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Gun Collecting: Firearm Auction Realizes $12.5 Million

Gun Collecting: Firearm Auction Realizes $12.5 Million

Gun collecting enthusiasts helped Rock Island Auctions realize over $12 million in sales, including many antique and military guns.

Williams' initials and uniform number are stamped in gold on the underside of the butt stock.

Firearm Auction News: the Guns of Ted Williams

  Editor’s Note: Click here for instant firearms values and gun prices. Ted Williams, also known as “The Kid”,” The Thumper” and, “The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived”, is marked down in history for his performance on the ball field. He’s one of the greatest baseball players of all time.  He was also a great [...]

Merle (Mike) Walker, the designer of the Remington 721

Firearm Auction News: the “Benefit Gun”

Besides firearms auctions that cater to private gun collectors and vintage gun aficionados, there are other firearms auctions happening regularly around the country. They are sponsored by sportsmen conservation groups  and guns are sometimes auctioned off as a fund raising tool. There is a new twist on that and it’s the concept of the “benefit [...]

Extremely Rare and Historic Serial Number, 1, Exhibition Quality Deluxe Factory Engraved, Cased Presentation, Colt Model 1861/72 Navy Cartridge Revolver

Firearm Auction News: The Biggest One of the Decade

The folks at Rock Island Auction Company have been busy. Based in Rock Island, Illinois, they will be hosting their best firearms auction ever in their two-decade history on April 20th, 21st and 22nd. They claim this will be their biggest of the decade so far. The auction will be heavily populated by Colts with [...]

Firearm Auction News: The Highest-Grossing Gun Auction in History

Firearm Auction News: The Highest-Grossing Gun Auction in History

  Editor’s Note: Click here for instant firearms values and gun prices. An Associated Press story circulated about in early March about booming gun sales in Texas.  Some people fear that if Obama gets reelected, guns might become scarce.  And for the past few years, gun sales have increased across the board but what about [...]

December Gun Auction Sets World Records and Realizes $10M

December Gun Auction Sets World Records and Realizes $10M

Fresh off the heals of the television debut of Discovery Channel’s Ready Aim Sold, Rock Island Auction Company’s December Premiere Firearms Auction realized a stunning $10 Million dollars in sales.

Youth Deer Guns, Setup No. 3

Youth Deer Guns, Setup No. 3

Marlin 336W I started shooting late in life, my mid-20s, and went through some growing pains acquiring guns that were right for me. I missed a couple “rights of passage” guns along the way, including a Daisy Red Ryder BB gun and a Remington 870 pump. One gun I did not miss out on, though, [...]

Buying Guns on Internet Auctions

Buying Guns on Internet Auctions

The Internet lets you shop for guns all over the country, here are some tips to make it easier.

Rock Island Auctions Debuts “Ready, Aim, Sold” TV Program

Rock Island Auctions Debuts “Ready, Aim, Sold” TV Program

What do you get when you mix family, firearms and millions of dollars of business? A new TV program called READY AIM SOLD, to debut on Discovery Channel.

Rock Island September Gun Auction Sets 8 World Records

Rock Island September Gun Auction Sets 8 World Records

Realizing over $7 million in revenue, gun collectors had the opportunity to join forces this past weekend to break 8 World Records at Rock Island Auction Company.