only gun that was on John Wayne's personal inventory. It is not a SAA, but a Bisley that was converted. Originally in .45 Colt it was changed to .44 also. Look at the step at the back of the frame, indicating a Bisley that has a SAA grip frame attached.

@STEVEOMEMES 7 месяцев назад

G.O.A.T. don't argue

@davidfriend1919 Год назад

John Wayne won 3 academy awards

@markredman9173 3 года назад

Belongs in a museum

@johnvoorhees7881 3 года назад

Outrageous.

@larrymoore6595 2 года назад

Ok, stupid question. What was he paid for his part in the movie?

@lesteracker6201 Год назад

Isn't the original in Oklahoma cowboy museum?

@ridgerunner5772 2 года назад

Is there any chance that Alex Baldwin wants to test drive that Shootn' Iron???? Maybe the spirit of Wayne will release the trigger for him.....

@marksprague1280 2 года назад

Perhaps while he is closely examining the bore?

@dr.phillnaadoftennessee.9788 3 года назад

I'd rather have the money myself lol!

@menotyou7762 3 года назад

i'd be stupid enough to pay more for that pistol but that is why I am broke!!!

@carywest9256 3 года назад

That's John F-ing Wayne! The only yankee l ever admired... I reckon 517,500 gold samolains just walked through the door. Oops, wrong movie but a hellava line fer that pilgrim ta lay out thar!

@thelastjohnwayne 3 года назад

I have a WRIT for a Rat

@charlescomly1 3 года назад

What does final price realized mean.

@bobblack2223 3 года назад

They add a 15% buyers premium to the final bid price.

@cliffowens3629 2 года назад

Must be nice having this kind of money to blow on a gun. I'd be happy to be out of debt free and clear.

@cliffowens3629 2 года назад

$450k. With that I'm out of debt and moved

@thelastjohnwayne 3 года назад

$450.000.00 for a legend

@Nate_K111 10 месяцев назад

$517000

@CMAenergy 3 года назад

This is what God spoke of Thou shalt not worship any graven mage The man just wasted his money and insulted the good lord Did you know fools despise instruction

@Gunners_Mate_Guns 3 года назад

I'm a Christian, but you're just flat out goofy fanatical.

@deadhorse1391 3 года назад

Two key words here are…” his money”

@CMAenergy 3 года назад

@@Gunners_Mate_Guns You only think your a christian as you do not completely understand the bible and his word.

@CMAenergy 3 года назад

@@deadhorse1391 His money yes, But has he ever given his tithe to the lord. But still if he only knew what the bible said, Obviously he doesn't, His choice, I just brought to light that which those who comment, Cannot see the light, It is going to happen to all !

@Gunners_Mate_Guns 3 года назад

@@CMAenergy How ironic being told that I only think I'm a Christian by a bozo who fails to capitalize "Lord" and "His."

@burtvincent1278 3 года назад

Some people have way too much money. To me it's just another firearm.

@gerrypowell2748 3 года назад

Only in America would someone pay that for an actors prop😉

@marksprague1280 2 года назад

America is one of the relatively few places in the world with a large segment of the population who CAN pay that much.

@outlaw-of-torn3548 3 года назад

Ridiculous. Some people have too much money.

@spacecat7247 3 года назад

Yada yada yada. There's a guy out there that owns three of Wyatt Earp's Colts that are traced and have been traced back to Colt by serial number as proof of their original ownership. what might those be worth? John Wayne held it whoopie doo. Talk about inflated numbers.

@marksprague1280 2 года назад

John Wayne was far more genuine than that gambler and pimp Earp. Virgil was the lawman. Earp's reputation rests primarily Upon his "biography" written by Stuart Lake, who accepted every claim without any verification.

@spacecat7247 2 года назад

@@marksprague1280 yeah but John Wayne was an actor...... and as far as reputations go there were a lot of lawmen whose reputations were probably inflated above what was truth. that's the way they wrote back in the day. They just do it on TV now or in movies but back then it was either word-of-mouth or in print. I've always liked John Wayne I just think there's more historical significance in a true law man.oh and by the way my grandparents used to live next door to John Wayne I know a little bit about the guy.

@marksprague1280 2 года назад

@@spacecat7247 Mt point was that Wayne never pretended to be anything other than an actor. Earp on the other hand invented a whole new image of himself via Stuart Lake. Most of his life was a lie. By the way, Earp was never a real lawman. He was at best temporary help in the cattle towns, and he was never a lawman in Tombstone.

