The sale also comes as crowds are flocking to an immersive Van Gogh exhibition in Paris which allows "the audience to enter his landscapes" through projections on the gallery's walls, ceilings and floors. While the Van Gogh gun may have nearly tripled its estimate, it is still well short of the 434,500 euros ($460,000) paid two years ago for the gun which the French writer Paul Verlaine tried to kill his lover and fellow poet Arthur Rimbaud. That canvass set a world record when it sold for $82.5 million in 1990.Īrt Auction acknowledged that the gun could also have been hidden or abandoned by the two boys. Pinfire ammunition was invented in 1832 by Parisian gun maker Casimir Lefaucheux. It’s a pocket pistol designed for personal defense and chambered in 7mm Pinfire. He said Van Gogh painted some of his best work in his final days, including his "Portrait of Dr Gachet", his friend the local doctor who later tried in vain to save his life. WTW: Lefaucheux’s 7mm Pinfire Revolver Mike the Mook We recently came across an interesting revolver with a folding trigger that extends itself when the hammer is cocked. "Do I believe that Van Gogh killed himself? Absolutely not!" Carriere declared when the film was premiered at the Venice film festival last year. The legendary French screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere - who co-wrote the script with Schnabel - insisted that there "is absolutely no proof he killed himself". The film's director, the renowned American painter Julian Schnabel, told AFP that Van Gogh had painted 75 canvasses in his 80 days at Auvers-sur-Oise and was unlikely to be suicidal. That theory won fresh support from a new biopic of the artist starring Willem Dafoe, "At Eternity's Gate", in which the gun goes off after the two brothers get into a struggle with the bohemian stranger. While most art historians agree Van Gogh killed himself, that assumption has been questioned in recent years, with some claiming the fatal shot may have been fired accidentally by two local boys playing with the weapon in the field. "All these clues give credence to the theory that this is the weapon used in the suicide." Read also: Vincent van Gogh: Five things to know Belgium - 19th century - Pinfire (Lefaucheux) - Revolver - 7mm Cal. RARE CIVIL WAR Era Lefaucheux Pinfire Revolver 7MM & Holster Vicksburg Estate - 400.00. "Technical tests on the weapon have shown the weapon was used and indicate that it stayed in the ground for a period that would coincide with 1890," it said. Two years earlier, he cut off his ear which he offered to a woman in a brothel in Arles in southern France.Īuction Art said the farmer who found the gun in 1965 gave it to the former owners of the inn at Auvers-sur-Oise, whose family are now selling it. Nor was it his first dramatic act of self-harm. The bullet extracted from Van Gogh's chest was the same calibre as the one used by the Lefaucheux revolver. The roll marks and proof marks are readable but faded.
The bore is dark and does not appear to be rifled. The revolver is in fair condition overall, with significant surface rusting and pitting. He died 36 hours later after staggering back wounded to the inn in the dark. Original Belgian pinfire revolver of the Lefaucheux design in 7mm pinfire. Conversely, once we receive email notification of a gun purchase online, we make it a priority to pull it from inventory so that it cannot be sold in store.The Dutch artist had borrowed the gun from the owner of the inn. We do make every effort to remove listings promptly if an item is no longer available. Since we have a large retail space, all internet listings are subject to prior sale in store. Worth’s premier gun store and range, in business since 1947. All items ship fully insured.Ĭheck out more inventory on Please contact us with any questions, or for purchase options. Note, that each kit 7mm or 9mm has its own specific cap holder with different technical characteristics the hole section.
Gun features an engraved steel frame with wood grips, a 6-shot cylinder, hinged trigger, and 3.5" barrel with fixed sights. Description: On consignment we have a French Lefaucheux Pinfire Revolver in 7mm Pinfire.
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