I'm Someday be forced to sell My Favorite!
 

My Minty 1902 fat Barrel, approx 500, although I never seen another as as perfect! Perfect as to straw ad finish~May have to sell! I will post some preties~

I sold my mint '02 AE Fat Barrel a few months ago. It wasn't fun, but you have to let go of them sometime...and I ain't getting any younger.
Ron

Ron Thank You, I'm holding out! SELLER REMOURSE! I WILL LEND YOU MINE~~

It's mentally painful to have to sell something you cherished and cared for for years! I've felt that pain too!

Ron,
I think that is the nicest 02 I have seen.
Mike

Thanks Mike, it is the best I have ever seen also. Like new straight from the factory. I was sorry to let it go but it is time to pass on things I have accumulated and enjoyed over the last 65+ years.
Ron

I will post some preties~................................

My Minty 1902 fat Barrel, approx 500, although I never seen another as as perfect! Perfect as to straw ad finish~May have to sell! I will post some preties~

don't blow that $$$ on a keg of beer.............

Of the 500 faty produced I wonder ow many remain?

The only time one has to sell anything that is a source of satisfaction is if one needs the cash.

Jack

Not entirely true. Leaving family with the responsibility of finding a proper means of selling also is a consideration.

Was my 1902 Fat Barrel originally issue with a matching holster as was the 1900 U.S. Test Piece

No. Your 1902 is a Commercial, a holster would have to be purchased separately. The 1900 U.S. Test was a military contract and the US ordnance produced the holsters at Rock Island Arsenal to be issued with the guns.

My Hero!!!! Tks

"Not entirely true. Leaving family with the responsibility of finding a proper means of selling also is a consideration."

A valid consideration, but not a necessity. One's Will could specify how to handle the estate. There would be an executor and no one else need worry about it.

Jack

Choices..we all gotta make em..

You are missing the point. The family and/or executor probably will not have the contacts and collecting experience to properly dispose of a collection. That is why it behooves collectors to do it right and make sure all parties are taken care of...interaction with the buyers so they are assured they are getting the real deal, and make sure they pay full and fair value that will be passed on to the estate.
Ron
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families would not know what gun belongs with what accessories. so some taggings system and inventory list for the family sure would be help.

I have to sell~Since Deb died I'v lost her monthly SSI resulting in a loss of $1200/mo~Relying on my alone with a meager $230 yearly raises!!!I've got no choice!! Thank God for a few lugers!

Ron,

Everything you are saying is valid...as a choice. If you choose to sell your entire collection while you can, that is up to you and has to be respected.

The point is, and I'm repeating myself: The only time one has to sell anything that is a source of satisfaction is if one needs the cash.

Jack

Would you wait until prices may go up? Or will they??? Our Economy Suggs!

All my firearms will go to my Grandson. I've schooled him somewhat about most of them. He gets all my reloading stuff to which he is not acquainted with. I leave notes about certain things/procedures to help him along. Also, the prevailing value of everything.

Prices most assuredly will go up. But that is because the dollar will be worth even less than it is now. You won't get more value in the future, just more worthless dollars...

As was told to me years ago, "Americans. They know the price of everything, but the value of nothing."

This thread is particularly stressful for me.

1st off to hear Eric is needing to sell a prize possession hurts a lot :(
Then to hear Ron has already gone through the same doubles the pain.

My own situation right now is tenuous at best but complicated by the fact that I cannot even sell my guns legally anymore.
This is due to our mentally ill despotic PM 'banning' all hand guns and placing Law Abiding Citizens handguns into the Prohibited class meaning they will be siezed upon my passing and destroyed.

In the meantime I can't sell them nor buy any new ones.
I am allowed to keep them until i pass but I cannot leave them to anyone - including family - as heirlooms. ITS MY PROPERTY FFS.

We are working very hard in Canada to remove Trudeau from power and if we succeed we are fairly certain all will be reversed once we get Pierre Poilievre in power.

Eric and Ron I really hope you won't have to sell any more of your collection ... I don't know anymore ... the world has gone insane .... you can't do this, you can't do that ... men are women / women are men ... its F'ING insane. :(

Greg,
I deeply regret your situation and sincerely hope it will change. I appreciate your concerns over my decision to part with some of my collection, but take comfort (as I do) that I still have some really good stuff left to enjoy for a while ! :)
Ron

Living on SSI is impossible especially if a spouse dies. A few percent raise once a year! https://www.the-sun.com/money/511530...aise-how-much/

Eric, have you checked your eligibility to receive SS survivor's benefits?

Yes I get my ssi since my stroke, but I lose Debbys $1200/mo since her death. I was barely making it on mine! With everything gone up, I'm F***ed!

