Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors John Wright's firearms to be auctioned (1st of two)

Someone was at the wrong place at the right time.

So if Tommy did not flip it himself, it was a ok deal for the buyer at auction, but Tommy does not sell for free, and gunbroker is not a free operation, he or she made out well but others made some too. Willing seller willing buyer that's how this all works.

A lot of fat in that deal even after everybody got paid off.

I say good for the guy that flipped it and got paid.

So John's estate got about $2500 for the gun after the auction house took their commission and the final bidder/current owner paid about $6500 landed for it and a lot of people including the state tax collected got in the middle of it somehow and made money on the deal.

It blows my mind that there was that much room and profit for all the fingers that were in that pie.

When the pie is big enough everyone gets a large slice LOL

99GUY are you the owner of 99pe in 243 win, in VA that does not want to sell it? LOL A gunsmith from VA told me he knew a guy but he wouldn't sell it LOL

Not me. No PE's

Darn lol

There were only 60 of the RMEF made. John's rifle, #10 with case, sold for $3000 plus then again in less than a month for $6100 plus. So where do you set the value of a RMEF rifle?

Should the 75th, 100th, PE, DE, RMEF be considered in a group of there own?

Would you consider #10 to be a "low number" worthy of a higher value?

Mr. $6100 shoulda been paying attention in September.

Bingo. They'd have gotten it cheaper, and more money would have gone to the family.

https://www.proxibid.com/Antiques-a...rms-Virtual-Auction/event-catalog/207882

Results of round 2. More of John's guns gone to new good homes.

I sat this one out. Just a spectator. I saw some of the usual suspects bidding though.

Anybody get anything they want to talk about? Saw some guns that went high, some that went reasonable, but I didn't see anything that went cheap this time, unless I missed something.

There were a lot of Colt 1911s in this auction. Does anybody know if John was into these?

Their was some good byes MHG gun brought good money some of the pistols went cheap the re done

Engraved one was a good buy.

I would have done better to have had supper then set in front of the box with my finger on the buy button

hope tomorrow I feel better about it

I found it interesting that his nicely refinished 1899A with E engraving and early B checkering brought LESS than an 1899B with shotgun buttplate in 38-55.

It's E engraved... cripes. How many of those even exist? I should have chased that one - after all, how long can the wife hold a grudge?

Welp, anyone that was ever interested in having access to a wide variety of desirable Savage rifles and pistols had it in John's auctions.

In general prices were good for seller and buyers IMO.

Having so many rifles and pistols available in a short period probably helped buyers more.

Don't think of it as a man's collection tossed into the four winds as much as a Collector spreading Savage seeds in hopes that they grow elsewhere.

Well done John.

I bid early on, never raised my bid, got two that I wanted

"There were a lot of Colt 1911s in this auction. Does anybody know if John was into these?"

I don't think any of the military items were John's.


I bought the cut-away Savage pistol. Since I have two cut-away rifles, 1899 and 99, I thought I should have a pistol to go with them. Why buy a gun you can't shoot...already have a .300 EG and wanted something different. Was hoping to pickup an 1895 or two but that didn't happen.

I got the 1933 NRA. Like usual, thanks to Gene for pointing out the details. I knew the serial for those started at 45,000, but I scanned right over this one is 45,024. Maybe first day of production, who knows? He also pointed out it had the early "Tall" rear sight. Last week I bought a 1923 NRA and it showed up yesterday. When this one shows up I'll have the 3 major variants of the 1919, then I'll post the pics I promised in another post.

As Rory was, I was following that E engraved rifle. It was going over and over in my head, you'll never get another chance. As far as the wife holding a grudge? All I would have to do is get rid of 10-15 chainsaws, and all would be well.

Oh, I did notice some of our bidders and was rooting for you guys strongly, glad you got some of the ones you wanted.

There was a pretty nice 1003 with octagon barrel that sold. First letter in the winning bidder name was G. Gene?

https://www.proxibid.com/Savage-Model-1903-in-22-S-L-or-LR/lotInformation/63861236

"I heard" it's going to WI, but not to Gene.