Tipton Estate Auction

[shootinghoosier]

Did anyone go to the 2-day gun auction in Tipton? I really wanted to go, but had other commitments. Curious as to the quality of the supplies and guns being sold. Looked like a good one to attend.

 

[Gunaria]

It was awesome. Good prices & good guns. The place to be if you are in to C&R stuff. No mall ninja crap. What truly was horrible was the ffl doing the transfers. At over 200+ guns and charging $15 per gun you would think he would have his stuff together and hired someone to help call in the checks. A+ for the auctioneers F for the 01.

 

[wetidlerjr]

It was awesome. Good prices & good guns. The place to be if you are in to C&R stuff. No mall ninja crap. What truly was horrible was the ffl doing the transfers. At over 200+ guns and charging $15 per gun you would think he would have his stuff together and hired someone to help call in the checks. A+ for the auctioneers F for the 01.

Who was the FFL ?

 

[shootinghoosier]

I really, really wanted to go to both days of the auction...just couldn't.

 

[Gunaria]

Check out Gun Broker, I bet you a lot of the guns end up on there.

Didn't catch the 01's name. He wasn't local to Tipton though. Nobody was happy with him or his $15 per gun fee.

What also made this auction was no buyer's premium or sales tax since it was all from one private collector.

 

[jss1956]

I wish I would have attended. Went to another auction about the same distance in the opposite direction. What a joke. Way too many people with more dollars than sense.

 

[Destro]

its too bad they did this on one of Rock Island Auctions big weekends...would like to have made it

 

[DownByTheTracks]

Were the transfers done on site?

 

[sweddle]

At $15 a pop, he was raking in some serious cash for a days work.

 

[huzyerdaddy]

"Nobody was happy with him or his $15 per gun fee."



Poor guy, you guys are too hard on him, after all- about 8$ goes to BATFE and he has to get something for his time...

 

[edsinger]

So what deals were there?

 

[Gunaria]

Yes the transfers where done on site. In all fairness the $15 per gun may have not been all that bad but the manner & service that it was done in was the worst I have ever seen. I've been to other auctions where there were hundreds of guns on the block and the transfers went w/o a hitch.

Plenty of good deals,

 

[wetidlerjr]

Yes the transfers where done on site. In all fairness the $15 per gun may have not been all that bad but the manner & service that it was done in was the worst I have ever seen. I've been to other auctions where there were hundreds of guns on the block and the transfers went w/o a hitch.

Plenty of good deals,

I may be wrong (not an FFL) but I thought the actual transfers had to be done at the FFL's address and the only exception was a gun show. Didn't the dealer at Parker City get in trouble (among other things) for doing this at an auction ?

 

[DownByTheTracks]

I may be wrong (not an FFL) but I thought the actual transfers had to be done at the FFL's address and the only exception was a gun show. Didn't the dealer at Parker City get in trouble (among other things) for doing this at an auction ?

That's exactly what I was thinking. I asked ATF about something similar about 3 weeks ago and I was told the very same thing.

Not sure how legal that whole thing was, unless there was special permission given by ATF somehow.