mawkie
C&R Whisperer
Didn't see this coming though I'm not totally surprised. Everyone here knows how much I love and rely on auctions to acquire items for my collection. Up to this point the only broad restriction I've run across was that for ivory, which is based on federal law.
This morning I received the following from Affiliated Auction in Florida. I've participated and purchased from them and they're a class act. Even more so in my eyes on the news that Auctionzip and Invaluable, two of the larger live auction sites, are putting restrictions on what can be listed on their sites. They have decided that legal Class III and "assault style" semi-automatic weapons are evil and will not allow them to be listed and sold on their sites. Ditto for Third Reich historical items. Lord knows where that stops. Is it all WWII German firearms and accessories? No K98k for P38 for you. I guarantee Confederate Civil War historical items will be next on the chopping block. Just watch.
I'm sick of history getting white-washed to protect someone from being offended. It all screams of lawyers, liberals and political correctness. Perhaps they need to ban the sale of all Japanese automobiles as many from the Pearl Harbor generation are offended by them. My money will go to Proxibid who seems to be holding the line for now.
This morning I received the following from Affiliated Auction in Florida. I've participated and purchased from them and they're a class act. Even more so in my eyes on the news that Auctionzip and Invaluable, two of the larger live auction sites, are putting restrictions on what can be listed on their sites. They have decided that legal Class III and "assault style" semi-automatic weapons are evil and will not allow them to be listed and sold on their sites. Ditto for Third Reich historical items. Lord knows where that stops. Is it all WWII German firearms and accessories? No K98k for P38 for you. I guarantee Confederate Civil War historical items will be next on the chopping block. Just watch.
I'm sick of history getting white-washed to protect someone from being offended. It all screams of lawyers, liberals and political correctness. Perhaps they need to ban the sale of all Japanese automobiles as many from the Pearl Harbor generation are offended by them. My money will go to Proxibid who seems to be holding the line for now.