{"id":30282,"date":"2026-08-28T14:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T19:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/28\/augusts-world-records-remarkable-results\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T14:00:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T19:00:37","slug":"augusts-world-records-remarkable-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/28\/augusts-world-records-remarkable-results\/","title":{"rendered":"August&#8217;s World Records &#038; Remarkable Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sagESMRD6jI?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Rock Island Auction Company&#8217;s August Premier set numerous world records and realized over $23 MILLION. Bidding frenzies ensued, and of them, the Bonnie &#038; Clyde Shotgun set a new world record for the most expensive shotgun ever sold. Other world records included a a massive Holland &#038; Holland punt gun featured by @MeatEaterTV, and a rare Winchester Model 1886 cartridge display board<\/p>\n<p>This 4-minute highlight looks back at those extraordinary results along with a platinum-plated Krieghoff Luger, a 1911 pistol made of 4-billion-year-old meteorite, an Ulrich engraved Winchester, a rare WW2 German tank, and other remarkable pieces from the August auction.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 \u2014 August Premier Auction Highlights<br \/>00:05 \u2014 Ulrich Engraved Winchester Deluxe Model 1873<br \/>00:15 \u2014 Purdey 20 Gauge Over\/Under Shotgun<br \/>00:27 \u2014 Factory Engraved Silver Plated Colt Single Action Army<br \/>00:38 \u2014 World Record Punt Gun (from @MeatEaterPodcastNetwork) <br \/>00:49 \u2014 Exhibition Grade German Parlor Pistols<br \/>01:04 \u2014 Bonnie &#038; Clyde Shotgun Sets World Record<br \/>01:42 \u2014 1911 Pistol Made From Meteorite<br \/>02:04 \u2014 Platinum Luger P.08 Pistol<br \/>02:16 \u2014 Winchester 1873 One of One Thousand<br \/>02:27 \u2014 Winchester 1886 Bullet Board Sets World Record<br \/>02:43 \u2014 Rare WW2 German Panzer IV Tank<br \/>03:13 \u2014 Grifnee Engraved Holland &#038; Holland 28 Gauge Shotguns<\/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 \/>X: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RIAuction\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/x.com\/RIAuction<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#WorldRecords #AuctionResults #Firearms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rock Island Auction Company&#8217;s August Premier set numerous world records and realized over $23 MILLION. Bidding frenzies ensued, and of them, the Bonnie &#038; Clyde Shotgun set a new world record for the most expensive shotgun ever sold. Other world records included a a massive Holland &#038; Holland punt gun featured by @MeatEaterTV, and a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/28\/augusts-world-records-remarkable-results\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">August&#8217;s World Records &#038; Remarkable Results<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":30283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"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-30282","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\/30282","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=30282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}