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Some of the S&W's from my personal collection that will be sold in Rock Island Auction

I'm working on the 2023 Edition of Standard Catalog of Firearms and need help with a sticky question that's been bugging me for the past couple editions. It concerns the value of (relatively) recently introduced firearms models in lower grades of condition. These would be guns made with modern...

Updated. Two sold; two still available.

Interesting thread. I haven't watched the podcast, but I am a fan of Ian's work. There were others beside Larry (some still alive and still in business). Several years ago at the time of Larry's prosecution while I was still an antique arms dealer with my Old Town Station business, I'd tell...

Back to top, with reduced prices. Hope that's ok. -- Jim

To order or questions - email [email protected] Thumbnail pix at bottom of post. For more photos, click link with each listing. Terms of sale: Sales terms & contact info | Supica Gun Heritage Thanks -- Jim ------------------------------------ AVAILABLE - Smith & Wesson .38-44 Outdoorsman...

A friend in our local collector's club asked me to help find info on a very nice engraved Model 60 no-dash. It's cased with a label for: Swan Enterprises For Discriminating Sportsmen Engraving Scrimshaw Knifemaking Cheektowaga New York The scroll coverage is very extensive...

Anyone have more info on the JJ display board? Somewhere I picked up the concept that this display board was at one time called the "Crittenden Board" and had something to do with Gov. Crittenden of Missouri who put out the reward on the James gang. I've also heard that it was Jesse Jr.'s...

On museums buying guns: Most don't. In the 12 years I ran the NRA Museums, we purchased a total of two guns. One was a S&W tip-up with important local history and the other was a missing gun from a multiple gun set that had been donated decades earlier. We were only able to buy those through...

Interesting discussion. A number of years back, I did an article for the Blue Book on how I evaluate historically attributed guns. You can find it here: NRA Museums: I'll also be talking about this subject at the S&W Collectors Association Annual Symposium in Tulsa, including...

I gotta call shenanigans. 1st Edition: Total 237 pages 2nd Edition: Total 318 pages 3rd Edition: Total 432 pages 4th Edition: Total 526 pages OLDER STUFF: Tip-up and top breaks: 2nd Ed. 41 pgs, 4th Ed. 50 pgs. Pre-Model Number HEs: 2nd Ed. 38 pgs, 4th Ed. 68 pgs. Of course the...

SOLD at Symposium. S&W .44 HE 2nd model, target sights, from Garbrecht collection Smith & Wesson .44 Hand Ejector, 6.5 inch barrel, blue, Patridge front sight, adjustable rear sight, standard hammer & trigger. Small walnut diamond grips with no emblem, lanyard on butt. With Roy Jinks factory...

Smith & Wesson .44 Hand Ejector Fourth Model of 1950, Target. 6 1/2" barrel; bright blue. As new in the correct maroon box numbered to the gun. Box contains tools, papers, nox rust paper. A very knowledgeable collector tells me that the wide maroon box is quite rare. Ramp red post front...

A very belated update - I finally got the site up and running (somewhat). It's not all that I hoped it would be, but at least it's something. I wound up moving the hosting to Wix and using their free online software. It was a bit of a steep learning curve, but I'm feeling my way along. If...

Bruce, Rick & I receive royalties from sales of the book. GunDigest, who posted the article, is also the publisher of SCSW. Part of the contract is that they can use excerpts as they see fit, and I think that's standard for most publishers. It makes some sense, as the excerpts promote the...

I saw a link to this post and thought "Hey! How'd they get pictures of my guns?" I clicked on it and started to read, muttering things like "prove it" and "sophomoric." Then I scrolled up and saw the byline and decided "Hey, this is pretty good stuff!" (As I may have already mentioned s/n1...