Robby Wilson Collection Auction

Peter_Suciu

Peter_Suciu

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Anyone bidding on anything on the Robby Wilson collection this week? There are a couple of (non-Imperial German) items that interest me.
 
I am saving my breath for thise one; (lol!!!)
http://www.europe1.fr/Insolite/Qui-veut-s-offrir-une-guillotine-1923415/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
 
stuka f said:
I am saving my breath for thise one; (lol!!!)
http://www.europe1.fr/Insolite/Qui-veut-s-offrir-une-guillotine-1923415/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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OOOOH! if I had 60 thousand Euros, it would sell for more than the estimate:) That would be cool in the living room, it could double as a coffee table and hat rack.
 
Doctor Guillotine meant well, his killing machine was part of the Enlightenment, a quick efficient death and a tribute to the Scientific Revolution. There is quite a bit of physics involved here. Death by this machine was much cleaner than strangulation by rope or having one's head hacked off with an ax or sword by some bumbling executioner. Really, it is a superbe design, relatively simple in construction, efficient and very environmentally friendly. There are no chemicals involved to pollute, no electrical energy costs. The only problem and this is the result of modern mind set is....the spurting blood and perhaps a bit of flopping around or twitching from the body. Paying someone to mop up afterward could be a bit sticky but every prison has a cleaning staff. I am certain that they would appreciate and even compete for a little extra "clean up cash". Just my humble observations here......
 
b.loree said:
Doctor Guillotine meant well, his killing machine was part of the Enlightenment, a quick efficient death and a tribute to the Scientific Revolution. There is quite a bit of physics involved here. Death by this machine was much cleaner than strangulation by rope or having one's head hacked off with an ax or sword by some bumbling executioner. Really, it is a superbe design, relatively simple in construction, efficient and very environmentally friendly. There are no chemicals involved to pollute, no electrical energy costs. The only problem and this is the result of modern mind set is....the spurting blood and perhaps a bit of flopping around or twitching from the body. Paying someone to mop up afterward could be a bit sticky but every prison has a cleaning staff. I am certain that they would appreciate and even compete for a little extra "clean up cash". Just my humble observations here......
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At the last minute, the auctioneers stated that it is a repro (?) and significantly reduced the starting price, but the guillotine did not sell...
Brian, the name of the inventive doctor was in fact Guillotin (Ernest-Ignace Guillotin).
 
911car said:
At the last minute, the auctioneers stated that it is a repro (?) and significantly reduced the starting price, but the guillotine did not sell...
Brian, the name of the inventive doctor was in fact Guillotin (Ernest-Ignace Guillotin).
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Well, as a reproduction, they would be hard pressed to get much more than a couple hundred Euro from me, and that is if they shipped it for free.
 
Thank you Bruno for the correct name and spelling. It would be interesting to research as to when the French adopted the guillotine...was it adopted before or during the Revolution? Robespierre and his fellow Jacobins certainly made good use of it during the "Terror". One might also think that the efficiency and quickness of the machine added to the numbers executed...line them up march them up the steps, head down... bang! Very tiring wielding an ax all day, the only energy required with the machine is to pull the blade back up into position.
 
b.loree said:
Thank you Bruno for the correct name and spelling. It would be interesting to research as to when the French adopted the guillotine...was it adopted before or during the Revolution? Robespierre and his fellow Jacobins certainly made good use of it during the "Terror". One might also think that the efficiency and quickness of the machine added to the numbers executed...line them up march them up the steps, head down... bang! Very tiring wielding an ax all day, the only energy required with the machine is to pull the blade back up into position.
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In fact, Brian, Guillotin only proposed, in 1789, the use of this machine that had been invented by others. He defended the guillotine as a more humane killing method, as compared to the sword used before for beheading people. The first execution using the guillotine occurred in Paris in 1792, and the machine was then proficiently used during the French Revolution, as everybody knows.
But do not forget that guillotine beheading remained the principal method used till death penalty was abolished in France in 1981. The guillotine was last used in Paris in 1977, not so long ago...
 
Yes, I hope the operators viewed their 'blood-borne pathogens' and 'safe clean-up of bodily fluids' programs! (we have to watch them every year for my job, and in the military too I believe). However, I think Wisconsin stopped beheading students somewhere in the 1960's.

:D Ron
 
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