Gun used by French poet Verlaine to shoot Rimbaud sells for 434,500 euros
Paris economy
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The most famous gun in French literature, the revolver with which Paul Verlaine tried to kill his lover and fellow poet Arthur Rimbaud, sold for 434,500 euros ($460,000) at an auction in Paris on Wednesday. The price for the 7mm six-shooter was more than seven times the estimate, auctioneers Christie's said. Verlaine bought the weapon in Brussels on the morning of July 10, 1873, determined to put an end to his torrid two-year affair with his teenage lover. |
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