@spacecat7247 2 года назад

@@marksprague1280 and you know all this for a fact, correct?

@marksprague1280 2 года назад

Yes. I did a lot of research on the old west, particularly Cochise County. For instance, you probably believe that the Earps cleaned cleaned up Tombstone and the surrounding Cochise County. They didn't. They were run out of Arizona. Behan was replaced as sheriff by a local rancher and former Texas Ranger often referred to as the meanest good guy in the west for his draconian methods.

@thinman8621 3 года назад

We live in a world where billionaires have their own space ships. That a John Wayne fan with resources would pay a half million dollars for Wayne's 1st gen Colt SAA seems reasonable. Probably cost that much or more to fuel up a space ship.

@ronniebowling1485 3 года назад

Not much on blowing money like that,but for my Hero, Hell YES.

@ebenclukey7293 3 года назад

John Wayne, for all eternity will be the measure of a man's man.

@b80-s9i 3 года назад

Without question!

@mscottdowning9682 3 года назад

The last hand held firearm John Wayne carried in the movies was made by a gunsmith in Enid, Oklahoma.

@jerrynorton1080 2 года назад

As i recall, they were a very nice pair of Great Westerns, for The Shootist

@carlosugarte1450 3 года назад

If I was a millionaire I could end up a poor man at one of those RIA auctions!

@davidmiller6981 3 года назад

Now wait till the Eastwood .44 magnum comes on market after he dies

@LowPlainsDrifter60 2 года назад

Clint's S&W model 29 was just an off the shelf gun whereas the Dukes shooin' irons were customized to some extent, which makes them a little more special.

@WasatchGarandMan 3 года назад

Glad you guys recorded this, I won a few lots this auction but lagged out as soon as this came up and regained connection right as this ended and moved to the next lot

@bar20bbq70 2 года назад

we sure need a John Wayne now.

@mikerevendale4810 3 года назад

That should have ended up in a museum. The era of John Wayne represented the strength and character of our nation in many ways. This soy milk and "woke" culture of today is disgusting; and our current trajectory will make us resemble Venezuela within a generation.

@ridgerunner5772 2 года назад

Morrison had a lot of mouths to feed and, the legacy still does... The estate sells a little here and there over the past few years.... The family even sold his driver's license....., and American Express Card....

@rippersix293 3 года назад

“This is a rat writ, writ for a rat!…”

@lewiefrazier1041 3 года назад

I was 11 when TG came out. Love the Duke forever. America's cowboy. TRIVIA for you. During WW2, the FBI protected John . They discovered Hitlers plot to kill John Wayne.......

@kevinrowe3936 3 года назад

I wonder what John would think about that. 😀

@joeguzman3558 3 года назад

It going to be worth a million dollars in a couple of years

@Gunners_Mate_Guns 3 года назад

Indeed its value will only continue to increase over the years, especially once the backlash against all this pathetic social justice douchebaggery comes.

@deadhorse1391 3 года назад

Maybe…Maybe not Would be interesting to see the bidding history…was it only 2 guys or was it more that took it up past estimate ? Just two bidders going at it, next time with out the one might not go that high. With something like this you are not really bidding on the gun but the story of who owned it. Personally I think it sold for to much especially since it wasn’t used in that many movies. I could be wrong but not a real iconic John Wayne gun like the Winchester 92 used in more movies

@Gunners_Mate_Guns 3 года назад

@@deadhorse1391 I'd love to see something about his 1892, but I haven't been able to find much more than just some videos of replicas. For sure his 1892 is *the* iconic John Wayne gun.

@andymckane7271 3 года назад

Great sale on a fine item from Duke Wayne's TRUE GRIT! Congratulations to the lucky buyer!

@Qui_Gon_Jinn_76 3 года назад

One day when Jesus Christ returns to set up His eternal Kingdom, everything on this earth will be destroyed by fire. Nothing will be spared, even the mountains will melt. The more I ponder that the more I care less about the material things of this world. Come soon my LORD Jesus Christ 🙏

@donaldoneill2117 2 года назад

Please come now lord the guy said? Must be old and selfish doesn't care about say a 10yr old living their lives. Or 🤪 crazy. Should take themselves out.

