Short Takes : Sale of Pistols Sets Record

Two gold-inlaid pistols, one of them the mate to a gun given to the czar of Russia more than a century ago, were sold for a record $352,000, an auction house said.

The 1851-model pistols, made as show pieces at the Hartford, Conn., factory of gunmaker Samuel Colt, were purchased Saturday by an anonymous London dealer, said Roberta Maneker, a spokeswoman for Christie’s auction house. They were sold by a British collector, who also did not want his name disclosed.