Reference Thread - Poulins and James Julia Auctions (March 7-11, 2008)

[Badger]

I participated in the Poulin's Auction (click here) and James Julia Auction (click here) yesterday and today, which was primarily for many items from the late Bruce Stern collection.

From their web site:

12,700,000!!! This is the largest grossing firearms auction ever held in the world which exceeds the previous record of $11,235,000 set by this auction house last Fall which exceeded the earlier record of $9,200,000 set by James D. Julia, Inc. There were approx. 1270 lots sold and the final price was almost $4million above low estimate!

This extraordinary auction was extremely strong throughout. Included was the Bruce Stern Collection offering an extraordinary array of 20th Century military items and Class III weapons; spectacular collection of high quality shotguns; incredible Colts; beautiful Winchesters; portions of the Robert Sadler, Ron Gabel, & Hank Vogel Collections, the late Ron Kiser Collection of single shots; Civil War items and much, much more! Prior to the JDJ auction the Poulin Auction Company conducted a spectacular 3-Day auction grossing $1.5 million. A $14.2 MILLION combined total!!!!!

There's was a lot of excellent quality up for auction and I won some neat items, but I couldn't believe the prices some of the items went for. Here's an example...

Lot 2428. Ross Model 1912 Single Shot Training Rifle. Cal. 22. S# A172. Overall condition is good. Bore is bright. Receiver and barrel show approx. 80% of a blue scattered with brown with some apparent touch up on the front 2”. Barrel bands show approx. 80% original blue. Buttstock shows good with light scuffs and several dates and inspection marks on the right side. (07-2357 / BK / BS) Curio. Est. $ 500 - 700.

Sold for $4,600 U.S.

Price DOES NOT include auction house Buyer's Premium of 15-17%

I'll be putting together a photo montage in the next few weeks on dozens of various quality (some exotic) items and the values they sold for.

Regards,
Badger

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