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Old 07-01-2020, 10:59 AM
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In 2013 I bought a 357 Highway Patrolman sold at an auction held in Stockholm Sweden. The S/N was S12036X so the gun should be from the first year of production 1954. The price was right and the gun was in almost mint condition. Apparently it had not been in use for many years since the oil had dried out. I was thinking a lot about the gun's past since magnums were rather rare in Sweden in the 50's among target shooters (just about the only reason to get a permit). How did it make it here and who was the former owner.

Anyway, in December 2017 I suddenly became aware of the gun's history. The gun was confiscated in my home by the Palme Investigation Team with the only explanation that it could be the gun that was used in the assassination of Olof Palme the Swedish Prime Minister that was gunned down on the street in Stockholm in a cold February 28th. night. Two rounds were fired Palme died instantaneously from one hit in the back and his wife was very slightly wounded/skin burn from the other bullet

My gun earlier belonged to a gun collector in Täby Stockholm that passed away in 2012, he bought it in 1955. The collector was a close friend of the prime murder suspect the so called Skandia man. The theory was that the Skandia man borrowed the gun for the assassination of Olof Palme. This was the strongest theory in the now 34 year long police investigation, one of the longest police investigations in history. My gun was missed at the initial test firings of 800 357's in Stockholm county since it was registered as a 38.

The gun was immediately upon confiscation brought to the National Forensic Center. I managed to figure out that the results from the test firing and bullets comparison was available already in February 2018. I then called one of the detectives that participated during the confiscation to check the possibility for return of the gun, this was however totally fruitless. I did the same thing about every 6 months but just felt treated like a mushroom. Then last week of May 2020 I was called by the same detective and informed that my gun was going to be released to me. Simultaneously it was broadcasted that a press conference was to be held on June 10th. where the chief prosecutor / chief investigator was going to present the resolution of the Palme murder. At the 2 hour press conference it was determined that the Skandiaman was the prime suspect but since he committed suicide in year 2000 he cold not be prosecuted. My gun was most likely the gun used, however, the bullets found at the crime scene were in to bad condition to be used for comparison of test fired bullets. My gun was a zero on a scale from +4 to -4, this was regarded as strong in this context, however not strong enough to keep the gun confiscated as evidence material. Due to the above two circumstances it was thereby decided to shut down the Palme murder investigation and the Palme Investigation Group to be dissolved.

A few days later I was contacted by the newspaper Aftonbladet and Expressen, my name was evident in the now public pre-investigation documents. Told my story and provided som photographs, see attachment. It became front page news.

For the moment I got no plans selling the gun but have been contacted by a collector very much wanting it but the bid was way to low.

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in assassinations, just like the case with the Jack Ruby Colt snub. Could I be right? Also a guesstimated value would be very interesting.

I complained once at the very beginning to the detective by saying you confiscated the crown jewel in my collection. He just responded, that gun may really become the crown jewel, or at least something to tell the grand children about. Well, who knows...

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I have no doubt you are right - there are even people who collect the same *model* of gun as used in famous assassinations.

You can either sell this one for a lot of money, or start making a long list of other guns you must now buy.

Sad to say, this may make you a target for thieves. It may be best to move it on.
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Nice story and thanks for sharing. I remember the incident as reported on the evening news at the time.
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Wow, that's quite a history for your example.

So if I were to somehow LEGALLY export my two 6" HIGHWAY PATROLMAN examples to Sweden in the near future would they now be worth a small fortune?

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Thank you sir for sharing the story and photos your Highway Patrolman.
I have one very close to your's in the same configuration. Here's mine - Serial number N 120632.
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Old 07-01-2020, 02:17 PM
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Very unique piece, there. Thanks for sharing.
If it were mine, it would go into a safe deposit box, then I'd find the Barrett-Jackson equivalent of a gun auction and let 'er go. Think of all the nice Mod 27's or such you could have for what that might bring.
Else you'd have to turn that into a starter for a ghoul collection.
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Great story. Congrats on getting the gun back from the police. That can be very tough indeed even if it's not the gun associated with a crime. Many agencies have a hard time returning guns
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Wow - familiar with the winding story of the Plame crime and the significance of the .357, but to find the potential owner sharing the story? Amazing!

Appreciate you sharing the story and for your unintended role in history. Great ending to the story - both the return and your good humor. I wish you well!
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Great story and provenance to accompany your revolver...

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If the gun had remained in use, it is likely that it's internal ballistic markings would have changed over the years where it could no longer be matched to bullets fired from the same gun years earlier.

