Supica Consulting

Supica Consulting LLC specializes in what most gun dealers won't touch: determining the real value of antique and collectible firearms. Jim Supica, the owner and AGI Certified Firearms Appraiser, spent 12 years as Director of the NRA Museums Division overseeing valuation of the NRA's 10,000-gun collection. He knows what these guns are actually worth.

Supica co-authored the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson, the leading reference for S&W firearms, and served as Editor of the Standard Catalog of Firearms from 2020-2024. He's written over 100 firearms articles and eight books, including the all-time best-selling Illustrated History of Firearms. If you've seen a firearms expert on Gun Stories, NRA Gun Gurus, American Rifleman TV, or CSPAN talking about old guns, there's a good chance it was Supica.

• •Appraisals - Fair market value estimates based on NRA condition definitions, comparable sales data, Blue Book values, and 30+ years of buying, selling, and auctioning firearms. Useful for insurance, estate planning, or settling disputes.

• •Consulting - If you need expert analysis on a specific firearm or collection, Supica provides research and evaluation.

• •Expert Witness Services - Legal representation needs a credible firearms expert? Supica has the credentials and courtroom experience.

• •Writing & Media - Articles, research, and media appearances on firearms history and valuation.

• •Smith & Wesson identification and valuation
• •Firearms condition evaluation
• •Historically attributed firearms
• •Fake and misidentified firearms
• •Civil War, Old West, and military firearms

"Appraised value represents the estimated fair market value at which the gun(s) would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or sell and both having reasonable knowledge of relevant facts."

PO Box 82, Olathe KS 66051 Email: [email protected]