Historic military and firearms auction in Ohio grosses $750,000

By Christen Smith

An historic military and firearms auction of nearly 700 war time rarities in suburban Cleveland grossed $750,000 last month.
Milestone Auctions Co-owner Miles King said the event, held Jan. 29, attracted the most bid sign-ups ever for the auction house.
“A lot of gun collectors came to the preview and really enjoyed handling the old guns and studying how they were put together,” he said. “There were many new customers who had never bid in our sales before and more bidders than usual participating at the high end. We were very pleased.”
Milestone Auctions said its top-selling gun, a Springfield M1-D Garand Sniper rifle bought in 1996 from the Army’s Division of Civilian Marksmanship, raked in $7,200. The rifle came sealed in its original packaging with all accessories.
Springfield .30 caliber M1-D Garand Sniper rifle purchased in 1996 from the Army’s Division of Civilian Marksmanship. (Photo: Milestone Auctions)
An Enfield P53 .577 three-band 1862 rifle identified as belonging to Ransom Tifft of the 18th Massachusetts Infantry, fetched $6,300 — well above its $1,500 estimate.
1853 British Enfield .577 3 band rifle. (Photo: Milestone Auctions)
A Winchester .22-caliber pump Model 1906 sold for $3,720. (Photo: Milestone Auctions)
Some of the auction’s more high-profile items — a 1936 Mercedes Benz  170V coupe owned by  Nazi

Source: Guns.com