A very interesting story. Thank you for sharing it.
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Reuters: Thank you for posting your story. I have often thought about trying to obtain a "crime used" gun to go along with my document Police issue Smith & Wessons. However, documented crime guns seem relatively scarce as they are frequently held in evidence boxes at police headquarters. Even when police auctions are held where confiscated guns are sold, there is seldom any historical info availailable.

All of this is to say that I agree with an earlire post suggesting putting the gun in a well publicized auction. It would seem that this approach could yield the highest price. I admit that I am a little surprised that the newspaper articles did not result in interested parties tracking you down.
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Great story! We have a saying around here that one should “buy the gun, not the story” but with the police evidence history for provenance, that truism goes right out the window. You must decide for yourself whether you want to remain its guardian for a while or if someone else should. But if you do decide to sell it, a major auction house that specializes in such things would be the way to go. Even with the cost of your auction fees, the broader buying pool is all but guaranteed to bring you a better return, and all you need is two determined bidders with “deep pockets” to bid against each other and you win!

Meanwhile, congratulations on a very interesting find and I hope you will get to truly enjoy it regardless of what you decide.

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All of this is to say that I agree with an earlire post suggesting putting the gun in a well publicized auction. It would seem that this approach could yield the highest price. I admit that I am a little surprised that the newspaper articles did not result in interested parties tracking you down.
I agree with these thoughts. After all, it is not like it has history in your family. I would imagine you could sell it and then buy one exactly like it, without the criminal history, and still pocket a very nice profit.
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I agree with these thoughts. After all, it is not like it has history in your family. I would imagine you could sell it and then buy one exactly like it, without the criminal history, and still pocket a very nice profit.
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Your name is already out there as the owner and a couple of years will allow the serious buyers a chance to stew on it and then make a big offer in an effort to woo you into selling it.

At the moment I wouldn't even pretend to be thinking about selling it. Let them think you are going to hold onto it awhile and they'll worry about some anonymous remaining person sniping it out from underneath them without their knowledge.

Anonymous buyers scare collectors more than anything as the possibility of the trail going cold again will give them fits and nightmares.

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...My gun was missed at the initial test firings of 800 357's in Stockholm county since it was registered as a 38...

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Very fun story. BUT I have to ask, since the .38 S&W Special and the .357 Magnum use the exact same bullets and any .38 S&W Special cartridge can be chambered and fired from a .357 Magnum revolver, why did the investigators not test fire BOTH .38 S&W Special and .357 Magnum revolvers? It seems odd to me.

Anyway, thanks for sharing - interesting story and nice looking revolver.
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Very fun story. BUT I have to ask, since the .38 S&W Special and the .357 Magnum use the exact same bullets and any .38 S&W Special cartridge can be chambered and fired from a .357 Magnum revolver, why did the investigators not test fire BOTH .38 S&W Special and .357 Magnum revolvers? It seems odd to me.

Anyway, thanks for sharing - interesting story and nice looking revolver.
Thanks and indeed a good question sir.

I have been thinking the same. On Swedish TV it was even demonstrated that a 357 cartridge was bullet pulled and reloaded in a 38 case with primer and powder from the pulled 357 ctg., it was also demonstrated that a 38 cylinder was "garage drilled" out to accept a 357 cartridge. Both these modifications were also test fired to demonstrate to work.

The bullets retrieved at the crime scene were from WW 357 Magnum luballoy Metal Piercing, a very odd bullet design with a hard jacket at the tip but just soft lead exposed at the bearing side surface. A lead isotope analyzis was made where the actual ammo batch from the manufacturer was determined. I understand that this type of ammo is since long discontinued and doubt that this bullet was ever loaded into 38 Spl. cartridges. Due to the above circumstances the investigators focused on 357 Magnum.

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I have no doubt you are right - there are even people who collect the same *model* of gun as used in famous assassinations.

You can either sell this one for a lot of money, or start making a long list of other guns you must now buy.

Sad to say, this may make you a target for thieves. It may be best to move it on.
Thank you sir. Appreciate your advices, the thieves aspect I never considered but you really got a point there.
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Nice story and thanks for sharing. I remember the incident as reported on the evening news at the time.
Thank you sir. Yes I also remembered it very well, a friend called at night I think it was a Friday to tell me and I just thought that he had a few more drinks then he needed.
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Wow, that's quite a history for your example.

So if I were to somehow LEGALLY export my two 6" HIGHWAY PATROLMAN examples to Sweden in the near future would they now be worth a small fortune?

Gotta strike while the iron is hot.
No unfortunaley not the HP's are in general less expensive over here than in US, the dollar is so strong against ur currency. On top of this it's a difficult process to obtain a permit, so the market is not so good. Happy to hear that you liked my story.
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Thank you sir for sharing the story and photos your Highway Patrolman.
I have one very close to your's in the same configuration. Here's mine - Serial number N 120632.
Thank you sir for sharing the picture of your HP, looks very much like mine and appears to be in extremely good condition.
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Very unique piece, there. Thanks for sharing.
If it were mine, it would go into a safe deposit box, then I'd find the Barrett-Jackson equivalent of a gun auction and let 'er go. Think of all the nice Mod 27's or such you could have for what that might bring.
Else you'd have to turn that into a starter for a ghoul collection.
Thank you sir, appreciate the advice and the recommendation of the Auction. Have not decided yet what to do, but I'm not starting a ghoul collection
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Sounds like a story for Mikael Blomkvist at Millennium Magazine~
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Then last week of May 2020 I was called by the same detective and informed that my gun was going to be released to me.
Are your pictures from before they confiscated the gun for testing or after they returned it to you? If after they returned, it seems like they really handled it with care. When your story started, I was wondering if your story would end in the investigators returning you a beat up gun. Great story.
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Great story. Congrats on getting the gun back from the police. That can be very tough indeed even if it's not the gun associated with a crime. Many agencies have a hard time returning guns
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Wow - familiar with the winding story of the Plame crime and the significance of the .357, but to find the potential owner sharing the story? Amazing!

Appreciate you sharing the story and for your unintended role in history. Great ending to the story - both the return and your good humor. I wish you well!
Thanks sir for your very nice reply. Yes it's a small world, here I am happening to unintentionally be the owner of the most (in)famous revolver ever heard of in Sweden, sharing this story with all the good old gentlemen on the S&W Forum. I'm happy to be a member among all this good people. Too bad only that I live in such an anti gun country where a lot of people view gun collectors as gun nuts.
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If the gun had remained in use, it is likely that it's internal ballistic markings would have changed over the years where it could no longer be matched to bullets fired from the same gun years earlier.

A very interesting story. Thank you for sharing it.
You are perfectly right here sir. This was also considered at the police/chief attorney press release, extensive firing could have smoothed out the tool marks of the rifling. However my gun was fired very limited, just a very slight drag mark on the cylinder and the ejector rod showed no bluing wear. The oil was so dried out that the cylinder could not be spinned. My estimate was that it was not fired for decades. Glad to hear that you liked the story.
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Reuters: Thank you for posting your story. I have often thought about trying to obtain a "crime used" gun to go along with my document Police issue Smith & Wessons. However, documented crime guns seem relatively scarce as they are frequently held in evidence boxes at police headquarters. Even when police auctions are held where confiscated guns are sold, there is seldom any historical info available.

All of this is to say that I agree with an earlier post suggesting putting the gun in a well publicized auction. It would seem that this approach could yield the highest price. I admit that I am a little surprised that the newspaper articles did not result in interested parties tracking you down.
Crimed used guns are indeed scarce over here too. The only reason that I got it back was that it could not be determined with enough margin that this was the gun even if the investigators were pretty certain about it, this also led to the shutting down of the investigation.Will consider your idea about auction, I'm terrible at making business, so for the moment I just keep a low profile and watch my radar screen. Thank sir for reading the story.
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Great story! We have a saying around here that one should “buy the gun, not the story” but with the police evidence history for provenance, that truism goes right out the window. You must decide for yourself whether you want to remain its guardian for a while or if someone else should. But if you do decide to sell it, a major auction house that specializes in such things would be the way to go. Even with the cost of your auction fees, the broader buying pool is all but guaranteed to bring you a better return, and all you need is two determined bidders with “deep pockets” to bid against each other and you win!

Meanwhile, congratulations on a very interesting find and I hope you will get to truly enjoy it regardless of what you decide.

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Thanks sir for enjoying the story of my gun adventure. The auction firms are definitely an option. However as I earlier said in on reply, for the moment I just keep a low profile, watching the radar screen and waiting for a person with deep pockets. I like the gun a lot and as we say over here it's not eating any bread from me if kept.
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I agree with these thoughts. After all, it is not like it has history in your family. I would imagine you could sell it and then buy one exactly like it, without the criminal history, and still pocket a very nice profit.

