I am having a delightful time imagining the scenarios for which these birds were created. The owner must have jumped on any opportunity for a duel at dawn. (You bite your thumb at me sir! Take that ). There is no mention of the actual firepower. I imagine it wouldn't really be needed, leaving your foe stunned in your wake.
Maybe I could arm myself with a bottle of Flowerbomb for a low budget version. Pssht, you've earned your comeuppance you cad.
Google is unusually short on anecdotes about these beauties, which is sad, since they must have had extraordinary lives before they were to precious to handle. I imagine these days they are just wheeled out in museums, but someone must have a great great aunt etc with stories to tell...
The pistols were auctioned at Christie’s Hong Kong Important Watches sale on 30 May 2011 for an impressive $5,866,499. You can see the Christies page here.
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