{"id":27392,"date":"2025-07-14T08:29:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T13:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/14\/the-final-firearm-of-simon-bolivar\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T08:29:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T13:29:27","slug":"the-final-firearm-of-simon-bolivar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/14\/the-final-firearm-of-simon-bolivar\/","title":{"rendered":"The Final Firearm of Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Glt-JkWP5M?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar, \u201cthe George Washington of Latin America,\u201d remains a symbol of liberty for millions worldwide. Bol\u00edvar\u2019s name has commanded record-breaking auction results, and an ornate presentation flintlock belonging to the South American revolutionary expects to draw similar excitement during Rock Island Auction Company\u2019s August 15-17 Premier Firearms Auction.<\/p>\n<p>Believed to be the final Bol\u00edvar-owned arm remaining in private hands, the piece was a gift to &#8216;El Libertador&#8217; from his North American revolutionary counterpart, the Marquis de Lafayette.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the Norman R. Blank Collection for the first time since 1962, this will mark the first time the historic firearm will be publicly offered.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us!<br \/>Email: <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb<\/a><br \/>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany<\/a><br \/>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/<\/a><br \/>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RIauction\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RIauction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar, \u201cthe George Washington of Latin America,\u201d remains a symbol of liberty for millions worldwide. Bol\u00edvar\u2019s name has commanded record-breaking auction results, and an ornate presentation flintlock belonging to the South American revolutionary expects to draw similar excitement during Rock Island Auction Company\u2019s August 15-17 Premier Firearms Auction. Believed to be the final Bol\u00edvar-owned&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/14\/the-final-firearm-of-simon-bolivar\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Final Firearm of Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":27393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}