Auctions.

[monitor51]

Not sure if folks here like to head to auctions. But I found a couple that might be worth looking into.

This one is less than 10 miles from me and I won't be able to make it.

Lonesome Dove Gun Auction - Veedersburg, IN

This one maybe.

Gun Auction - Indianapolis, In

Just thought I'd toss it out there.

 

[snorko]

Start saving your pennies. There's one in Evansville April 21st - a single estate with over 400 guns. I plan on starting a thread closer to that time.

 

[monitor51]

Ah, to be patient. I want a new pistol NOW.

 

[sinnful]

I have never been to a gun auction so I have to ask what is probably going to be a dumb question. Are they like farm auctions, where everything goes cheap or sky high?

 

[loki.fish]

Hit or miss....in my limited experience most guns sell for new retail or close to it

 

[natetheace]

If you go to a gun auction, know what your looking for and only take what you are willing to spend. You probably won't buy a gun, but you can find good deals on other gun related items. Most people are either waiting to for the guns or are out of money after the guns are sold. Also watch for a buyers fee. They can be as much as 10%. That can be a BIG surprise when it comes time to settle up.

 

[gundoggermax]

If you go to a gun auction, know what your looking for and only take what you are willing to spend. You probably won't buy a gun, but you can find good deals on other gun related items. Most people are either waiting to for the guns or are out of money after the guns are sold. Also watch for a buyers fee. They can be as much as 10%. That can be a BIG surprise when it comes time to settle up.

There is a huge auction in rock island Illinois which has a lot of collector guns. They had a pilot on tv at one point maybe it is a series now I have no idea. I was looking at their buyers fee and it was somewhere around 15% with cash and 17.5% with credit card. Thats can be a huge price increase in the cost of the gun

 

[96harley]

Attend the auctions that only list a few guns. The heavily advertised auctions that are loaded with guns. Hopeful buyers in turn come with heavily loaded wallets.

 

[lrahm]

Start saving your pennies. There's one in Evansville April 21st - a single estate with over 400 guns. I plan on starting a thread closer to that time.

Please let me know by PM when you start the thread. I think that I know the estate. If it is the person I am thinking of there were over 400 guns and they were in pretty good shape. He would buy 2 and put one up for his collection.

 

[Packrat67]

T
The guns at Christy's usually go for a high price. But I have gotten some GREAT deals on ammo and accy's

 

[nicajack]

Most gun auctions I attended made Don's Guns look quite reasonable....Total waste of time....

 

[monitor51]

As mentioned previously, attend auctions where they have a few guns. I find a lot of times estate auctions are the best. You might get a good deal on an old deer rifle, shotgun or maybe a pistol. Very easily could you end up with a garage full of 16GA shotguns.

You do need to be armed with what a fair market value for something is and don't get caught in a bidding war, unless you really want it. Yesterday what should have been a $400 used trailer went for $800, brand new that size with the ramp goes for around $600.

When going for guns check the auction to see if they list what the FFL transfer fee is. Oddly I've only seen that posted on one auction in Lebenon.

They aren't for everyone, you have to be disciplined in your bidding. Lots of times you'll go home empty handed. I'm always amazed by what some people will spend on items I perceive to be junk.

 

[Plinkuh]

I want that Broomhandle Mauser!

 

[Dirc]

The only auction I ever bothered attending was a waste of time. Retail+.

 

[LarryHoosier]

Having just returned from the Rock Island auction I feel qualified to respond. Gun auctions are just like all auctions, if you are the only person there interested in a particular item then bargins are possible. In my particular case I always assume that whatever I am wanting to purchase one thousand or so others also want! With Proxibid and online bidding in general it is really difficult to get real "steals" very much in this day and age. Pickers place a bid on almost any item online and the bidding begins there. It used to be that at auction, if you were lucky, the bid started at zero but not anymore. The RIA is different in that they have many large lots of moderately priced guns and only place for bid single items which are on the high end. This means that for dealers many lots can go for relative cheap because you are buying four or five at a time.

 

[mdemetz]

This Saturday in Warsaw.

 

[gunluvr]

There is a gun auction in Eaton Ohio twice a year. Guns sell for retail plus. I think it goes with the economy. Antique guns are like gold a great investment.

 

[dnurk]

Rock Island Arsenal auction next weekend

Sorrybif this was posted elsewhere but RIA is having a regional auction next weekend. Search Our Online Catalog

They make it really easy to do online proxy bids. Got my eye on a few multi-gun lots.

 

[mdemetz]

Friday the 29th in Bremen.

 

[INcountryboy]

Christy's of Indiana has a good gun auction on June 30th