RIAC 19-22 February 2015 Auction

sheepherder · 02-20-2015, 04:37 PM

No, no plans to fly in. I don't even know what state they're in...

Update: I received an email reminder about an hour ago date/stamped 2/19/2015 8:45 pm about the auction which has been going on for a day and a half now...

alvin · 02-20-2015, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by sheepherder

No, no plans to fly in. I don't even know what state they're in...

Rock Island, IL.

In my impression, auction houses are like doctor's clinics. Obviously, they make quite amount of money, but don't bother putting the business in a better building. RIAC could be an exception. Never visited there. Too far away.

mahd776 · 02-21-2015, 01:59 AM

Rock Island Auction is only about an hour drive from my home. They are located in the Rock Island - Moline quad cities area of Illinois. Pretty nice place and very customer friendly. Usually the Thursday before an auction is the preview day followed by 3 auction days. This auction they started the actual auction a half day early on Thursday afternoon. Usually go and look on preview day but did not make this one. I tell my wife the preview day is like going to a firearms museum but you can handle the firearms. All on has to do is ask and one may examine anything they have on the auction. If that's not enough the Rock Island Arsenal museum is worth a visit and Simpsons Limited is only 35 miles down the interstate in Galesburg.

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02-21-2015, 01:59 AM	#3
mahd776 User Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 29 Thanks: 2 Thanked 6 Times in 3 Posts	Rock Island Auction is only about an hour drive from my home. They are located in the Rock Island - Moline quad cities area of Illinois. Pretty nice place and very customer friendly. Usually the Thursday before an auction is the preview day followed by 3 auction days. This auction they started the actual auction a half day early on Thursday afternoon. Usually go and look on preview day but did not make this one. I tell my wife the preview day is like going to a firearms museum but you can handle the firearms. All on has to do is ask and one may examine anything they have on the auction. If that's not enough the Rock Island Arsenal museum is worth a visit and Simpsons Limited is only 35 miles down the interstate in Galesburg.