https://bearingarms.com/cam-e/2019/10/29/musket-fired-first-shot-bunker-hill-sold-auction/
What would you give to own this piece of history? How about $492,000? That's how much an anonymous buyer paid at a recent auction for the rifle that was in the hands of Private John Simpson on June 17th, 1775 when he ignored an order to hold fire until he and his fellow militiamen saw the white of the eyes of British troops marching up Breed's Hill. The .79 caliber gun had been passed down from Simpson to his son, and remained in the family for nearly 250 years before going up for sale.
The auction page: https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/morphy-auctions-sells-gun-that-fired-first-shot-at-bunker-hill-for-492000/
Many more photos (close up's too) at this page: https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/_A__IMPORTANT_AND_HISTORIC_DOCUMENTED_DUTCH_FLINTL-LOT467105.aspx
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Yup, and a bunch of us got to handle it at NRAAM last year!
That kind of bidding action is a good sign that we still have a lot of patriots in our country who understand what it means.