Lot 433

The Brucker Collection

Von Dutch - Modified Air Machine Gun

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$1,725 USD | Sold

United States | United States

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Serial no. 13-413, specification no. 24872, a mounted air machine gun originally manufactured by MacGlashan Air Machine Gun Company of Long Beach, CA, Trainer Aerial Gunnery, Type E-13, with sight, engraved �Modified by Von Dutch�. It is said to have been modified in order to solve a large bat problem at the Brucker warehouse. The air machine gun was fixed to an electric eye that would trigger the gun to shoot at a small whole in the roof from which the bats would enter, legend has it that the gun shot down 26 bats in the first night of use. This gun was subsequently modified and used by Von Dutch on a variety of occasions.