A friend of my son’s has inherited a nice collection of firearms and may be looking to sell off a part of that collection while keeping the more sentimentally important guns. He’s apparently not a gun guy, and asked my son to take a quick look at the collection to get a feel for value.
Apparently, the original collector had a taste for nice shotguns. All are either in mint unused condition or very well cared for but obviously used a lot. The type of stuff in that collection is a pair of nicely engraved and inlayed Krieghoff’s, a pair of Winchester Model 21s and a Winchester Model 1873 in .38 that dates to about 1889. There are around 30 in the collection from what I’m told.
What would be the best course of action for someone with a collection like that to go about selling some of them? Normally, I hate to see a collection liquidated but since the person that inherited them is not into guns, they would be wasted if he held on to all of them. I think that he’s planning on keeping a couple of the best though.
Anyone know of a decent local contact for higher end guns? Or, would a solid collection like that warrant looking into a nationally known seller?
Apparently, the original collector had a taste for nice shotguns. All are either in mint unused condition or very well cared for but obviously used a lot. The type of stuff in that collection is a pair of nicely engraved and inlayed Krieghoff’s, a pair of Winchester Model 21s and a Winchester Model 1873 in .38 that dates to about 1889. There are around 30 in the collection from what I’m told.
What would be the best course of action for someone with a collection like that to go about selling some of them? Normally, I hate to see a collection liquidated but since the person that inherited them is not into guns, they would be wasted if he held on to all of them. I think that he’s planning on keeping a couple of the best though.
Anyone know of a decent local contact for higher end guns? Or, would a solid collection like that warrant looking into a nationally known seller?