Bloodied Shirt Worn by Outlaw Clyde Barrow Fetches $85,000
A Nevada casino paid $85,000 Monday for the bullet-riddled, bloodstained shirt worn by outlaw Clyde Barrow when authorities ambushed him and his infamous girlfriend, Bonnie Parker.
The bid was more than double the original estimate by San Francisco auctioneer Butterfield & Butterfield. The price included a $10,000 fee paid to the auction house.
Barrow’s belongings from his bank-robbing days with Parker netted $187,809. More than half of the money will go to Marie Barrow, the outlaw’s only surviving sibling. She kept the belongings in a cedar chest for more than 60 years before deciding to part with them.
The light blue shirt was purchased by Whiskey Pete’s Casino in Primm, Nev., which will put it on display. The casino already owns the Ford in which Bonnie and Clyde were ambushed and killed by the Texas Rangers in 1934.
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