recomendations for selling a collection of Winchester M70's and more?

[jrainw]

Met with a widow tonight who wanted my input on how to sell her husbands collection of guns. About 5 minutes in I realized I was in over my head. Pre 64 model 70's from 22 hornet to 300 H&H. Unertl, leupold and Redfield scopes on most. Most appear, and some are tagged unfired. The engraved Model 12 shotguns are probably worth more than my house. Does anyone have any experience with the big auction houses?

 

[oldpink]

Those will be very hard to move.
I'll be happy to take the whole lot for $100.
No, you say?

 

[tenring]

Get with one of the big auction houses, like Rock Island. She won't be cheated by someone who feeds her a line of BS about how much they are worth.

 

[2A_Tom]

Get with one of the big auction houses, like Rock Island. She won't be cheated by someone who feeds her a line of BS about how much they are worth.

I have to agree. Reputable is the watchword.

 

[M67]

Don't auction houses ream people both ways with selling fees and buying premiums?

Could create a gunbroker account and list them one by one on their, payment my certified check or cashier's check only, then find a FFL to ship them for you if you don't want to, or can't (depending where it's going)

 

[PGRChaplain]

+1 on Gunbroker. Biggest bidder pool, highest prices paid, lowest fees!

 

[patience0830]

How much time are you willing to invest, Joe? Goodness of your heart? Or a percentage basis? Sounds like taking the pictures alone would take a week.

The auction house would probably be the least hassle to a pretty large audience of knowledgeable collectors.
Two at a time on Gunbroker would bring income for a fair amount of time but I expect she'd like to be done with this fairly quickly.