Scotarms ceased trading

[bigduke6]

Around last September I went onto the website to see when the next auction was, to find they had closed.

End of an era.

The last few auctions I attended he was using 'stand ins' rather than be up on the rostrum himself. I don't think it ever fully recoved after C19.

It’s a shame Alan, as probably the last auction house who did take in crap ….( one man’s junk as another man’s treasure) I did get a few bargains over the years , plus a few melons.

His barn was full when I dropped my last lot off, there was racks and racks of old target rifles ( converted Enfields, P14,s etc)

[Alan de Enfield]

It’s a shame Alan, as probably the last auction house who did take in crap ….( one man’s junk as another man’s treasure) I did get a few bargains over the years , plus a few melons.

His barn was full when I dropped my last lot off, there was racks and racks of old target rifles ( converted Enfields, P14,s etc)

I did hear that he had 100s (1000s) of unsold items that had repeatedly been in the auction and remained unsold - they were going to scrap / gas axe.

10 - 15 - 20 years ago there were some really good buys and the Enfield was not the collectible it is now. One of my most profitable buys was a large box of "assortment on Lee Enfield parts including sights".


There was dozens of bits and pieces I wanted (but of course you cannot show too much interest in a lot), then, in the bottom of the box were 3x No4T scope brackets.I won it at £100 + buyers premium.
I took out the bits I wanted and later sold the scope brackets and other parts for over £1000.
Not being an RFD (Registered Firearm Dealer) restricted what I could purchase - I could have had 10x SMLE barrels for £10 but was not allowed to bid !

I did buy my 'fair share' of shotguns for between £1 and £10 each - my little light weight 'poachers folding 410' is still with me.

Over the last few years the prices crept up and up and for much of the stuff I was priced out of the market.

[Surpmil]

I did hear that he had 100s (1000s) of unsold items that had repeatedly been in the auction and remained unsold - they were going to scrap / gas axe.

That would be a pity. Job lots on eBay would get rid of such stuff if not prohibited items.

[Alan de Enfield]

That would be a pity. Job lots on eBay would get rid of such stuff if not prohibited items.

Probably 90%+ was firearms.
Many were shotguns, where, even when bundled 3 or 4 or 5 of them together they could not get a bid of (say) £5.
I did get an 'as new' BSA 12g, folding, single, for £1

They had quite a lot of P14 and Lee Enfied No4s that were sporterised and some converted to 7.62 NATO that no one wants.

I had a very nice No4 7.62 conversion that I had made into an Enforcer look alike that I wanted £100 for.
After 3 years of 'no bites' I stripped it down, kept the mag and the sights / mounts and scrapped it, to get it off my licence.