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04-21-2011, 02:11 PM | #1 |
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I found this collection today http://www.bronzecannons.net/guncollection.html
How in the world would something like this work? For the sake of enlightenment, what would be a ballpark for an offer they might consider? David |
04-21-2011, 02:38 PM | #2 |
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As an efficient way of mulcting bargain hunters.
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04-21-2011, 02:44 PM | #3 |
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Hi David, There are plenty of crooks in this country, you don't need to go to Argentina to get screwed (unless you're Gov. Mark Sanford). Regards, Norm
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Don't know if they are "crooks" or not, but there are some world class guns there. I don't have the funds or the connections to buy any of them but if I did I would seriously be looking for a way to acquire some choice guns.
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Don't see what makes it stand out as some sort of rip-off...it just looks an amazing collection of some wonderful guns. Not that I have anywhere near the resources to buy 32 lugers at one time , but I'm wondering...if anyone did, would they have to be import stamped to be owned here?
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and thanks, David...I thought I had a decent all-round knowledge of firearms....but....an Adler????? wow.....new one on me!
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Interesting to see that the rest of the site refers to shipwreck research.
One of the worst scammers from Poland used many variations of a ''shipwreck research" email address. I would not hand out a single penny without holding the gun in question firmly in my hands, while moving towards the exit |
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Wants to sell the whole collection? To who? Bill Gates? Even each segment would be a stretch for all but the extremely wealthy.
Gerben might have a good point..I would want mucho background information and an airline ticket to Argentina for starters.
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Of course I'm not saying that it is, but I found it a striking coincidence.
The old scammer 'Pavel Nowak' is currently offering rare militaria items for sale under the user name 'Apollo13' or variations of that as well. We spotted him offering a German pinhelm for sale on a Dutch sales site under that name. |
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Hmmm.
I would think the beat way to dispose of this collection would be to import them to a major auction house here in the USA. Like RIA or Greg Martin. I am sure they could handle the import paperwork. Then any buyers would know that folks known to the collector community would have inspected each gun and verified condition. The seller would get top dollar that way and not have any problems collecting the proceeds. Just my .02 Bob
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One thing that lends towards it being a legit offering is that the majority of these pictures of the guns were taken with the same background, same lighting...not random images collected from the net.
Anyhow, for anyone sincerely interested who had money to burn, a round trip plane ticket to Argentina would be the cheapest part of the transaction! |
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Several years ago, i was approached and I think other members about a guy who had a collection for sale from Argentina. I have no idea if it is true or not, it just seemed too much like a scam.
There are folks who go to Argentina for biz, would be interesting if they could 'visit' the collection. I know a fellow collector who started his collection from a tip from me. I had received a PM to me on the forum from a guy in Israel. Would only sell the entire collection, I could not afford it, but my friend eventually worked a deal with him and bought it, went through the importation to europe and still has the collection. To the USA would require complete importation. A piece or two a year can be acquired through much paperwork without the item being import marked. Ed
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From the gun stores I have mentioned in Buenos Aires and the two personal collections I have observed I don't find the quality or the quantity of this collection at all unusual for Argentina.
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I noticed that the asking price for the entire collection of 700+ guns was ~$340k. One could calculate a reasonable offer for this on roughly a per-unit basis. Average price per gun would be less than $500. $20-30k for the 30-some Lugers might just take it? I have some dough to invest, not burn, and payback could indeed be stretched over years for this purpose. If it's over the 20k mark by much, I'd need a partner. Or maybe we could scrape together a consortium of interested collectors on a share basis. The forum could pitch in to establish values of the individual pieces, all could make offers, and proceeds could be divided according to the shares each contributor held, after expenses and a healthy contribution to the forum.
We need a researcher to confirm the offering and clear title to it. We need sound, definitive advice as to the best approach for importing. The page also said that arrangements could be made to store the guns in Argentina, and mentioned the Argentinian BATF equivalent. This could make the importations easier on a piecemeal basis, depending on what the charges would be from whomever for providing the storage. This seems too good to be true in a few ways, but as has been pointed out that there is nothing specific so far to condemn this situation, suspicions aside. Maybe we can all ferret out the facts together. I emailed them the other day, must check for a response, about whether they'd established an asking-price for the Lugers. Maybe I can find a phone contact...I'll report back if I can find out any more. Found out so far: Domain name: bronzecannons.net Registrant Contact: Jerseydawgs Anthony Wells () Fax: 200 N. El Camino Real Space# 148 Oceanside, 92054 US Administrative Contact: Jerseydawgs Anthony Wells (tonywells82@hotmail.com) +63.9273451812 Fax: none 200 N. El Camino Real Space# 148 Oceanside, 92054 US Technical Contact: Jerseydawgs Anthony Wells (tonywells82@hotmail.com) +63.9273451812 Fax: none 200 N. El Camino Real Space# 148 Oceanside, 92054 US Status: Locked Name Servers: ns1.eastwesthub.com ns2.eastwesthub.com Creation date: 15 Aug 2004 02:58:00 Expiration date: 15 Aug 2011 02:58:00 In response to my email mentioned above, I received: Hello, Please make your offer for the Luger collection so I can see if Carlos will accept it or not. Sincerely, Tony Contact phone for domain is in the Philippines, registration address Riverside, Ca. I could email him back immediately and play it straight, but will wait for input from forum. Who's thinkin' what about this? Last edited by ithacaartist; 04-23-2011 at 10:10 AM. Reason: Adding followup |
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Here is a specific fact. If this were a legitimate offering, the "owner" could have disposed of it with a single phone call to Rock Island Auction, James D. Julia, or Hermann Historica. In either one of these venues this "collection" would have grossed over a million dollars, preempting the need to solicit bids online. "If it seems to be too good to be true, it is."
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Hi David, I've been in the import/export business for over 50 years. Although I seldom agree with my dear friend Michael, he's 100% right on this one. Regards, Norm
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I thought this thread was long deceased, however, I found this in my inbox today:
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"contact phone for domain is in the Philippines, registration address Riverside CA." RED FLAG!
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Well, I expect it will be a big job for the importer to get out his metal stamp and hammer and bang the import information on all of these firearms. Of course, doing so will knock at least 25% off the value of the collection.
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