{"id":9614,"date":"2013-08-09T14:01:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T19:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2013\/08\/09\/firearms-collecting-101-want-to-get-started-collecting-and-investing-in-firearms\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T17:30:21","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T22:30:21","slug":"firearms-collecting-101-want-to-get-started-collecting-and-investing-in-firearms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2013\/08\/09\/firearms-collecting-101-want-to-get-started-collecting-and-investing-in-firearms\/","title":{"rendered":"Firearms Collecting 101 &#8211; Want to Get Started Collecting and Investing in Firearms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WRMc5tvVxIk?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Collecting 101:<br \/>\nHere at Rock Island Auction Company, we&#8217;re often asked by aspiring collectors, &#8220;Where do I start?&#8221;  In this video our Director of Auction Services, Kevin Hogan, shows us some jaw-dropping firearms that represent qualities that collectors of ANY level should seek out for their collections: interesting to you, high condition, high quality, special order features, and a solid provenance.  <\/p>\n<p>He also points out some of the &#8220;Blue Chips&#8221; of firearms, such as Colts and Winchesters.  You can find any number of guns with these features, by searching our Online Catalog on our website.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss our September 2013 Premiere Firearms Auction to be held September 13th &#8211; 15th!  We also have a full day preview on Thursday, September 12th where you can look at, pick up, shoulder, aim, hold, and inspect any item that&#8217;s going to auction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collecting 101: Here at Rock Island Auction Company, we&#8217;re often asked by aspiring collectors, &#8220;Where do I start?&#8221; In this video our Director of Auction Services, Kevin Hogan, shows us some jaw-dropping firearms that represent qualities that collectors of ANY level should seek out for their collections: interesting to you, high condition, high quality, special&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2013\/08\/09\/firearms-collecting-101-want-to-get-started-collecting-and-investing-in-firearms\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Firearms Collecting 101 &#8211; Want to Get Started Collecting and Investing in Firearms?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":9615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12459,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9614\/revisions\/12459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}