RIAC Blog

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 200-year history of the Texas Rangers as it 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.

Comparable to the size of a pocket watch, the Le Protector palm pistol and its successors were the ultimate concealed carry weapons of their era.

A percussion pistol pair made by well-known 19th century gunmaker Daniel Searles is one of only a few known examples of his work.

Some of the finest, historic, and most desirable Civil War guns for sale can be found at Rock Island Auction Company.