Can anyone help me value a pair of shotguns?

[TCups]

Ithica Model 100 SxS, 20-ga. 3", 25" bbl.  Metal, Single select trigger. Raised vented rib. 100% Wood 99% (small pressure ding from gun safe).  Barrel stamped "Custom Crafted for Ithica by SKB)  Ser# S610xxx
Ithica Model 100 SxS 12-ga. 2 3/4", 26" bbl.  Single select trigger.  Raised vented rib.  Dittos, but 12-ga. more highly engraved.  Ser# S513XXX

[Mryan21]

Not sure what they are worth, but they sure are pretty. Do you own those?

[RedFeather]

You can't really go by the auctions, but the second gun, in 20, is currently at $850 on Gun Broker. The plainer gun might go less but it's also a 20 in 25" barrel which makes for a nice upland bird gun. I should think that they would go for maybe $600 at a show, although I have been out of shotguns for a long time now. SKB's are nice guns, though, and not junk. You can check the Blue Book of Gun Values for a start. Just remember that it, and the auctions, ain't the Bible. Really nice guns while we're at it. Family estate? Makes me wish I could shoot shotguns again.

[TCups]

Yes, I possess them.  Thinking of a trade, but I get a  tense, burning sensation whenever I start thinking about trading guns -- I never know if I am making a good deal.

[TCups]

Safe queens I haven't shot in 20+ years.  Thinking about trading for a nice Marlin 39-A 22 S, L, LR (50's gun without cross bolt safety and no hammer bounce) and a Browning BL22 22 LR.  I seem to do a lot more rim-fire shooting these days than shot-gunning, and I was never that great a SxS enthusiast.  Plus, I have a large reserve of other shot guns including my beloved Brownings.  So, absolute price aside, I would probably get a lot more use out of the rimfires, but my gut tells me I am getting the short end of such a trade.

Mine, for example, is nicer than this one.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=153607227

[RedFeather]

Your gut is dead on. 50's 39A maybe $500, tops, for a really good one. Maybe a really nice early post-war B or C prefix. BLRII goes for about $450. I think there is one on Rimfirecentral right now. Might want to sell one and then do your shopping.

[airiscool]

Very pretty pair of doubles TCups !!!!!

I borrowed my brothers 20 ga SxS's for awhile. Was fun for skeet. Only problems was that it had a sheet steel butt plate, and I had to keep a screw driver in the shell pouch and retighten everything every few stations. It was an old, cheap Crecent 'hardware store' gun his father-in-law handed down to him. Kicked the snot out of my shoulder, but even with all that, it was still a nice change from pumps and o/u's.

Good luck with the sale.

Paul

[Bogey]

Check your PM when you get a chance.   Bogey