Farm and Estate Auctions
Are there ever deals there or do firearms bring fair market prices or better. I've never gone to auctions to look at guns, but I know with tools, a good auction can bring top dollars. Heck, I've seen Craftsman wrenches bring new price. Waterloo tool boxes are never cheap.
Just curious if the same holds true for firearms or can deals be found.
Just curious if the same holds true for firearms or can deals be found.
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i guess that depends on the firearms available. most people know S&W or Winchester so you might end up running a higher bid than expected, but sometimes you can find a good buy and get it fairly resaonable.
Years ago, I went to an auction and found a 1928 Victrola. I had $1500 in my pocket and gave an opening bid of $100. I got into a bidding war with a guy and he took it for $1750. I knew it was going up for auction and looked up the value for it before we went. At the time it was $800, guy got it for double the value.
if you can find out what is going up, ie: items list, you can plan ahead. most auction companies publish a list before to drum up interest. check out the papers and auctionhouse lists.0 -
I don't go any more, I got tired of bidding against the owner or the auctioneer. 0 -
I've always seen a partial list of items for sale beforehand, but I usually don't stay around long enough to see the guns go up for bid. Around here, they seem to sell the stuff in the house last and by that time I'm bored and it's mostly women around begging their husbands to bid on another china cabinet. 0 -
After 2 estate auctions/sales, the wife and I quit going. Merchandise way over priced. Never checked out any guns in an estate auction or sale; but, I'm sure they would be overpriced, also. I saw items priced at 5X the selling price on eBay for the exact same item.
Waste of time.0 -
The auctions I have been to made me want to grab the entire store and have an auction myself.....no lie!!! Glocks going for nearly $600...nice shotguns AT LEAST $100 over what you can buy them for.
I think a little of what the deal is that auctions are typically done because of a major loss of some kind.....someone dying or finacial ruin. Everyone close to the people do what they can "to help" by giving a chunk of money to the auction....not realizing that it is a lost cause by that point and they should just let the items go for market value and donate to whatever needs they see fit.0 -
...Auctions with guns usually attract enough informed "gun people" that bargains are few and far between. The exceptions can be the ones with only a couple plain jane .22s, that the dealers aren't going to attend.
...You never can tell, though. Last year, I went to an auction with 150+ guns. There were two small frame Llamas that I was interested in. They were both like new. I ran the .22 up to $190 and got it. When the .380 came up, a buddy and I both thought the other was bidding, so we both backed off. The thing went for $110. The guy that got the .380 got a heck of a deal.
...At the same estate auction, there were Jennings and Ravens going for $100 and up, so go figure.0 -
The trick from the auction side is don't overload the guns.3-4 tops and they'lle bring more money than smart folks have brains.The same holds true for silver dollars 1/2 a dozen that are worth only silver content will bring 2-3 times that.The key is not to overload. 0 -
Around here deals are hard to get at auction, since the city people
(antique stores) come down and buy it by the van/truck load.
Guns go plum crazy. Do have a buddy that bought some kind of old
beaver tail rolling block at auction for like $46., and sold it for
like $18,000. though.0 -
a couple of years ago i was the only one left bidding at the end of a farm auction in illinois no one wanted this all original 80 year old savage model 1921 12 gauge pump (a copy of winchester model 12)have it right here on the wall . total $30.00 . go to the auctions and see how things go 0
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