Flintlock Sets World Auction Record for Louis XIII Piece
A 17th century flintlock made for Louis XIII sold at Sotheby's in London for a world record $300,000. The piece, a French fowling gun, was bought by London dealer Frank Partridge.
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1972
Page
8
A 17th century flintlock made for Louis XIII sold at Sotheby's in London for a world record $300,000. The piece, a French fowling gun, was bought by London dealer Frank Partridge.
A 19 year old girl Barbara Slack was convicted Monday of disorderly conduct for August demonstrations at the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. She was not sentenced but ordered to report back in three months. Andrew Berman was not charged with fitting offenses after a sit in. State attorney’s office dropped charges for many other demonstrators and closed records on the mass arrests.
Thanksgiving 1972 featured parades in New York Philadelphia and Detroit with television coverage nationwide. A Donald Duck balloon in New York burst its trunk wrist injuring a handler while officials noted the balloon’s retirement. President Nixon watched football as troops in Vietnam dined on canned turkey.
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