The world record sale comes off the heels of Rock Island Auction Company’s record setting 2015 sales total of $51 million…
Most Expensive Gun Ever Auctioned Draws $1.26 Million ~ VIDEO
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RSS feedFN 49 Rifle – A Brief Overview
In the United States surviving FN 49 rifles are in high demand on the collector’s market. They are much more uncommon than other contemporary rifles like the M1 Garand…
Bonhams Antique Arms & Armour Department Cuts Huge Slice of 2015 Collectibles Market
The past year has been a very good one for Bonhams Antique Arms and Armour and Sporting Guns Departments with some record results achieved.
CMP Auction Room Readies Rare & Fascinating Firearms Items for Auction
Garands, carbines, bayonets, scopes and even small rifle parts are put to auction and sold to the most persistent bidder…
Mauser K98 – Rifle of the Third Reich
Today one of the most popular and sought after military rifles is the German K98 8mm Mauser bolt action rifle.
300-Year-Old Gun Collection From Hooton Pagnell Hall For Sale At Bonhams
Some of these weapons have been out of circulation for 300 years and come fresh to the market adds greatly to their interest…
M1 Carbine Family – a Brief Introduction & History
The M1 Carbine Family was designed primarily to offer noncombat and line-of-communications troops a better defensive weapon than a pistol or submachine gun.
Bonhams Searches For More Sporting Guns After Shotgun Sells For $59,000 In London
Last time he was down this way he unearthed a fine pair of 12-bore self-opening sidelock ejector guns by J. Purdey & Sons, still In their brass-mounted oak and leather case…
Lost Art Of The Gunsmith At Bonhams Antique Arms & Armour Sale
Art is not the first thing one thinks of the subject of guns, yet the art of the gunsmith is as wonderful as it is deadly…
Merwin Hulbert, The Finest Revolvers You Have Never Heard Of
In working condition with no finish left, Merwin Hulber Revolvers sell for thousands of dollars with pristine or engraved versions going for much more…
British P-14 Rifle in .303 British – The Other British Enfield
The Pattern 14 would also serve as the basis for the American M1917 Enfield rifle .30-06, which Alvin York would use to win the Medal of Honor…
NRA National Firearms Museum Opens New Steampunk Guns Exhibit
The NRA National Firearms Museum is proud to host Steampunk Guns, a new exhibit that combines a fantastic science fiction world with the modern steel canvas afforded by real firearm designs…
Factory Engraved Colt Paterson Revolver Achieves a Remarkable $414,000 at Auction
Bidding battles seemed to break out on the hour as collectors from across the nation and around the globe fought for their desired collectibles…
Checklist For Gun Owners When Drawing Up Their Wills
In this post we deal with a short list of issues to be addressed when creating our updating a will with regards to firearms…
Cody Firearms Museum Exhibits Ronald Reagan’s Winchester Rifle at 2015 SHOT Show
For the first time, the Cody Firearms Museum is exhibiting firearms from its collection at the annual Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show).
Enter Your Firearms Consignments on an All-Star Tour with Rock Island Auctions
In the coming months Rock Island Auction Company is going to be attending some of the busiest and most prestigious firearms related shows in the country…
Strange Revolver Bedroom Set, Someone Had a ‘Thing’ for Them
A unique bedroom set constructed from revolvers is of unknown origin.
