Presidential items, to include a bench handmade by Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan’s College yearbook, to be sold November 6 – 7 by Red Baron in Atlanta; Auction could be red Baron’s biggest sale ever. Other items include a signed acoustic guitar…
Historic Pistol Sells for $920,000 in Maine Flathead Beacon 10-08-08 FAIRFIELD, Maine – An anonymous bidder paid a record $920,000 for a historic .44-caliber revolver, and Maine auctioneer James Julia said that despite the price, it was a bargain. The Colt Walker…
Gallery 63 to celebrate first anniversary at new location in Atlanta with March 16 sale featuring fine jewelry, weaponry and vintage cars (Atlanta, Ga.) – Fine estate jewelry, antique guns and other weaponry, rare and vintage automobiles, artwork by important…
High-caliber prices for cartridge boxes Cincinnati.Com Saturday, February 16, 2008 “Cartridge boxes became popular in the 1860s with the invention of the repeating rifle and carbine. Much like sports fans collect baseball cards, firearms aficionados look to add…
Old West sale helps city in East Star-Telegram.com: | 11/12/2007 By ERIC O’KEEFE The New York Times “DALLAS — Prospective bidders looking to buy a piece of the Old West were greeted by an intimidating view straight down the barrel of a Model 1883…
Stevens Auction Company of Aberdeen, Mississipi is concluding the fall season with a pair of major estate sales, one slated for Saturday, October 20, beginning at 10 a.m., the other for Saturday, November 3, with an identical start time. Dwight Stevens described the…
Soldiers find vintage weapons among caches in Iraq Stars and Stripes By Zeke Minaya, Mideast edition, Friday, May 25, 2007 “BAGHDAD – While searching for weapons caches, American soldiers near Abu Ghraib often play the part of accidental archaeologists….
Mysterious ‘Czar’s Parker’ surfaces, put up for auction Associated Press Published January 4 2007 “MERIDEN, Conn. — This is a story about a Meriden shotgun, made for Czar Nicholas II, the last czar to rule Russia. The gun was on its way…
Winchester Ammunition published the following press release earlier this week: Winchester Offers Collectible John Wayne Ammunition Cartridges Financial News – Yahoo! Finance Tuesday January 2, 2007 “NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Whether you’re…
A very detailed story on the fate of Larry Wilson, and his history in the collectible guns field. Smoking Gun Forbes.com David Armstrong 12.25.06 “The king of the antique firearms business, Larry Wilson, sits in prison. Is he a con artist–or did he just…