Chedderbob
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I need opinions on how to liquidate a large collection of firearms. Here's the back story.
My sister's father-in-law has been having serious health complications as of late. This gentleman has the largest private firearms collection I have ever personally seen. It takes up a full room of the house to the point where you can walk about 3 feet into the door, and cant move anymore. Just picking through it for about 10 minutes I have found everything from a Hi-Point 995 to a Nighthawk custom. I'm pretty sure I have found at least 2 of every pistol Kel-Tec has ever made.
The point is this gentleman may not last too much longer, and I am about 95% sure that my Brother-in-law's family is going to ask me to help liquidate the collection, as I am the only person with any sort of firearms knowledge.
They have expressed that they have no real interest in keeping any firearms except for maybe the old Winchester he killed his first deer with, and the gun that taught my Brother-in-law how to shoot. This leaves 250+ guns for me to try and turn into inheritance money.
The family has indicated that they aren't really pressed for time or money, so they would like to get as close to fair market value as possible.
My choices as I see them:
1) Rent a table at a gun-show. This is probably the least desirable option in my opinion because people always wanna trade at gun shows, and I'm not 100% sure of the full legalities in my state of gun-show laws.
2) Gunbroker every last piece individually. This is looking like the best option to me. Although it will be time consuming, it will essentially legally transfer every firearm, and I have never gotten anything less than fair market value on Gunbroker.
3) Find a consignment shop. The only gun consignment shop in my area isn't even close to being able to handle this kind of volume, so I would need to find a shop that is, but it seems like the pain-free option.
4) Auction. I haven't really looked into this much, but I'm told that auctioneer fees can be quite outrageous, and it seems that it would be "hit-or-miss" as far as netting the full potential value of the guns.
5) Any of your suggestions. Anything you might like to add would be greatly appreciated!
My sister's father-in-law has been having serious health complications as of late. This gentleman has the largest private firearms collection I have ever personally seen. It takes up a full room of the house to the point where you can walk about 3 feet into the door, and cant move anymore. Just picking through it for about 10 minutes I have found everything from a Hi-Point 995 to a Nighthawk custom. I'm pretty sure I have found at least 2 of every pistol Kel-Tec has ever made.
The point is this gentleman may not last too much longer, and I am about 95% sure that my Brother-in-law's family is going to ask me to help liquidate the collection, as I am the only person with any sort of firearms knowledge.
They have expressed that they have no real interest in keeping any firearms except for maybe the old Winchester he killed his first deer with, and the gun that taught my Brother-in-law how to shoot. This leaves 250+ guns for me to try and turn into inheritance money.
The family has indicated that they aren't really pressed for time or money, so they would like to get as close to fair market value as possible.
My choices as I see them:
1) Rent a table at a gun-show. This is probably the least desirable option in my opinion because people always wanna trade at gun shows, and I'm not 100% sure of the full legalities in my state of gun-show laws.
2) Gunbroker every last piece individually. This is looking like the best option to me. Although it will be time consuming, it will essentially legally transfer every firearm, and I have never gotten anything less than fair market value on Gunbroker.
3) Find a consignment shop. The only gun consignment shop in my area isn't even close to being able to handle this kind of volume, so I would need to find a shop that is, but it seems like the pain-free option.
4) Auction. I haven't really looked into this much, but I'm told that auctioneer fees can be quite outrageous, and it seems that it would be "hit-or-miss" as far as netting the full potential value of the guns.
5) Any of your suggestions. Anything you might like to add would be greatly appreciated!