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Jack Ruby’s Gun On The Auction Block

By WKRG Staff/The Associated Press

The Florida man who owns the gun used to kill accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald is putting the .38-caliber Colt Cobra up for auction. Jack Ruby’s Gun On The Auction Block

Published: Wed, March 05, 2008 - 10:31 am Last Updated: Wed, March 05, 2008 - 10:39 am

DALLAS (AP) - The Florida man who owns the .38-caliber Cobra">Colt
Cobra revolver Jack Ruby used to kill accused presidential assassin
Lee Harvey Oswald says the piece is going up for auction this month
in Las Vegas.
Anthony Pugliese III paid $200,000 for the gun at an auction in
1991. He won't divulge his minimum price but will say it is more
than $1 million.
The Pugliese Pop Culture Collection will go on the auction block
March 15-16 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. About 150 of
the items are associated with President John F. Kennedy or his
assassination in Dallas on November 22nd, 1963.
The real estate developer says he was selling the gun because he has a new passion: To build a 64-square-mile bio-sustainable city
called Destiny in central Florida.

Other items to be auctioned:
Wicked Witch of the West's hat ("The Wizard of Oz")
Whip and the Holy Grail ("Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade")
Sword ("Braveheart")
Jacket worn by John Lennon ("Imagine" video)
Wedding dress worn by Madonna ("Like a Virgin" video)
"Superman" costume worn by Christopher Reeve
Andy Warhol paint brush
J. Edgar Hoover's FBI badge
Wig worn by Elizabeth Taylor ("Cleopatra")

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