The Feeder Feed: Singing Bird Pistols

Posted on 18 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Combining favorite things.

This isn’t at the Feeder as much as it is at Christie’s auction block.

Singing Bird Pistols.

Ingenious. Man can be so clever.

They sold for $5.8 million.

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10 Responses to The Feeder Feed: Singing Bird Pistols

  1. Random Friar says:
    18 March 2012 at 11:23 AM

    More than tuppence a bag, indeed!

    That is an absolutely amazing work of art.

  2. acardnal says:
    18 March 2012 at 11:37 AM

    And no cost for bird seed either!

  3. Fr Martin Fox says:
    18 March 2012 at 12:14 PM

    My first thought was, they were intended to shoot singing birds…and I thought, ‘But Father, but Father!”

    Then while watching the video, I thought, “oh, Father Michael Pfleger of Chicago won’t like this!”

  4. ContraMundum says:
    18 March 2012 at 12:44 PM

    Only pair to survive? That’s not surprising. I wouldn’t think much of the survival rate of the owners, either, depending on when and how they pulled these things out.

  5. AnAmericanMother says:
    18 March 2012 at 12:46 PM

    ContraMundum,
    I was just thinking — how embarrassing to take these to one of those dawn affairs of honor by mistake . . .
    At least it’s classier than pulling the trigger and having a flag pop out that reads “Bang!”
    What ingenuity put to such a trivial purpose!

  6. ContraMundum says:
    18 March 2012 at 1:50 PM

    In a real duel, I think they would both use the weapons from the same box (not that these are really suitable). However … the seconds might take ill to making a mockery of an affair of honor, and *their* weapons would presumably be real.

    Perhaps a more likely problem would be for someone to unexpectedly produce what looks like a fancy derringer and get plugged by a more serious onlooker.

  7. AnAmericanMother says:
    18 March 2012 at 5:47 PM

    Rules for a Gunfight:

    1. Don’t bring a “singing bird pistol” to a gunfight!

  8. Rich says:
    18 March 2012 at 10:16 PM

    It may be true that old Mrs. Fancybottom likes to take out those songbirds with her Singing Bird Pistols. I have a much less expensive alternative: a Daisy BB gun.

  9. K_Suzanne says:
    19 March 2012 at 12:16 AM

    Is there any way to track down the music? It’s delightful! I would like to find it so I can play it. :)

  10. irishgirl says:
    19 March 2012 at 10:11 AM

    Couldn’t see the video; all I see is a blank (and black) screen.
    @ An American Mother: “Don’t bring a ‘singing bird’ pistol to a gunfight.” Ha! I love it!

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