I would first list it here in the forsale section. You could sell it for 25 percent below Rock Island prices and still be ahead. Gunbroker is another option but I do not usually see realy high dollar guns actually sell there.

Something else to consider ... places like Gun Broker and Amoskeag (sp?) Auctions or other auction houses have a service where for a fee you can have someone guesstimate the value of the firearm.

This is typically a $25 or $35 service. That might help you out too!

.22Hepburn wrote on Jan 8^th, 2014 at 4:08pm:

Absolutely !!
I knew a fellow who collected antique chinaware like fancy cups and saucers ; and had amassed a considerable estate.
He had at least two auctions to liquidate his collection, and the gross was around $1 million.
He got clobbered in taxes, and told me if he had known what was going to happen, he would have sold his stuff off privately.

On the other hand, a good friend had a collection of about 100+ guns, which were mostly modern.
He negotiated a deal with an auctioneer to liquidate the collection over several auctions where no one sale total was to equal more than $10K.
He also stipulated to be paid in CASH.
He got away with it; but I don't think it would have worked if he wouldn't have had such a sizable collection.

I have heard that there is a part in either the new tax law or Obama Care that makes collectables in your estate taxed at a higher rate and separate from the million dollar exemption that most people get for spouses. I personally keep records forever for many reasons. Problem is I do not have good written documentation on everything. The other problem is that a $400 gun 10 years ago may be a $1000 gun today and you have capitol gains. Selling privately for cash is legal. Not paying taxes is not. Remember Al Capone?

A lot of what goes into the calculation of selling your single shots is what you expect out of them. If you bought your rifles with an eye on resale value and watch the prices of similar rifles like the Dow-Jones than stop reading right now you won’t like what I have to say. 
  Admittedly my guns are “shooters” most are made up guns, Even my one true original wears a modern barrel so I can keep the custom barrel that came with it in perfect shape. Most of my rifles are “barn guns that I brought back. The value in my rifles is in how much fun I have had with them. 
  When I sell something I sell here or face-to-face at a match to other shooters. I want to know that the rifle is going to someone who will love and use like I did. I don’t want my rifles going to some feather merchant who is buying them for an “investment”. I will never pimp my rifles out on gun broker or fleabay. Do I sell for more than I bought yes, but not as much as I could sell them for to some rube on an auction site.

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They got lucky.... the state of Florida tried for almost 20 years to take ALL of the Atocha treasure.  They damn near got away with it. 
This after Mel Fisher spent 20 years of his life, and several fortunes, trying to find and recover the Atocha.
I think it was public opinion that finally swayed the court, and let the Fishers keep 25%.

Thanks all for some good advice. I will look into a couple. My only desire is rifles that are shoot-able survivors or specifically built for our game and these collectors are for someone else to hold. 

Thanks,