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Stembridge Auction Report, Part 12: Al Pacino Pistol from Heat

As was the case with the Point of No Return pistols (see Auction Report, Part 7),when I was originally researching the Stembridge Collection catalog for Little John’s Stembridge Collection Auction, one of the few pieces on my “short list”, which I considered secondary to my two top wants (the T2 and True Lies pistols) was one of the pair of Heat sidearm pistols offered, which were attributed to use by Al Pacino in the Michael Mann film. [Read more…]

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Guns & Ammo Magazine: Hollywood Handguns

There is a great article about the use of handguns in films at the Guns & Ammo Magazine website. This is one of the few pieces I’ve seen that discusses the degree to which firearms are modified for use in film, employing blank fire loads, as well as the care and expertise that goes into not only the selection of weapons but how they are modified and used on set. [Read more…]

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Update & Prices Realized – Classic Car Auction & Show: Auburn 2007

As reported last month (see article Classic Car Auction & Show: Auburn 2007), 5,000 cars were auctioned by Kruse in the 37th edition of the “World’s Largest Collector Car Auction and Show”. A few cars offered were used in film and television.

The results are now available on the Kruse.com website: LINK

Of the cars used in film and television, here are a few of the results… [Read more…]

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“Guns Magazine” Stembridge Gun Rentals Article – Circa 1998

Thanks to Brandon Alinger for sending me this article some time ago. Unfortunately, I forgot I even had it before the Little John’s Stembridge Auction, as it featured some pieces actually auctioned off back in June (notice the grips on the Payback and Titanic pistols match one of each auctioned off). This is an excellent article about Stembridge Gun Rentals written by John Fasano with incredible photos by Ichiro Nagata.

I did recently contact the writer of the article, and interestingly enough, Stembridge closed before the article was published, so it seems it must have been done right toward the end.

Here is a link to the full article: SHOOT FOR EFFECT [Read more…]