Photo Gallery: Sneak Peek at RIA’s Upcoming Firearms Auction

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Photo Gallery: Sneak Peek at RIA’s Upcoming Firearms Auction

Rock Island Auction Company is shooting for the stars to start 2015. The Illinois auction house is set to stage it biggest sale to date with its first four-day event. And, as usual, the block will be crowded with an incredible volume of rare, unique and historic firearms.

According to RIA’s press release, the Feb. 19-22 firearms auction will include more than of 7,000 items in 3,600-plus lots, including more than 700 Colts, 600 Winchesters, 400 Remingtons, and 300 Smith & Wessons.

With Civil War weapons to Colt snake guns ready for sale, there appears to be a little something for everyone. That includes high-end bidders, with the lots from The William Baird Colt Collection and The Estate Collection of Donald Kotecki.

It will take a lot for RIA to outdo its $47.5 million in sales in 2014. But as the photo gallery below shows, the top-notch auction company appears set to make a run at it.

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Elwood Shelton
Elwood Shelton is the Digital Editor for Gun Digest. He lives in Colorado and has provided coverage on a vast spectrum of topics for GD for more than a decade. Before that, he was an award-winning sports and outdoors reporter for a number of newspapers across the Rocky Mountains. His experience has consisted of covering the spread of chronic wasting disease into the Western Slope of Colorado to the state’s ranching for wildlife programs. His passion for shooting began at a young age, fostered on pheasant hunts with his father. Since then, he has become an accomplished handloader, long-range shooter and avid hunter—particularly mule deer and any low-down, dirty varmint that comes into his crosshairs. He is a regular contributor to Gun Digest Magazine and has contributed to various books on guns and shooting, most recently Lever-Actions: A Tribute to the All-American Rifle.

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