Rock Island Auction Company to Donate Rare Winchester to the NRA-ILA Dinner and Auction

 Rock Island Auction Company is proud to announce it will be donating a rare Winchester Model 1873 Musket to the National Rifle Associations Institute for Legislative Action annual dinner and auction scheduled for Friday April, 13 at Grant Farm in St. Louis Missouri. The dinner and auction is held in conjunction with the 2012 NRA Annual Meeting and show. The show attracts 70,000 plus gun enthusiasts from all over the world for 7 acres of guns, gear and outfitters. The show itself will feature over 500 displays ranging from firearms and shooting accessories to hunting outfitters and ATV’s.

The event raises money for the NRA-ILA, the lobbying arm of the National Rifle Association who is entrusted to “preserve the rights of all law abiding individuals to purchase, posses and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution”. The ILA was formed in 1975 and is involved in “any issue that directly or indirectly affects firearms ownership and use. These involve such topics as hunting and access to hunting lands, wilderness and wildlife conservation, civilian marksmanship training and ranges for public use, law enforcement-related issues, product liability, trapping, crime victim rights and criminal justice reform”.

 “We attended the show last year for the first time and had a remarkable experience” said Kevin Hogan an Auctioneer at Rock Island Auction Company. In fact Rock Island Auction had such a great show last year that they booked a 30 X 40 foot booth for this years show in St. Louis. “The show is totally unique for us and we have never been involved with such a large display. No other auction house attends the show and it’s a great opportunity for us to meet potential consignors and potential buyers who have never heard of us before. We can introduce new people to the world of antique gun collecting and open their eyes to brand new investment opportunity.” As for the dinner and auction Kevin said “my father and I attended the NRA-ILA banquet last year at the Pittsburg show and could not have been more impressed. The room is filled with businessmen, celebrities, and politicians who are all rallying around the idea of protecting and preserving the Second Amendment. It’s thanks to this organization today that we are able to continue to do business and grow. Donating to the auction allowed us the opportunity to help this wonderful organization and also get the word out about what we do at Rock Island Auction Company.” For more information on the NRA-ILA Dinner and Auction and to see the Rock Island Auction Company’s donation please visit:

2012 NRA-ILA Dinner and Auction

To view highlights of the spring auction: April 2012 Auction

Illinois Congressmen Chooses to Hold First News Conference of the 2012 Election Year at Rock Island Auction Company and Talks 2^nd Amendment

Bobby Schilling (R) a U.S. House Representative for Illinois’s 17th congressional district, choose to hold his first news conference of the 2012 election year at the Rock Island Auction Company. Mr. Schilling assumed office back in 2011 and was the first Republican to hold the seat in 27 years. The freshmen Republican used the press conference to announce that he would be returning $110,000 back to his district from the allotted tax-payer funded MRA (member’s representational allowance). “A lot of my collogues believe that they need to spend every dollar that is given to them. With a growing state and national debt to the tune of billions in the state of Illinois, and many trillions nationally we need to be as conservative as we can with our money and cut wasteful spending”, Mr. Schilling said. Congressman Schilling is one of only a handful of members to actually return allotted funds back to the tax payers.  After the press conference was over Mr. Schilling fielded questions from both the press and audience.