how do i sell a complete grandpa nambu

[hill160881@yahoo.com]

i have a complete grandpa nambu with matching # on butstoch/sheeth i am looking to sell. I do know how rare and valuable they are. does any one have any advice on how to go about this. also this is my first time using a forum or anything similar. Here are some photos:

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=125175842&albumId=0

[rugerwheels]

I would suggest an auction. Considering the value of your Nambu with shoulder stock (likely $3,000 up to 15,000), I would discuss it with James Julia Auctions which handles a large number of valuable firearms annually. Their website is http://www.juliaauctions.com/ Alternatively you could go with Gunbroker.com or Auctionarms.com.
The folks on this Forum would be very pleased to see photos of your pistol and accessories.

[Herr Mario]

The folks on this Forum would be very pleased to see photos of you pistol and accessories.


....I second that emotion....:grinning-thumbsup: :D

[HerrMesser]

+3

And welcome to the forum.

Rad

[hill160881@yahoo.com]

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I tried but I can't get your photos to pop up? Maybe CLG can?

[WmRoy]

Welcome Aboard!! :D

[hill160881@yahoo.com]

here is a link to my myspace page where all of the photos are posted. let me know if that works. hope you enjoy the photos :)

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=125175842&albumId=0

[hill160881@yahoo.com]

O, and dont ask me to assemble the gun for pictures because it is a felony. the whole post 1900 short barreled riffle ban thing. but if everyone wants more pics i have them.

[xpertgreg]

very nice!

gw

[rugerwheels]

A beautiful pistol. Based on your photos and assuming the pistol and shoulder stock are original and all-matching (can't make out the serial number on your stock) I would have to revise my guess as to the value upwards to the $20,000 plus range. If it were me I would go to James Julia to sell this one. In their October 7 & 8, 2008 auction a very fine specimen without stock went for $12,650 (Lot No. 1163), and original stocks add up to 100% to the value. In their March 10, 2008 auction a VF-EF example went for $24,150 (Lot No. 143A). Also, I don't know what you mean by assembling the rig for pictures being a felony; others do it regularly. See same Julia auction for several examples (including the March 2008 Grandpa for example). Nambu collectors will be interested in your pistol because to my knowledge SN 93 has not been reported in publications. You probably have a copy of "Japanese Military Cartridge Handguns 1893-1945" by Derby & Brown in which SN's are recorded for 138 of the approx. 2,400 Grandpa Nambu's made. If you list this pistol for auction give us a head's up. Members here would be interested in following it.

[hill160881@yahoo.com]

the curator at the Oklahoma gun museum said because of the length of the barrel and the year it was made that assembling it is a federal offense, so i just thought i would be safe. I would also like to find out who originally purchased the gun and am wondering if that is possible, and how. any thoughts? and thanks for the the auction info.

[rugerwheels]

Here is a website operated by a woman in Canada who is a very knowledgeable collector of Nambu's. http://members.shaw.ca/tju/jhg.htm . Teri might have some thoughts on tracing the history of your pistol. I think it will be difficult. Most factory production records were destroyed in WWII so it will probably be difficult to determine the original consignee or purchaser. Since the Grandpa was not a military weapon, it is doubtful that it made its way to the US in the way that most Nambus's got here: as GI bring-backs. It is possible it was obtained by a GI from a collection or museum but in any case there are no accessible records of it's importation as a GI bring-back except in the unusual case of finding Capture Papers. I would make a wild guess that it might have been brought here by a civilian many years ago (such as, for example, an American diplomat or military officer who received it as a gift). Of course, tracing it back through the source from whom you obtained it might be the best course if that is feasible.

[hill160881@yahoo.com]

I am already in contact with her. she has a wealth of knowledge on this gun. I thought it was a non-operational wall-hanger or a replica. The sellers thought it was a piece of junk and threw it in a box of odds and ends at the yard sale where i found it. still cant believe that is how something like this turns up.

[hill160881@yahoo.com]

a little background on me. i am an avid gun collector but i only collect new firearms. Because i cant afford the classic ones.:) (IE. i collect, 500 mag all XD models black power, shoot-guns, and any legal assault riffle. i love new firearm designs because they integrate old tech with new experience. i love the new barrett 50 cal. iv shoot a few and wow. it kicks like a shotgun and hits like a nuk. Im also am a afghan and iraq combat vet. not so much afghan more iraq. i will try to take some very high res pics of the nambu i have and i hope everyone enjoys then.

[Blind Hog]

Wonder what ever happened to this rare pistol. Posting kinda fell off the radar. :rolleyes: