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November 7, 2015
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Went to an antique auction in a nearby town yesterday, ad mentioned an Ulrich 1866 and lots of other Winchesters. Actually just over a dozen Winchesters but some other nice guns as well. The 1866 was nice enough, IIRC it went for a lot less than I expected, $11K or thereabouts. I was thinking $25K or better but I know very little about 1866’s and nothing about engraved guns’ values. It was sold as a 44WCF but I’m pretty sure it was actually a RF. Also had an 1886 carbine that went for less than I expected, around $3K. An 1876 went pretty cheap too but not sure what the final price was. An 1873 in .22 went for less than $3K IIRC. A 73 carbine in 44 WCF went pretty cheap as well. Several 92’s and 94’s and a 64 went for decent prices, mostly $1500-2000 for 70-90% guns. A few lower priced guns went for well over what they should have. A few of the guns had issues but I was just there to look, not really in a position to buy with property taxes and insurance due in a couple of weeks. I brought enough cash to buy something if it went real cheap but a few dealers kept that from happening. 
Got outbid on a Winchester sign but I’m pretty sure it was a reproduction, guy who bought it thought otherwise, I guess. I’m a little leary of buying guns from this auction, he sells them all as antiques and some obviously aren’t. He also conducts the sales as estate sales even tho many items are actually new reproductions so he’s not above seeding some other merchandise in with the estate items. Saw some really nice antique furniture go for some very low prices but won’t discuss that any further here.
It was a fun outing, should have done a better job of checking the guns out but got there a little late to do that. Oh well, it was worthwhile and it didn’t cost me much. All I bought was an antique McCoy cookie jar for a fraction of what they bring on FleaBay.
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