@Qui_Gon_Jinn_76 2 года назад

@@donaldoneill2117 actually no. I'm in my 40's, a beautiful home, successful wonderful children, a nice car, a little money and a good life. But I know what Almighty God has prepared for me and my family in His home in eternity, and I know I absolutely do not want to be in this dreadful world of people rejecting the LORD Jesus Christ and living in absolute filth and abomination one second longer than I have to. This world is not my home, I'm just a passin through, my treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue, the Angels beckon me from Heaven's open door, and I can't feel at home in this world anymore. Give your life to Jesus Christ and you will understand.

@donaldoneill2117 2 года назад

Hope he comes soon for you...and leaves your family 👪 here and hopefully your widow marries someone not so devoted that they all can have a normal life and be thankful to GOD, without it having been driven into them like a stake day in day out. Sure your not from WACO?

@Qui_Gon_Jinn_76 2 года назад

@@donaldoneill2117 nope. My wife will be with me in Heaven with our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ. 🤗🙂 God bless you anyway.

@marksprague1280 2 года назад

@@Qui_Gon_Jinn_76 If prostitution is the world's oldest profession, then that of shaman is surely the second, and by far the most destructive of the two.

@mpccenturion 3 года назад

When I was 17 or so, I got shooting. The Club was also a museum. A Retired Major - was my mentor and educator. On Friday nights for 4 years - I shot and learned about firearms. Flintlocks - Matchlocks - handcannons. just a flash hole to light. Volcanics to a 4 bore deck mounted gun for sinking boats in India. And the Colt's - 2 I was familiar with - One smooth bore than had so much holster wear - the sides of the barrel were worn down. Finally a case hardened original - blue barrel and gorgeous. 15K was a good sale in 1980. Nice to see that Duke's gun went for a fitting sum!

@b80-s9i 3 года назад

Amen👍🏼

@alancooper9632 3 года назад

Greatest man that ever lived. God bless the Duke.

@dalejohns2758 3 года назад

Amazing! I acquired 2 of these Guns back in 1967, I paid 375.00 for the first one and 575.00 for the other one. Both are Beautiful. 1 is chambered in .45 long Colt, the other is .44-40 WCF

@williamzander4732 3 года назад

Memories and possessions of a time when man used his hands not a machine to build something.

@b80-s9i 3 года назад

Quality.

@roostercogburn809 3 года назад

I have an autographed JW cowboy hat and numerous autographed pics along with numerous pieces of his movie props... Nice pistol.

@paulmcwilliams1709 3 года назад

I am a BIG John Wayne fan and I would love to have owned this pistol. But the price tag was way to much for my budget. If I won the Lottery is the only way I could own it. lol

@dondoyle8474 3 года назад

If I had the money price would be no object ………..

@Gunners_Mate_Guns 3 года назад

If I could choose between having that glorious revolver or having the Duke alive and well again, I know which I would pick!

@dondoyle8474 3 года назад

@@Gunners_Mate_Guns Very well said 👍👍

@ronaldjohnson1474 2 года назад

Why do people assume "you know"? I'm really disappointed in the auctioneer's presentarion.

@mid-ohioguardian6927 3 года назад

Sold for $450,000

@mandymayne8759 3 года назад

What about the Colt Dragoon revolver used by Mattie Ross (played by Kim Darby) in the movie? Or the Sharps carbine used by La Boeuf (played by Glen Campbell)?

@masgrey9608 3 года назад

Those were not used by the Duke.

@johnready630 3 года назад

Would be very cool to own all of them.

@RockIslandAuctionCompany 3 года назад

I'd love to see those come through.

@kirkstinson7316 3 года назад

@@masgrey9608 No kidding? Could that be why the poster said who used them?

@Gunners_Mate_Guns 3 года назад

I just want to know what happened to the Winchester 1892 carbine that the Duke carried.

@glennmatthews9819 3 года назад

Why isnt it at the national cowboy and western heritage museum .were it has been. Of all his artifacts why are you taking this from the American people so a rich person can say they have it

@chrispelky8800 3 года назад

Ive seen it there so many times.i think i hsve picgures of it.

@williamM-18 2 года назад

A Man sorely missed in The United States of America today!

@lewiefrazier1041 3 года назад

He was the real deal. STRAIGHT UP!! # 1 box office draw for 30 years. He was what a man should be. God bless him

@Outlaw-Josey-Wales 2 года назад

They must've all been married men who loved their families, 'cause they scattered and run for home."

