For the first time, the Cody Firearms Museum is exhibiting firearms from its collection at the annual Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show).
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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…
Obama Uses Executive Actions to Bypass Congress on Gun Control, Again
On August 29 2013, Vice President Joe Biden announced two new gun control measures implemented by President Obama via executive actions…
The Good, the Bad, and the Collectibles
Looking at a few who were well known for their acts of murder brings up some interesting comparisons on the way society changes their views of those individuals, their crimes, & the weapons used…
George Armstrong Custer – ‘I Am Not Impetuous Or Impulsive, I Resent That’
The topic of George Custer is specifically raised because Rock Island Auction Company will bring to the auctioneer’s block an extensively documented elk skin jacket attributed as the Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer’s Death Coat…
New NRA / Bass Pro Shops National Sporting Arms Museum Now Open
The museum, home to more than a thousand firearms, focuses on the history of hunting, conservation and freedom. An estimated 13,000 people toured the museum the first three days it was open…
Grand Opening of NRA National Sporting Arms Museum at the Bass Pro Shops in Missouri
On Aug. 2, 2013, the National Rifle Association will celebrate the grand opening of the NRA National Sporting Arms Museum, which is located at the Bass Pro Shops store in Springfield, Mo…
Massive Summer Firearms Auction Does Not Disappoint, $4.7 Million Dollars in Sales
Rock Island Auction Company’s popular summer Regional Firearms Auction once again exceeds expectations by surmounting the sales high estimate by nearly $200,000 posting $4.7 million dollars in sales…
Guns Only Get More Valuable
Forty years from now, I will be re-reading the 2013 Gun Digest and be amazed that Glock 19, 9mm pistols sold for under $600 back in the good old days. I will tell myself I should have bought ten of them for that cheap price…
Rock Island Auction Company Seeking Firearms Consignments
Need to talk about the guns in your trust or estate? Rock Island Auction Company can help! We take consignments of all shapes, sizes, and conditions; from battlefield relics to museum quality pieces and everything in between…
Smithsonian’s National Firearms Collection Journeys West For The First Time
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West, an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is proud to announce the arrival of 64 unique objects from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History’s National Firearms Collection…
Red Hot Prices Realizes 12.5 Million Dollars in Sales at Midwest Firearms Auction
Rock Island Auction Company set the firearms market ablaze once again at their inaugural 2013 Premiere Firearms auction held April 19, 20 & 21 2013….
