re: Need used gun advice...

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The owner passed and no family left. Not an individual selling

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go on gunbroker and search "estate sale".

No family left might mean that no surviving family wants the guns; if someone thought the gun was worth something of significant value they would likely want to keep it.

So that means there is likely not a huge demand for this, they likely want a sum of cash instead. Usually, this is more about getting some money NOW, rather than waiting to sell it at market price.

I'd find a NRA fair condition price for each (you can find the price at the library in a current Gun Value book of some sort), then offer whatever percentage you feel is just. If you know the people and want to help them out with the estate, offer a full 100%. If you're totally an outsider, you might offer, say, $300, and see what is said. $350 can get you a new Tisas 1911 from Bud's, which is about the lowest new 1911 you can buy. So if I wanted it, I would offer around the price of the Tisas and use that as leverage, see what the return offer is, or they might just accept it.