Reloading room estate sale: what's this stuff worth?

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Hi everyone....

A Friend of mines grandfather passed away and was left with a vast quantity of presses, dies, power measures, etc etc etc......he basically wants to liquidate everything together.......I personally do not have the knowledge to put a price on "the works" here are a few pictures of the reloading room and the misc components as well

What would be a fair asking price for everything? As it all has to be sold in one lot deal......I know it might be hard to break everything down from the pics provided buy any info would help! Thanks in advance

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I would need some idea of what is there.

I see 2 Lyman powder throwers, three shotgun presses (what calibers?) a bullet sizer.

How many die sets? What calibers?

How many and size of primers?

How much powder?

How many and size of bullets?

I am sure I see a $500 offer there, but there could be a lot more in the consumables we can't see.
 
It is essentially a fire sale. There is a problem trying to sell equipment that belongs in the archives.
The second problem is those who pick and choose. In the end the only thing left is garbage.
A very general grouping of Presses, powder measures and dies with a picture . . . buyer takes all and pays shipping.
The second group would be of the brass, third powders and primers, and fourth miscellaneous.
It looks like a task but overall if someone offered $1000 as it shows in the picture you should be all over that . . . payment now and one week to remove all.
The one thing in your favour is there is no sentimental value.
Is the estate willing to sell everything to you for a couple hundred dollars and you take your chances?
 
I see at least 4 Lyman 55 powder measures which should be worth more than $50 each.

It would be very helpful to have someone knowledgeable help evaluate and package up things. It's often not obvious what goes together.
Dealing with my father's reloading room last year was a challenge and I had actually used much of his gear at one point or another.

I would agree that it's more than $500 worth but it mostly looks like older stuff which isn't necessarily a bad thing but makes values harder to find. And shotgun loading is almost a dead pastime because loaded ammo is available cheaper than reloading.
 
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horseman2 said:
It is essentially a fire sale. There is a problem trying to sell equipment that belongs in the archives.
The second problem is those who pick and choose. In the end the only thing left is garbage.
A very general grouping of Presses, powder measures and dies with a picture . . . buyer takes all and pays shipping.
The second group would be of the brass, third powders and primers, and fourth miscellaneous.
It looks like a task but overall if someone offered $1000 as it shows in the picture you should be all over that . . . payment now and one week to remove all.
The one thing in your favour is there is no sentimental value.
Is the estate willing to sell everything to you for a couple hundred dollars and you take your chances?
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Thanks for the reply..and essentially yes it is a fire sale......I cannot confirm the amounts of dies as another poster mentioned......all I have is the 2 pictures to go off of and then basically load up a truck and trailer and sort later.....what you see is what you get kinda deal......and I'm sure there is more....ive researched some of the items from what I can see in the pictures and i totally get your comment about "belongs in the archives" as some items are basically obsolete

By going off the pictures I am thinking 1000$ myself before I even starred this thread......like you say take your chances......in all honesty in was thinking about purchasing everything if the price is right around the 1000$ Mark and setting up a table at a few upcoming gun shows and maybe make a few $.......that was my initial thought........the estate has not gotten back to me with a price.......so do you think for a 1000$ for everything maybe I could possibly double my money over time?
 
I'm start the bidding at $5!...

You likely need to go inventory what's there. Two pictures cannot accurately depict what is there, if you could go get more pictures and compile a list of what's there we can do a better job assisting with the value of this.
 
The TV and the tape deck are worth a few bucks :D

With the bullet sizer there you can imagine that something non-standard is being loaded for but what is an unknown.

If it is 12ga shotgun loaders and standard rifle calibers then there is value but not a pile, if the shotgun loaders are 410, 28ga, 16ga and the rifle stuff involves molds for obsolete guns, casting equipment, rare dies, etc, then the value can go way up.

I think the value needs to be a number that both sides are comfortable with and be done with it, if $500 is fine with the people taking care of the estate then it is worth it for someone to sort through the pile and take the good with the bad but $1000 may be way too high depending on what it is. If the presses are lyman with the weird threads then modern stuff would not necessarily fit and be almost useless.

Whomever takes this on will have a lot of sorting to do.

I assume the guns have already been spoken for? If the guns are still being dealt with then maybe package the guns with the dies/molds and get a premium on the guns rather than selling them separate.
 
Suther said:
I'm start the bidding at $5!...

You likely need to go inventory what's there. Two pictures cannot accurately depict what is there, if you could go get more pictures and compile a list of what's there we can do a better job assisting with the value of this.
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I hear ya on this and like you say an inventory list is golden

In all honesty they just don't have time to compile a list and it's 1.5 hours from where I live....it's basically " a one shot deal" come pick it up and get it outta here kinda thing.....they have no time tIme to compile a list......its basically a basement clear out sale.....get it outta here this weekend kinda thing and I'm going off the 2 pictures provided......the thing is they want me to make an offer.....I'm thinking strickly resale here......I dont want to insult them if you known what I mean
 
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The TV and the tape deck are worth a few bucks :D

With the bullet sizer there you can imagine that something non-standard is being loaded for but what is an unknown.

If it is 12ga shotgun loaders and standard rifle calibers then there is value but not a pile, if the shotgun loaders are 410, 28ga, 16ga and the rifle stuff involves molds for obsolete guns, casting equipment, rare dies, etc, then the value can go way up.

I think the value needs to be a number that both sides are comfortable with and be done with it, if $500 is fine with the people taking care of the estate then it is worth it for someone to sort through the pile and take the good with the bad but $1000 may be way too high depending on what it is. If the presses are lyman with the weird threads then modern stuff would not necessarily fit and be almost useless.

