I love auctions!

[kingfisher61]

Been shopping around at different gun auctions. Sometimes you get lucky. Here's a couple of classic pieces from Beeman. P1 is a .20 Santa Rosa and the R1 is a .177 San Rafael. Both in great shape and cheap as chips!!!
Kindly share any of your auction beauties.

 

[Sqwirl57]

Congrats! How cheap is "cheap as chips" though...

 

[A.G.R]

In todays building China back better , a bag of chips is as good as a Troy oz. Of gold..

 

[kingfisher61]

Congrats! How cheap is "cheap as chips" though...

Much less than on ebay for sure. I try to but from firearms auctions where noone cares about 'BB" guns.

 

[Bad News Beeman]

Not a gun auction grab, as those are in short supply here in southern CA, but a local Craigslist find from a couple years ago:

A FWB 124D and Diana 6G, both with shot seals. Took them home for $325.

Put in another $60 or so for replacement seals and replaced with the help of a friend. Made some mistakes along the way, but got the job done Never doing another DIY reseal of a Giss gun.

The FWB is unfortunately missing the rear sight elevator, but otherwise both guns are in nice shape.

 

[kingfisher61]

Not a gun auction grab, as those are in short supply here in southern CA, but a local Craigslist find from a couple years ago:

A FWB 124D and Diana 6G, both with shot seals. Took them home for $325.

Put in another $60 or so for replacement seals and replaced with the help of a friend. Made some mistakes along the way, but got the job done Never doing another DIY reseal of a Giss gun.

The FWB is unfortunately missing the rear sight elevator, but otherwise both guns are in nice shape.

What a steal!!!!!! Congrats! Nice looking airguns for sure.
Those Giss guns are so over engineered its not funny. I'd never attempt a rebuild.

 

[Bad News Beeman]

What a steal!!!!!! Congrats! Nice looking airguns for sure.
Those Giss guns are so over engineered its not funny. I'd never attempt a rebuild.

Thanks!

Very true about the Giss system. I can't tell say for certain if that experience made me appreciate or despise the Germans' sense of mechanical ingenuity.

 

[KWK]

I used to buy a lot on auctions for many years. But not very much any more. These are just a few. I have too many now. Had these pictures on file.
A few years back whole airguns (parts only) were not allowed on eBay so I would contact the seller before the listing got cancelled. Then deal on the side for some great bargains.

 

[Bad News Beeman]

My best auction buy, from several years ago, was this minty Diana model 50 Match from the late 50's. It's a rare .22 caliber Stoeger's import under the "Peerless" brand name. The seller didn't really know what it was, so listed it under that name...and apparently neither did anyone else. I got it for the opening bid number - maybe a quarter what this beauty would bring in Germany.

C'mon give us the price...

 

[MDriskill]

My best auction buy, from several years ago, was a minty Diana model 50 Match from the late 50's. It's a rare .22 caliber Stoeger's import under the "Peerless" brand name. The seller didn't really know what it was, so he listed it under that name...and apparently neither did anyone else. I got it for the opening bid number - maybe a quarter what this beauty would bring in Germany.

 

[MDriskill]

C'mon give us the price...

Man...having some serious weirdness posting pics today.

I paid $350 for this one. Nice model 50's are highly valued in Germany, I've seen lesser target versions of it go for over 800 Euro (about $1K at the time) on German auction sites.

 

[DualMagMike]

Found my second Beeman R1 Tyrolean, this one is .20 on an auction about 5 years ago. I think I was the only bidder but not positive. I got it for about 1/3 of its true value.

 

[Beer Nap]

In todays building China back better , a bag of chips is as good as a Troy oz. Of gold..

Isn't it 6uild 6ack 6etter?

 

[Beer Nap]

A auctioneer told me that PB guns usually go for above the price that they are worth at auctions. Air guns could be the exception to that rule.

 

[houston]

Here's a Cr1400 cost me 100 bux locally. Btw the 1400s have a distinctive crack when fired.

 

[patrikky]

A auctioneer told me that PB guns usually go for above the price that they are worth at auctions. Air guns could be the exception to that rule.

It's true. Pellet rifles generally cost more at auction also. Especially when you add the auction buyers fees, with an additional internet buyers premium , tax. credit card fees and packaging and shipping costs

 

[Bear-of-Grayling]

Just picked up this HW55 Standard at auction. Like new. Auction is the only way I can find anything now since we moved to the Deep South.

 

[Bad News Beeman]

A auctioneer told me that PB guns usually go for above the price that they are worth at auctions. Air guns could be the exception to that rule.

It really depends. For firearm-centric auctions, air guns may be given a back seat. But I've seen others where AG's brought in big bucks.

A fairly recent one was a liquidation of a former Crosman Daisy repair shop, and the lots of NOS guns went for high dollars.

 

[MDriskill]

Just picked up this HW55 Standard at auction. Like new. Auction is the only way I can find anything now since we moved to the Deep South.

I live in Tennessee...where people give rimfires to their 5-year-olds and KNOW that only wimp pinkos shoot "BB guns." I figgered out years ago that the only way I could try out something I was interested in, was to just go ahead and buy it. So I conquered my fear of getting used stuff from classifieds and auctions long ago, ha...

 

[Beer Nap]

I live in Tennessee...where people give rimfires to their 5-year-olds and KNOW that only wimp pinkos shoot "BB guns." I figgered out years ago that the only way I could try out something I was interested in, was to just go ahead and buy it. So I conquered my fear of getting used stuff from classifieds and auctions long ago, ha...

I'm not saying to do it but if a guy was shot in the butt with a .30cal BB gun then he might change his mind as to if it is a wimps pinkos weapon.