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dialmp
Dis-assembly for Makarov or Chinese variant----
lead me to a website??

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  • dialmp
    Does anyone know where I can purchase a decent Makarov? I have seen them on the auction sites but did find a distributor that sold them for $99 and a price break if you bought more than 2. Unfortunatley they sold out and don't expect anymore in the near future. I guess I should have bought one when I had the chance. I even went to the Makarov.com site and the place they referred is out as well.

    Thanks.

    Jeff
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  • rufe-snow
    Unless you have some very rare variations, ( China, East German, plated Russian etc ) that a collector would buy the whole collection for? IMHO it would be best to sell them off individually on the auction.

    Money wise, times are rough now for lots of folks. Trying to sell a collection as a entity will mostly attract dealers who are only going to offer you .50 cents on their estimated retail dollar for it. My 2?.
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  • beantownshootah
    First of all, the topic of this post "Makarov" has nothing to do with your question.

    If you want knowledgeable responses, I'd suggest you edit the title topic from "Makarov" to "Selling gun collection question", which is something that you (dialmp) the original poster can do.

    To answer the question, it depends a little bit on the nature of the collection and how badly you want to get the guns full value in sale.

    In a nutshell, lumping all the guns together and selling them at a lot to one buyer is probably going to net you a good bit LESS than the total combined true market value of the guns. You'll probably take a pretty big hit there. You might get more hurt if the collection contains rare or desirable collectors guns and you aren't aware of their true value.

    I'd suggest that unless you desperately need money NOW, that you instead try to sell them piece by piece.

    If its only a few pieces and they aren't particularly "special", you might be able to put them on consignment at a local gun store, offer attractive prices, and they'll probably all sell quickly. For a fee the gunstore will handle all the transfers, etc.

    You can list them all simultaneously on Gunbroker starting at one cent (ie true auctions) and they WILL all sell in a fixed period of time, though you or your FFL will have to deal with receiving payments and FFLs from the individual buyers and carting them off piece by piece. If you do it this way, try to negotiate a good rate with the FFL.

    You can always put the entire collection up for auction at an auction house that sells guns. This *will* sell all the guns, though the auction house will charge you for the service and depending on where/when the auction takes place you may If its a collection selling an entire collection at one time.
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  • gary wray
    dialmp......as you are learning, the market today is not too good to be selling (great to be a buyer, however) unless you have some rare and collector desirable items...and unless you have a Makarov from a Russian General or such, there is not, IMHO, much value in them. Selling them all at an auction is not really a good idea as you usually don't get near their real value by the time you pay the auction house their take. I had a friend years ago who needed money really bad and wanted to sell his Colt Collection. We advised him not to do it as he would get skinned selling them (and he had some nice ones)all at once. He didn't listen, had the auction, not many folks showed up (except his friends, like me) and he ended up giving the guns, literally, away for pennies on the dollar. I, for example, bought seven of his NIB .22 Colt's for $150 apiece! Got his NIB #5 General Meade for $400! Matching .22/45 set for $500! Halfway during the auction he came to me almost crying and I refused to tell him "I told you so." So, the moral is, if you are going to sell them, do it one by one, preferable on this GB auction as you will maximize your return. Selling them all at once is a crapshoot and you are almost always the loser. Good luck on whatever you do!
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  • mark christian
    In today's economy if you list everything in one big lot all you will get will be low ball bids from dealers, just as rufe-snow said. Dealers won't bid much because they will be looking at resale and once the lot is purchased cheaply they will break it down to individual guns and sell them off piece by piece. A buyer/collector interested in Gun #1 (worth say $300) won't spend $2,000 to buy a large lot just to get that single gun. Depending on what it is that you actually want to sell, you will be better off listing them individually.
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  • jonk
    Selling handguns can get dicey. Unless you have an FFL, you are limited to shipping them UPS or FEDEX overnight, which can cost big bucks- up to $50 easily. Most buyers won't want to pick up that steep a shipping cost, or will lowball their bids to reflect it.

    On a Makarov that only runs $250 or so, that means you're getting cut out of $50 of the final selling price by bidders low balling the price.

    The other option is to use a transfer dealer. My local guy will do it for $20. He then can mail it through the US post as a dealer, which costs another $12. So that's the better option by far. But line it up before you list anything.
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  • Bamavol
    Get a table at a big gun show. If you get your price, good if not take them home.
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  • Fatstrat
    Find a gunshop that will sell on consignment. Most charge 10-15%. For example @ 10%. Your gun is worth $200. You ask $200. It sells, you get $180. Ask your (fair) price and leave it there until it sells. And if the price is fair, it WILL eventually sell. Gunshop takes care of legal paperwork. But you then eat the percentage he charges. But it's better that getting 50% of value from a gunshow vendor.
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