by Brian Witherell | Mar 7, 2015 | Fire Arms
On Saturday March 14th, Witherell’s will be offering nearly 100 antique firearms collected over 100 years ago. According to family tradition Uncle Paulson began collecting in the 19th century and his nephew Sam Kerbey (photographed in the center of the below...
by Brian Witherell | May 23, 2014 | Fire Arms
It was months ago that my father, Brad, fielded a call from Humboldt State University asking if we might appraise a collection they owned. Dad suggested the items be shipped to our Sacramento location to save both time and money for the University. We started to...
by Brian Witherell | Jan 8, 2014 | Militaria
Being an appraiser on the PBS series The Antique Roadshow has its perks. But, I never dreamed it would lead to a collection of Civil War rifles, guns, uniforms and memorabilia to net our seller more than $400,000. The call came from Monterey, CA, to Witherell’s...