Whomever takes this on will have a lot of sorting to do.

I assume the guns have already been spoken for? If the guns are still being dealt with then maybe package the guns with the dies/molds and get a premium on the guns rather than selling them separate.
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I hear you on this.....1000$ could be way to high.....and especially that I know nothing about this sort of thing

Iam still waiting on a list for the firearms.......that will hopefully come in the future.....I can get the values on those but might post a list for CGN input when the time comes
 
Ironheart said:
I hear you on this.....1000$ could be way to high.....and especially that I know nothing about this sort of thing

Iam still waiting on a list for the firearms.......that will hopefully come in the future.....I can get the values on those but might post a list for CGN input when the time comes
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It is probably worth it taking just a little bit of time and compiling things. If he has a snider for example, someone buying that gun will need to reload for it, if you sell the gun and the reloading stuff is secondary then you have to try to sell the reloading gear secondarily and ship it as such as well, putting all the snider reloading stuff together with the gun and shipping it all together will be the cheapest shipping for the buying and therefore get more money for the estate.

If I were in the area I would come by and walk you through what is actually there, pull it all apart, I really hope you can find someone locally willing to help out for a timmies coffee or a large pepperoni pizza, it really does need to be gone through if they want any more than a token $250 to get it out of the house.
 
There could easily be well over $1000 worth of stuff there. Just the presses, extra toolheads, etc would be worth that. If they're all in decent condition.

But then there's the obscene amount of work, effort, and time you're going to have to put into packing all this stuff up, moving it, cleaning it up, organizing it, and listing it for sale. Time has value too, and you're doing them a HUGE favor by taking all of that on. You're also likely to find things that aren't in good enough condition to be worth anything. Lot of unknowns, and because of that alone, I would be inclined to offer them well under what I figure the lot could be worth.
 
Fox said:
It is probably worth it taking just a little bit of time and compiling things. If he has a snider for example, someone buying that gun will need to reload for it, if you sell the gun and the reloading stuff is secondary then you have to try to sell the reloading gear secondarily and ship it as such as well, putting all the snider reloading stuff together with the gun and shipping it all together will be the cheapest shipping for the buying and therefore get more money for the estate.

If I were in the area I would come by and walk you through what is actually there, pull it all apart, I really hope you can find someone locally willing to help out for a timmies coffee or a large pepperoni pizza, it really does need to be gone through if they want any more than a token $250 to get it out of the house.
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Thanks for the offer it would be great if someone was in the Okanogan valley area to come take a look......I know what the safes are worth and the wood/glass cabinets are basically something that just takes up a huge amount of space......to take this all out of this basement will be extensive as I'm limited for space where I can move these items into......if I just say F*** it they will most likely call a local mom/pop Gun store in or someone who will pick thru and grab all the good stuff.......i really don't know what to say about this scenario lol
 
Scotty454 said:
There could easily be well over $1000 worth of stuff there. Just the presses, extra toolheads, etc would be worth that. If they're all in decent condition.

But then there's the obscene amount of work, effort, and time you're going to have to put into packing all this stuff up, moving it, cleaning it up, organizing it, and listing it for sale. Time has value too, and you're doing them a HUGE favor by taking all of that on. You're also likely to find things that aren't in good enough condition to be worth anything. Lot of unknowns, and because of that alone, I would be inclined to offer them well under what I figure the lot could be worth.
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Oh man I hear ya!!!! Time is huge and time is money! I do know about firearms and values.....but reloading components.......I'm dumbfounded.......just what I've briefly Googled..and like you say what's there ? What missing/incomplete
 
Ironheart said:
Thanks for the offer it would be great if someone was in the Okanogan valley area to come take a look......I know what the safes are worth and the wood/glass cabinets are basically something that just takes up a huge amount of space......to take this all out of this basement will be extensive as I'm limited for space where I can move these items into......if I just say F*** it they will most likely call a local mom/pop Gun store in or someone who will pick thru and grab all the good stuff.......i really don't know what to say about this scenario lol
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There is a lot of potential in there, round balls, lots of different bullets, did this guy load for the whole town?
 
Ironheart said:
Oh man I hear ya!!!! Time is huge and time is money! I do know about firearms and values.....but reloading components.......I'm dumbfounded.......just what I've briefly Googled..and like you say what's there ? What missing/incomplete
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Bullets I would say take a comparable new number and cut it in half, even is the box is full, this would not be the same lot as now and maybe constructed differently. 50 cal round balls right now are about $22, so $10-12 for a full box. Primers would be the same thing. Powder, I do not trust other peoples powder stash, may not be worth anything. Brass, it all depends on what it is, if the bags are sealed then new price but most likely shot once or more, the value goes down for that but still some money there.

Probably $500 of value in just the bullets and round balls from the pictures, if the boxes are full.
 
^^^^^^thank you sir for the info.....I'm off to work now and won't be able to access CGN till later this evening....I really appreciate all the info everyone has provided so far I'll see what the estate owner sais about the bulk price.....for all I know they could be out to lunch! It just seems they want me to make the offer on the lot......I would need triple my money within a month or 2 to make this worth it.....I'm. Sure all of you guys can understand

Kind regards
 
I have dealt with some estates through my business. Basically, I ended up with everything but the firearms. The arrangement I typically made was 50% to the family, 50% to me. I tried to price everything at about 60% of current retail. It worked out reasonably well on most things. I still have a couple of milk crates of things that I will never be able to get rid of. IE; 1,000 electric primers for 20mm Vulcan cannon rounds. However I never had to go in and do a cleanup, everything was brought to me semi-cataloged and I had to go through it further and ended up tossing out lots of stuff for being "odd, old or not in serviceable condition"
 
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