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Thanks sir. Good point, it's in fact the gun I like more than the history. I very much like all older N-frames, can not tell why but I especially like the HP/ M28 with the dull finish and lack of whistles and bells.
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If it were mine I would place it in a reputable bank's safety deposit box and set on it a few years.

Your name is already out there as the owner and a couple of years will allow the serious buyers a chance to stew on it and then make a big offer in an effort to woo you into selling it.

At the moment I wouldn't even pretend to be thinking about selling it. Let them think you are going to hold onto it awhile and they'll worry about some anonymous remaining person sniping it out from underneath them without their knowledge.

Anonymous buyers scare collectors more than anything as the possibility of the trail going cold again will give them fits and nightmares.

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Thanks sir, I really appreciate your thoughts and suggestions. I understand that you are experienced in this business. This suits me just fine since I'm a bit lazy. Business I regard as love, too eager and you are blowing it, sorry just me sense of humor. For the moment I just keep a low profile and let it sit in the safe, watching the radar screen for incoming potential customer. Thanks again sir very good pice of advice you provided.
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Very interesting story and a nice piece!
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Thanks sir, I really appreciate your thoughts and suggestions. I understand that you are experienced in this business. This suits me just fine since I'm a bit lazy. Business I regard as love, too eager and you are blowing it, sorry just me sense of humor. For the moment I just keep a low profile and let it sit in the safe, watching the radar screen for incoming potential customer. Thanks again sir very good pice of advice you provided.
Unfortunately if your name is now publicly associated with this revolver anyone that can read will know who owns it. It isn't rocket science locating someone's personal info/address on the internet nowadays.

It truly has a prominent place in Sweden's history, no matter how morbid and dark it may be to many people. I guess were I am going with this is by "let it sit in the safe" I hope you mean a reputable bank's highly secure safety deposit box and not a typical personal safe/gun safe in your home.

And don't forget about properly insuring it for the amount you or any professional appraisers there in Sweden may feel it is now worth. (It would probably be a very good idea to have it professionally appraised by more than one elite level appraiser there for documentation purposes...…...just be sure it never leaves your control when doing so.)

If you truly want to get top dollar when selling it you may want to contact a reputable auction house that has the ability to properly promote the upcoming sale on an international level amongst deep pocket gun collectors. Just because it was used in Sweden for the murder doesn't necessarily mean it will command the most money from a Swedish citizen. You can always set the reserve or minimum sales price at a level you want and if it does not meet that at auction then you can continue setting on it.

Something tells me you are going to do much better than your initial SEK 4,400 ($472 USD) initial investment.

Best of luck and thanks for sharing the history with us.

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Thanks glad to hear that you enjoyed it sir.
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Unfortunately if your name is now publicly associated with this revolver anyone that can read will know who owns it. It isn't rocket science locating someone's personal info/address on the internet nowadays.

It truly has a prominent place in Sweden's history, no matter how morbid and dark it may be to many people. I guess were I am going with this is by "let it sit in the safe" I hope you mean a reputable bank's highly secure safety deposit box and not a typical personal safe/gun safe in your home.

And don't forget about properly insuring it for the amount you or any professional appraisers there in Sweden may feel it is now worth. (It would probably be a very good idea to have it professionally appraised by more than one elite level appraiser there for documentation purposes...…...just be sure it never leaves your control when doing so.)

If you truly want to get top dollar when selling it you may want to contact a reputable auction house that has the ability to properly promote the upcoming sale on an international level amongst deep pocket gun collectors. Just because it was used in Sweden for the murder doesn't necessarily mean it will command the most money from a Swedish citizen. You can always set the reserve or minimum sales price at a level you want and if it does not meet that at auction then you can continue setting on it.

Something tells me you are going to do much better than your initial SEK 4,400 ($472 USD) initial investment.

Best of luck and thanks for sharing the history with us.

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Thanks Dale good thoughts and I will reallykeep them in mind, appreciate that you gave me a lot of good input and strategics. BTW I was already offered 3 times my price, however, no way I let her go fot that, Expect something muuuch better. I'll keep you posted if something comes up meanwhile I keep my ear to the ground.
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Thanks Dale good thoughts and I will reallykeep them in mind, appreciate that you gave me a lot of good input and strategics. BTW I was already offered 3 times my price, however, no way I let her go fot that, Expect something muuuch better. I'll keep you posted if something comes up meanwhile I keep my ear to the ground.

