Julias
 

Has anyone looked at Julias auction
Any thoughts?

After the experience Eric Eis had with them, I'll never look at one of their catalogs again.

Destry

Today, Wednesday, is the auction day for some interesting Parkers and other fine doubles. Serious collectors will have an opportunity for some great guns from an auction house that has long been a good friend to the PGCA and the collecting community.

Bruce I don't know how you can say they have been a friend to the PGCA. What have they specifically done for the PGCA? I know two members who have had bad experiences with them. I would give my guns away befor putting them in their auction and I wouldn't buy from them no matter what.

Julia's Auction House has donated many thousands of dollars to the PGCA, as we have stated here several times previously. I don't know the current total, but I believe it is now well in excess of ten thousand dollars of direct contributions.

How many PGCA members other than PGCA life member gentleman Jim Julia have done anything similar?

Julia's has consistently offered some of the finest Parkers to serious collectors. There are few other opportunities to acquire some of these types of guns other than from the Julia Auction.

Julia's Auction House also has opened its doors in advance to PGCA representatives when special guns have been offered. Jim Julia has allowed valuable guns to be handled and closely examined without supervision. A well known and publicized example of that generosity involved the gun made for Czar Nicolas. Following is a photo of PGCA member Austin Hogan examining that gun in an off room at Julia's.

I bought a CH from Julia's several years ago and they were very pleasant to work with. I have nothing but good experiences with them.

I must agree with Todd, all my experiences have been positive too.

I'm on the fence regarding the financial aspect of 'friendship' to the PGCA. I guess I'm a lot older than some people as I recall the days when buying friendship was looked down upon. Those were the days when the USA was not for sale, though.

That said, regardless of money, I've bought a number of guns from Julia's and had nothing but good experience. These are the guys, let's not forget, who toe the line when it comes to shipping a gun - they refuse to use the usual gun manglers/losers known as UPS / USPS. That's a big one for me.

I did have one gun arrive not as advertised; they quickly verified that they were mistaken and Jim Julia himself called me and gave me the option of returning it or keeping it, no issues.

I watched the auction on line as a blizzard was blowing outside. It seems to me the prices realized on the Parkers, Foxes and LC Smiths were strong. The DE Fox sold for $49K ($42.5K with jig). They sure seem to be the premier firearms auction house and get consistently strong prices.

I have bought several guns from Julias over the last few years, and have not had any bad experiences, all above board, and will buy again from them, One day I will think about parting with my collection and have thought about consigning with them also. I am speaking of my personal dealings only and can not speak for others, Gary

Julia's has a long history of selling wonderful firearms at astounding prices...this past auction is no exception.

This was my first Julia auction and I was pleased. Rare, high quality items at prices much less than gun shows or internet sites. I bought the Angelo Bee and Runge Parker upgrades, bid on the 410 Foxes, sporting Mausers & Springfields but got blown away on those. I bid absentee for discipline but followed the action on proxibid.com. The realized prices including buyer premium are now posted on Julia's website.

Recent J Julia Auction/ Third Day Parker
 

I was out of the country and turned in a absentee bid for #3503, a nice original DHE 16 with a factory vent rib. The estimate listed was $7,500 to $12,500 (which I thought was a bit high). Anyway, I bid 10.5 K, and believed that I had a good chance, given the recent J Julia Parker auction results, but was blown away by the final bid of $18,795. Add the 18 1/2% and you have a very high price for a D grade 16...

That was indeed a very nice DHE, sorry you were outbid. Not everything went cheap. Best shotgun deals were English & European guns IMO, but not all of those either.

The Julia's catalog is truly the Playboy for gun collectors. First class

Patrick, I believe the price you quote includes the buyer's premium already. Still a very strong price at that.
Regards,
Erick

Forest, congrats on two GREAT guns. I already spent my limit this year on guns but I still follow them. You pick up two of the nicer guns. Frank

Thank you Frank, the Runge is especially nice IMO, signed & dated 1979, when Bob Runge retired from Remington to work with Del Grego. The Bee upgrade is lots of flash for not quite so much cash, not really like an authentic Parker, but I will probably never have an original high grade Parker, which is why I like repros. This auction had many great Parkers as well as other guns, I think it totaled $18.5 million.

How about #3494
Very nice Parker
I picked it up and thought wow they feel 32-62K it will go for
It went for 100,000
It was fun to be able to hold and look at that one…
Never held a 100,000 Firearm before
And at that price it was a partial refinish,reblue Bbls, and little case
Imagine what a 90% one would bring
How much is the power ball this weekend??

Approx $200K for the Smith 16 Deluxe !

I have no personal experience with Julias, but I'll say this; There are always two sides to every horror story.
They handled a fairly large estate for a family I know, (quite a few mm $) without a hitch.