Wild west sharpshooter's Parker Brothers shotgun and Stetson hat are part of memorabilia auction by great-grandnieces
A shotgun that once belonged to the western sharpshooter and entertainer Annie Oakley has sold for more than $143,000 (£92,000) at an auction in Dallas.
About 100 of her items were sold including several guns, her Stetson hat, photographs and letters. Oakley's great-grandnieces put up the items, which they had inherited them from their mother, Billie Butler Serene, who died in 2009.
Oakley became famous for her marksmanship while traveling in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. She died in 1926 at the age of 66.
Oakley's Parker Brothers 12-gauge shotgun garnered the highest price, $143,400. Tom Slater, the auction's director, would not identify the gun's buyer but said he was a private collector of Oakley and Buffalo Bill items and had purchased a number of Sunday's auction pieces.
"Annie Oakley was arguably America's first female superstar, touring the US and the world in the late 1800s and early 20th century and demonstrating her legendary wild west sharpshooting skills," Slater said.
One of the descendants, Terrye Holcomb, said the auction's success left her with a positive feeling but "there's a little bit of melancholy and sadness that goes with it."
The items had been passed down through generations. Holcomb remembered shooting the guns for target practice on Sunday mornings in California's Santa Monica Mountains and wearing Oakley's Stetson hat for Halloween. It sold at the auction for $17,925.
Also sold were two Marlin .22 calibre rifles – one for $71,700, the other for $83,650.