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Old 08-25-2008, 06:54 AM   #1 (permalink)
THGL
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One Heck of a Birthday Gift

I've been sitting on this info for a couple of weeks (I had to promise I wouldn't tell anyone until the 25th).
Here is a birthday gift to Jerry Bruckheimer from his wife.




Antique (not a repro) Colt .45, fully engraved and gold-plated with carved ivory grips. Custom hand-carved leather holster & belt (both deer-skin lined) complete with gold-plated buckle and bullets.
My father did the belt & holster, so that's how I know about this. My father got to put his hands on the gun and said that the engraving is the nicest he's even seen. We estimate the whole deal is in the neighborhood of $25k (the pistol had an antique value of ~$4k before it was ruined...er, I mean engraved and plated.
It's the most pimptastic birthday gift I've even seen!
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