Pancho Villa’s Guns Fetch Nearly $30,000
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Pancho Villa’s Guns Fetch Nearly $30,000
Three guns linked to outlaw Pancho Villa fetched nearly $30,000 at auction this weekend in Texas.
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(November 11, 2007)--Three guns linked to outlaw Pancho Villa sold at auction for almost $29,000 this weekend in Texas.

The auction of items tied to 1910 Mexican Revolution folk hero was held near San Antonio Saturday.

Selling for $18,000 was the prize of the auction, Villa's Remington single action revolver that is engraved with his real name, "Doreteo Arango," on one side of the barrel.

A rifle that Villa reportedly dropped in the Rio Grande during a skirmish with opposition forces sold for $7,500, and a pistol owned by Villa's bodyguard was sold for about $3,450.

Besides the guns, a sword belonging to Villa that was made in Spain sold for $7,500.
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