A good day at the auction

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  • 1mark
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2009
    • 390

    #1

    A good day at the auction

    Went to a local auction and picked up several firearms. But as it turns out two of the rifles, a Trapdoor and a M1922 M2 are both on the SRS list.
    Now to get letters.

    Both rifles are in very good condition. So, approximately how much more in value does the SRS letter increase if any the value of the rifle(s)? Or does the letter just make a great tool to show some providence of the firearm.
    "Three people can keep a secret as long as two of them are dead" Mark Twain
  • PeteDavis
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2009
    • 364

    #2
    Well it used to cost $100.00

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    • Herschel
      Senior Member
      • Aug 2009
      • 973

      #3
      The cost of the sales letters is $65.00 to subscribers of the U. S. Martial Arms Collector. If you are not a subscriber the subscription will cost $35 per year. I consider the letter increases value to a collector more than the cost. It would be hard to say how much more as a serious collector will know he can get the letter.

      I said the above with the idea that the M2 Rifle was on the sales list. If not, the letter will only show at what time it was received by or shipped to SA and to what organization it was shipped to or received from. Very few M2 Rifles are on the sales list.
      Last edited by Herschel; 07-28-2013, 09:11.

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      • Kurt
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2011
        • 488

        #4
        Herschel, you have email..

        Kurt
        As the late Turner Kirkland was fond of saying, "If you want good oats, you have to pay the price. If you'll take oats that have already been through the horse, those come cheaper."

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        • Johnny P
          Senior Member
          • Aug 2009
          • 6260

          #5
          Like Herschel, I believe the DCM Sales letters are always worth the $65. When the SRS information was posted to the internet you had a good idea what you would be getting in their letter, but I have no idea how much information you are now given to help you decide if you want to get a letter. The last SRS letter I ordered was $175, but it contained information on a US&S Model 1911A1 pistol being issued to a Navy Captain during WWII. Had the information only been that the pistol was noted in inventory or shipped to some obscure military base it would not have been worth the cost in my opinion.

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          • 1mark
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2009
            • 390

            #6
            I have sent several emails to SRS but no answers. Does anyone know of another email address? The one I have is editor@usmartialarmscollector.com.
            "Three people can keep a secret as long as two of them are dead" Mark Twain

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