Savage Model 1907 Semi-Automatic Pistol Close to Buffalo Bill ~ Video
Nearly any firearm with a connection to William “Buffalo Bill” Cody is locked away in a museum somewhere…
A Perfect Storm of Gun Collector Participation
Two sayings come to mind after Rock Island Auction Company’s September 2014 Premiere Firearms Auction The best never goes out of style and What’s old is new again…
Nazi Krieghoff FG42 Paratrooper Sniper Rifle Sells for $299,000 at Auction
Buyers were ready & willing to pay top dollar for the auction’s most distinguished items. Also we saw a host of eager new collectors ready to bring new life to their respective favorite genres…
Fort Hartsuff Nebraska to Host Historic Firearms Display
Fort Hartsuff State Historic Park will host The Timeline of American Military Firearms, 1860-1990 on Oct. 4-5 2014…
True West Magazine Names Cody Firearms Museum In Annual Top Ten Western Museums List
True West magazine has added the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Cody Firearms Museum to its list of the Top Ten Western Museums for 2014…
St. Louis Police Department To Auction Off 29 Thompson Submachine Guns
The guns valued at over $750,000 are stored in a police vault; they are also part of one of the largest Thompson submachine gun caches in the country…
Rock Island Auction Company’s May Premiere Auction Draws Competitive Collectors
With the buzzing auction, lengthy bidding wars, excited RIAC phone bidders, last second bids, legendary firearms, items selling well into six figures, plus a very engaged crowd, this was one of the most entertaining auctions that RIAC has held…
Imperial Russian Garde Du Corps Officer’s Helmet, Circa 1900-1917, Hammers For $17,050 Mohawk Arms’ Auction
In addition, more than 200 absentee bidders & over 50 phone bidders participated, in an auction that grossed in excess of $200,000. It was a great sale, & a true testament to the health of the market…
NRA Gun Gurus Season Premier Tonight on the Outdoor Channel
This is a friendly reminder that the season premiere of “NRA Gun Gurus” will be today at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT on the Outdoor Channel…
Gun Collecting Royalty to Highlight Rock Island Auction Company’s May 2014 Premiere Firearms Auction
Featured will be a rifle owned by Samuel Colt, a shotgun given between presidents, and a pair of celebrity guns formerly held in some of the world’s most well-known collections…
Treasures & Traditions TV Offers Free Appraisals of Antiques at Northeast Fishing & Hunting Show
An Ohio angler recently learned that the cigar box in his garage contained fishing lures worth nearly $7,000 and a similar surprise could be awaiting outdoor enthusiasts in the Hartford/Springfield area…
100-Year-Old Detroit Minnow Lures Named ‘Appraiser’s Choice’ at Premier of Treasures & Traditions TV
100 year old Detroit Minnow Cage & Detroit Minnow Tube lures from 1914-15 were named “Appraiser’s Choice” from a range of collectibles appraised at the premier filming of Treasures & Traditions TV…
Rock Island Auction Company Hits the Road in January 2014
Rock Island Auction Company will again be attending the Dallas Safari Club Convention & Sporting Expo this year…
Industry Leaders Launch Treasures and Traditions TV
Hunting & Fishing Industry Veterans – Delfay, Pennaz and Miller Announce Unique Show for Destination America in 2014…
The Company K Colt 4th Cavalry Single Action Army Revolver
In 1873 he first 1,000 new Colt Army Revolvers would only take Colt 41 days to complete, but before a single one could leave the factory they would of course need to be inspected…
Add to Your Gun Collection – Rock Island’s Dec 2013 Premiere Firearms Auction
Looking to Finish a Collection? Look No Further than Rock Island Auction Company’s December 2013 Premiere Firearms Auction…
A Look Back at the Springfield Trapdoor Rifle
In terms of American military long arms very little attention is given to a predecessor of the much heralded M1903 and M1 Garand, the Springfield Trapdoor…
NRA National Sporting Arms Museum Opens Serial Number One Guns Exhibit
The National Rifle Association announces the opening of Serial Number One Guns, a new exhibit in the NRA National Sporting Arms Museum at the Bass Pro Shops flagship superstore in Springfield, Mo…
Gun Collectors – Why You Should Avoid Import Marks
Whether it’s Ming vases, cars, priceless paintings, sports cards, autographs, Beatles memorabilia, or antiques, collectors in nearly every field want their items to be in the best possible condition and above all, original…
97,000+ People Visit NRA National Sporting Arms Museum
Since it opened in August In Springfield, Mo. more than 97,000 people have come through the door…
Rock Island Auction’s September Premiere Firearms Auction BEGINS TOMORROW!
This weekend, Rock Island Auction Company is simply buzzing with activity. Our Preview Day has drawn hundreds of people all ready to visit what some are calling “the museum you can touch.”…
Tortured By Indians – Scout Robert Pilson
Among all the revolvers, war trophies, lever actions, and antiques is a curious, small photo. It is of a sturdy man posing in a portrait studio with rifle present and revolver on his hip…
Obama’s Ban On Surplus Relics Reveals His Anti-Gun Extremism
The president is taking out his frustration for being unable to pass his gun control agenda, and the only people who will suffer are citizens who would never break the law with any of these firearms…