I would expect something many many many times more than 3 times what you paid for it.

Many many times. In fact it may not be easy to comprehend just how much it will truly bring until advertised properly for public international auction.

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Very fun story. BUT I have to ask, since the .38 S&W Special and the .357 Magnum use the exact same bullets and any .38 S&W Special cartridge can be chambered and fired from a .357 Magnum revolver, why did the investigators not test fire BOTH .38 S&W Special and .357 Magnum revolvers? It seems odd to me.

Anyway, thanks for sharing - interesting story and nice looking revolver.
I think because they were looking for a .357 magnum, and so they only looked at revolvers registered As .357mag in their files.
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Wow. Very interesting story. I love Highway Patrolmen. I have a pre-28 from 1954-55 S/N S114XXX that I just love. It's not as pretty as the ones posted in this thread, but it has 'lots of character (in my opinion). Although I would buy a pre-28 any day (whatever its history), just to buy it because it was in an assassination I think is eerie.

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Are your pictures from before they confiscated the gun for testing or after they returned it to you? If after they returned, it seems like they really handled it with care. When your story started, I was wondering if your story would end in the investigators returning you a beat up gun. Great story.
The pictures are from after the confiscation. The gun now got a couple of tiny scratches on the side of the barrel, perhaps from bouncing into the sides of the window to the test chamber upon firing, also some dents at the bottom of the stocks. And a slightly bent ejector rod, probably due to slamming the cylinder shut, a practice only applied by incompetent gun handlers. At one position the cylinder face now slightly rubs against the barrel. It was also very fouled, many patches of Hoppes #9 until not green any longer, all chambers fouled too. So extensively test fired. Thanks for liking the story
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I remember my shock and disbelief when I heard the news about the Palme assassination. It astonished me that a national leader could be murdered in a close encounter on a public street with no protective detail around him while he was out for an evening with his wife -- the whole thing just challenged my notions of the limits of the credible and the possible. In my perception of the last several decades, close-up assassins are usually apprehended immediately, though long-gun assassins may escape for a period of time -- or maybe even entirely. The fact that the perpetrator in this case walked up to Palme, shot him at close range, fired also at his wife (but without seriously injuring her), and then melted away into the night in seconds just seemed totally incredible.

For those who are interested, Stieg Larsson did indeed look into the Palme murder before his death, and his notes came into the possession of journalist Jan Stocklassa, who two years ago published a long study of the murder. The English version is called "The Man Who Played with Fire," and it is available on Amazon. The Kindle (e-book) version is dirt cheap. I actually have it waiting on my reader right now. I learned of it last weekend and bought it on the off chance I might be able to squeeze it into my reading list. With this extremely interesting post from forum member reuters, I'm pretty sure I will read Stocklassa's book at this point, but I won't know if I consider it credible until I am fairly far into it.

An American print reviewer described Stocklassa's book as "creative nonfiction," which I optimistically take to mean "fiction-like in its narrative characteristics, but absolutely true to known facts." There will probably be room to argue about how known the facts really are and whether they are correctly interpreted, but that always happens.

The question of the possible value of this revolver was raised but only generally addressed. I would not myself be a buyer at any price because I have no interest in owning murder weapons. My guess is that a few collectors might be interested in acquiring it for a price in the low five figures (US dollars), but much above that and I suspect interest would decline. But all it takes to drive the price to significantly higher levels is two deep-pockets collectors going face-to-face with each other at an auction.
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The question of the possible value of this revolver was raised but only generally addressed. I would not myself be a buyer at any price because I have no interest in owning murder weapons. My guess is that a few collectors might be interested in acquiring it for a price in the low five figures (US dollars), but much above that and I suspect interest would decline. But all it takes to drive the price to significantly higher levels is two deep-pockets collectors going face-to-face with each other at an auction.
Stieg Larsson (now deceased) was the author of a series of three murder-mystery books which I have read, beginning with "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo". The book was made into a movie both in Sweden and in the USA. I have seen both and each has its merits. The following two books were also made into films in Sweden but I have not seen them.

The Palme murder was referenced in the first book. It's been quite a few years since I've read it but the firearm used was described as "a cowboy gun" and the ammunition had "gold tipped explosive bullets" or some such. I guess to someone who doesn't know anything about guns, any revolver looks like a cowboy gun and gold tipped ammunition sounds sinister. Somewhat comical really.

Still, pimping the connection to "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" books could be a way of making the gun more desirable to some buyers.
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