I am not at all an expert on US SSI but I think Dave is on to something.
After just a little digging I found this:

"Social Security will not combine a late spouse's benefit and your own and pay you both. When you are eligible for two benefits, such as a*survivor benefit*and a retirement payment, Social Security doesn’t add them together but rather pays you the higher of the two amounts.

If that’s the retirement benefit, then the retirement benefit is all you’ll get. If the survivor benefit is higher, Social Security pays the retirement benefit first and tops it up to match the amount of the survivor benefit."

https://www.aarp.org/retirement/soci...-benefits.html

https://www.aarp.org/retirement/soci...ouse-dies.html

https://www.nasi.org/learn/social-se...in-retirement/

Definitely seek some professional guidance on this one Eric because like I said I am dumber than dirt RE: US SSI but I think your in for a pleasant surprise ... at least I hope so brother. :thumbup:

You are right.. when a spouse dies you get which ever spouse is higher~You only get one!!! Which Sucks! Your Bills Remain The Same! And Much More~!!! My monthly rose only $200/mo Inflation wipes it out and more!!! Every time the value of house ggoes up, its taxed higher.We bought this house for $70k two years ago now value and taxes have doubled and so did taxes etc. https://www.trulia.com/p/fl/port-sai...52--2037746064

Eric, 2 bed 2 bath - could you perhaps take in a boarder? rent out the other room

Not ideal but if the $$ do not reach.

Homestead Status
 

Eric,

I assume this is your Homestead. First you should get 25K relief plus another 25K relief.

Plus under the Save our Home Act, your taxable value can only go up 2 percent per year, irrespective of what your home might be valued at by the realtors.

I was in my home here in Sarasota for 21 years and my taxable value never increased more than 2 percent per year. When I recently sold and down sized, the accumulated benefit followed me to my new smaller home.

I strongly recommend that you get an appointment with your local Advisor for the Elderly who should be able to allay your fears and point you in the right directions so you can get all the benefits to which you are entitled. And its free advice.

Florida takes good care of its Senior Citizens.

John

@spangy

Did i get it right? You can not sell your guns in CA? Not even to a museum or anything like that?

Is it possible to export them?

I am not an importer or have any knowledge about it, but it may be a way to save the guns. Here in europe there is a big collectors scene as well.

And a good advise I got from the guy I have my MP43 from:
Have a document in your safe where you list your guns and the expected value of them. He said, that he saw people selling all the stuff of passed people for far to less money. Just because the heirs of the deceased had no idea about the value of a collection.

So just in case our Brothers in Canada have not all heard Legacy Colectibles has been Exporting Historic Pistols from Canada to keep them from ending up as Man Hole Covers

I wont get into the horrible politics of it as we are facing our own issues here in the Pacific Northwest
https://www.legacy-collectibles.com/

Sorry Eric ... I am not trying to hi-jack your thread but I need to answer Kiel-78 and Good-Day

Legacy gets a lot of his Canadian rescue guns from a friend of mine in Quebec who has export experience and all the required license's one needs so it is possible.

The real solution is to get rid of our mentally ill WEF controlled PM - Trudeau.
The next election he will be gone and if he isn't then the fix is in.
He is the most hated PM in Canadian history as well as a complete embarrassment to Canada.
The leader of the opposition party, Conservative Pierre Poilievre has vowed to overturn the Gun bans and return Canada to the free respected democracy it has always been pre Trudeau.

If it doesn't happen I already have a plan in place to emigrate to the US thanks to a great friend here at the forum. Given my age and medical status moving would be very difficult but I will not turn over my guns to be 'melted' and I will not live in a dictatorship.

At the present time I can't sell, buy, export or leave as heirlooms my guns to my family or anyone else.
My friend in Quebec can export them with great difficulty because the bill while being enforced has not yet passed into law so there is a small window open for the time being IF you have a pre existing export license.
I would not be able to get anywhere near what they are worth nor do I want to sell them ... I have several very special Luger's and a few nice Artillery Luger's. Bottom line is once the bill passes final reading the window closes for good or until the next PM reverses all the damage Trudeau has created ... its complicated

Right now it's a waiting game dependent on political corruption.
Watch this video ... it will kind of spell it out but Bill C21, OIC, proroguing of parliament and the lies and deceit of the Liberal party under Trudeau are far to complex to illuminate in one video.

What you need to know is that this 'banning of guns' is taking place in countries all across the world.
It is under the direction of a cabal of billionaires united under the WEF and the United Nations Agenda 21 who wish to disarm the common people of the world by the year 2030. It is happening in the US as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UQ5Kw_I8E8

Canada Has lost its mind!! Come to Florida!