@misterb1492 3 года назад

Honestly, this gun should have never seen the auction block, so sad that it'll be locked up in a safe somewhere for someone to brag that they have John Wayne's colt.

@kylewood8327 3 года назад

Yep, to bad someone in the Wayne family doesn’t have it.

@paulatudor691 3 года назад

Or a museum piece

@b80-s9i 3 года назад

Yup😭...I'd pay to see & take pics next to it!!

@jerrynorton1080 2 года назад

In the same vault with the original "million-dollar gun", herr georg original 45acp luger.....

@GeorgiaRidgerunner 2 года назад

If i was wealthy and had known about that auction i would own that gun i would have been willing to pay up to one million for it

@graemesim40 3 года назад

Oh to be a millionaire a gun I would love to have been able to own 🤩

@johnmollet2637 3 года назад

Thinking the same thing.

@Ridgerunner49 3 года назад

The pain of it will ease a bit when you find a man with True Grit

@anneradanovic9326 3 года назад

A great actor and will never be forgotten, i have all his movies.

@flintrichards945 3 года назад

Wow that was great I would love to have the Dukes colt. FJB

@GaryYoung-eq1ph 2 года назад

I gots 44-40 antique need ivory grips though . I should of bought the other gun with 3 notches on ivory grips!!! back in 72 by private owner. He had 2 for sale. Both FASTDRAW!!!!

@dtnetlurker 7 месяцев назад

Unbelievable. Sad that it isn't on permanent display at the NRA museum or the John Wayne museum where all his fans can see it.

@randalldunkley1042 2 года назад

It should be in the Smithsonian along with Archie Bunkers Chair. Greed, Greed, Greed.

@Kevin-wr9um Год назад

It looks like a parts gun. The backstrap doesn't exactly line up with the frame. Is this the Colt that started as a Bisley?

@davidfriend1919 Год назад

The grip strap bigger because he was a man's man ? what a dumb thing to comment ... but , nice guns for sure and this is no exception .

@b80-s9i 3 года назад

Imagine just being in the room with The Duke's Colt!😲

@CaliforniaFly Год назад

Screw that! I love John Wayne movies, but that's way too much for any revolver.

@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 2 года назад

Have you ever been $450,000 short to purchase something?

@larryrobinson6914 3 года назад

Any Wayne gun is a treasure

@kylewood8327 2 года назад

Cha Ching 😂 I believe Wayne used this gun in Rooster Cogburn too!

@larry1824 9 месяцев назад

I have non firing clone. Love hiw the grips frel ib my hand

@aaroneaton583 Год назад

John Wayne have a video called rappin Duke DA HA DA HA

@warrenrosen132 Год назад

I bid $1.50 for baldwin's Colt🤣

@davidcrawford5711 Год назад

I've got rooster copy for $100,000 last call !

@russf6572 3 года назад

_My relief when I was outbid at the last second was beyond words!_ *I had NO IDEA where I was going to get my hands on $400.000!* 🤣

@robertdeen8741 Год назад

"This writ was written for a rat".

@joestewart7487 2 года назад

john wayne? lol who cares?

@alswann2702 3 года назад

Yee haw!

@joegilman4996 2 года назад

worst auction ever

@TahoeJones 2 года назад

Totally insane fans.

@dominickcolasanto6582 2 года назад

Wow!!!

@257squadron Год назад

Wow!

@audiehollon4292 2 года назад

Wow!

@dennisbonya2794 2 года назад

@joefranklin9881 2 года назад

I thought this gun was in the Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma City?? What happened???

@jerrynorton1080 2 года назад

There are "several" guns he owned, a few of them had the same type grips screwed on, after he carved on them, and soaked them for a week in a pot of tea. But only (this) one had started out as a bisley. Plus, museums have been known to sell cars, books, paintings, aircraft, coins, and, yes, famous guns

@Brace67 2 года назад

Congratulations to the winner of this auction. He will now proudly own a true piece of movie history, originally used by John Wayne in his Academy Award performance in “True Grit”. Lucky guy.

@Akarnf2 2 года назад

A huge fan of the duke from Israel!

@jefferyholland 2 года назад

The Duke would be shaking his head since that is more money than he got paid for most of the movies he stared in. Happy to see he is still appreciated.