There were all kinds of jewelry, handbags, electronics and furniture up for auction in Edmonton on Sunday, but there was one item that really stood out.

A fully-functional replica U.S. Civil War cannon was eventually sold at the Kastner auction to an online bidder for $6,750. The replica U.S. Parrott rifle weighs 1,000 lbs. and is made of solid wood and iron. It can even fire three-inch cannon balls a distance of more than three kilometres using black powder. According to the auction house website, it’s the only one of its kind in Canada.

So who would buy such an unusual item? The president of Kastner Auctions, Sean Kastner, told CTV Edmonton on Sunday that he knew they would be able to find a buyer for the cannon because they did a little research beforehand.

“We do a market assessment on it and we figure out, will we find the right buyer?” Kastner said. “In this case, yeah definitely we’ll find the right buyer for that one.”

Tammy Gorman, a first-time auction goer, said she was actually expecting the replica rifle to fetch a higher price than the almost $7,000 it sold for.

“I expected it honestly to go higher than that,” Gorman said. “Just because it is unique and I mean, when are you going to see one like that again?”

Kastner said the original owner of the cannon didn’t attend the auction, but he lives in the Edmonton area.

“He’s definitely a decent collector and every so often you have a piece for so long, you’re like, ‘Yeah, I’ve had this for X number of time, I want to get something new,’” Kastner said.

Kastner said he suspects the rare rifle will wind up on display in a Civil War collection.

With a report from CTV Edmonton’s Jeremy Thompson