Collections
You know what you have. We’ll price it accordingly.
We buy the whole collection and pay for it outright, with a figure against every firearm, not a wave of the hand at a pile of guns and a single number.
Why a list matters
In most collections a handful of pieces carry most of the money, and a single total tells you nothing about which. Every firearm gets written down with a value against it, priced on condition, configuration and originality. On the ones that carry the money we’ll show you what comparable examples actually sold for.
Where we pay well, and where we don’t
We’re straight about this because you’ll find out anyway. We pay strongly on material we know moves: quality sporting arms, collectible American manufacture, military surplus with honest provenance, and anything unusual enough to be worth finding the right buyer for.
We pay ordinary money for ordinary modern guns, because that’s what they’re worth. If three common polymer pistols are most of what you have, we’ll tell you that rather than dress it up.
Selling all of it, or some of it
Most collectors keep something. Tell us what isn’t for sale and we’ll price around it — there’s no discount for breaking up a collection and no pressure to include the one you were never really going to part with.
If auction would serve you better, we’ll say so
Some pieces genuinely do better in front of competing bidders than in a dealer's offer. If what you have is that kind of material, we’ll tell you — and you can consign it, not sell it to us.
The pieces that usually justify waiting: early or first-year production, unusual factory configurations, short-run variants, anything from a maker who has stopped producing, and guns in genuinely exceptional original condition. The pieces that usually don’t: good, ordinary, well-made guns produced in quantity and still easy to buy. Those sell perfectly well outright, and waiting gains very little.
Splitting a collection across routes
There’s no requirement to treat a collection as one decision. The most common arrangement we set up is an outright price for the bulk of it, consignment on the two or three pieces where the top of the market is worth waiting for, and store trade credit toward whatever you actually want next. We price all three so the difference is visible before you commit to anything.
Selling part of it and keeping the rest
Entirely normal, and there’s no penalty for it. Tell us what isn’t for sale and we’ll price around it. No one is going to talk you out of keeping the shotgun you learned on.
What we’ll not do
We’ll not give you a single lump-sum figure and decline to break it down. We’ll not take possession of anything before a price is agreed. The price we agree is the price we pay. And if you have something genuinely good, you’ll hear it from us.
Three ways to get paid
We price all three so you can see the difference and pick the one that suits you — and you can split a collection across them.
| Option | Cash today Fastest | Consignment Highest total | Trade credit Most value |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | We buy it outright | We sell it for you and take a cut | Credit toward any firearm we can get you |
| When you're paid | Same day | When it sells | Right away, as credit |
| How much | Lowest of the three | Usually the most | More than cash |
| Certainty | Guaranteed | Depends what it sells for | Guaranteed |
| Best for | Estates, whole collections, anyone who wants it done | Good individual pieces worth waiting on | Trading up instead of getting out |
Cash is the lowest number and we’ll say so plainly — we’re taking on the money, the risk, and however long it takes to sell. Trade credit is worth the most because it isn’t limited to a shelf: we can order new, and source through distributors, other dealers and auctions, so it goes toward whatever you actually want instead of whatever happens to be in stock.
Worth consigning some of it?
On most collections two or three pieces will repay waiting and the rest won’t. Cash for the ordinary guns so the job is finished, consignment for the ones a specific buyer will pay a premium for. How consignment works, and when it isn’t worth it.
What happens when you get in touch
Tell us what is in it
Makes and models if you have them, a rough list if you don’t. We’ll come back with a real number.
Would rather talk? Call or text (269) 399-4867 (399-GUNS). Photographs welcome.