RIAC Blog

Instead of a tie or bottle of cologne, take a look at these Father's Day gun gifts from Rock Island Auction Company.

Looking for some of the most fun guns to shoot at a range this summer? RIAC's June Sporting & Collector Auction has you covered!

The Model 1863 rifle musket was used by the Union Army and some made their way into the Fenian Brotherhood's arsenal for Irish independence.

We're looking back at some of our favorite Indiana Jones guns from each installment as the fifth film in the franchise is poised to hit theaters.

Rock Island Auction celebrates the vast, violent, and complex Texas Rangers bicentennial as RIAC opens its new Bedford, Texas facility.

The Tranter revolver is a significant British-made firearm that was an early double action with early versions featuring a separate cocking trigger.

Rock Island Auction's May 2023 Premier Auction result of $22 million comes from a bevy of remarkable items and a strong fine arms market.

SKS price trends are turning heads in the collecting community. An analysis of eight years of RIAC auction data yields surprising results.

Pawnee Bill joined with Buffalo Bill Cody to sell the legend of the Wild West but also was an Indian interpreter, land boomer, and businessman.

As settlers pushed into the American West, the Hawken rifles made by Samuel and Jacob Hawken were instrumental in taming the vast & wild territory.

The Dr. Robert Beeman Collection encompasses a profound variety of antique air gun styles and mechanisms produced between the 17th and late 19th centuries.

Fallschirmjäger, Germany's WW2 paratroopers, had the rare and influential FG42 designed specifically for their use.