A close family friend passed away, and the auction for the first half of guns will be this weekend June 13. The additional 450 firearms will be on another auction in a few months. Please feel free to reach out with any questions.

Join us Saturday June 13th Noon for the best live auction in Texas. Featuring items from two historic Texas ranches & a huge estate gun collection out of Minnesota items from the historic Texana Ranch near Washington on the Brazos. Plus items from the L.H. True Ranch in Wimberley Texas. Mr. True was the President of Mobil Oil for 45 years while they built the Alaskan Pipeline. His collecting features a 30 foot totem pole made for him personally by the Inuit people. PLUS Over 600 estate firearms out of Minnesota. Colts, Winchesters, Ruger, Kimber, Remington, & more. Many in new unfired condition.

Burley Auction Gallery - 134 Deborah Dr. New Braunfels, TX 78130
Preview June 12th - Noon-6PM , Saturday 10AM-Noon, Live Auction June 13 Noon

https://burleyauction.com

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/420018_tex ana-and-true-ranch-estates-firearm-auction/

https://auctions.thegunrunner.com/lots/view/1-CU0L2B/winchester-1873-and-1892-32-wcf-rifles-documents-books-us-general-nelson-miles

Tony

The rifle having a Pre Auction estimate of, $2,000-3,000.00, it sold for a grand. Less than half, and maybe one third of the estimated value that the one listed in their previous auction, so there's deals to be found if you have the patience to deal with they're pictures and sometimes lacking information. IMO!

Anthony

Tedk said
Now I know why I’ve never purchased a gun in an online auction
  

Ted-

I understand completely! I think there are some opportunities there but it's the only spectator sport I follow these days. 

Mike

mrcvs said
What is the general consensus as to the prices antique/vintage ammunition brought in this past auction? I was outbid on several lots.  I thought stuff went high…or maybe I’m just out of the loop.
  

Wards must draw a ton of bidders as I didn’t find any good much less great deals. A got a few market rate deals and lost quite a few that I felt the winners overpaid for. The ammo I won was just market and maybe a tad over with the BP. Other stuff was just a laughable premium. A 5 panel Winchester store frame with no signs went for over $1900 with the BP and I bought one in better condition with the signs still in them on Live Auctioneers the next night for $800. They definitely had a lot of Winchester stuff but none of it was cheap or at least the stuff I was watching!

Ben said
I didn't win anything... the hunt continues.
  

Does the Hunt really ever end?

Ben said
I didn't win anything... the hunt continues.
  

Ben-

Best I can tell you're ahead of the game in recent weeks so maybe not "winning" anything at this auction isn't a loss. Gonna be some good stuff at Cody.

Mike

I went to an auction today and didn't get anything there either.  

Rick C said
I guess everyone has their opinion on whether they like it or not. Auction closed.my time at 3:45 AM. I definitely wasn’t staying Awake to watch it end. It’s a max bid and cross your fingers deal for those on the East Coast.
  

Agreed, this auction certainly favors the West Coast. Sucks for the rest of us east of the Mississippi. I also agree the format didn’t seem to keep anyone away. The bidding was robust and I found zero great deals but a few fair ones. The items I watched drew enough bidders to ensure they traded for at a minimum a fair price and in many cases a nice premium for the seller. Still hate the format but if I was on the West Coast I might like the advantage. One can only hope they at least add a Watch list or favorites feature! 

Buck1967 said
You must mean entertaining if you aren’t bidding! I can’t imagine any bidder feels anything other than frustration in this mosh pit of an auction. 
  

Both.  Mostly for what I’m not bidding on, but, also, it doesn’t require one to bid impulsively.

If anyone thought that, as suggested, the website would drive folks away, you are sadly mistaken.  I bid on about ten boxes of ammunition, all antique stuff except one modern box of .275 Holland & Holland Magnum ammunition and I was outbid on every one of them, sometimes substantially!

Buck1967 said
You must mean entertaining if you aren’t bidding! I can’t imagine any bidder feels anything other than frustration in this mosh pit of an auction.