Thank you everyone, lots of good advice here. We’ll probably end up calling a local (Visalia) dealer once the property is inventoried and value has been established. Sadly, monetization of this estate’s properties and expenditures need to be meticulously tracked due to a semi-hostile entity within the family, so solid paperwork is valued a little higher than absolute best price. That and the crazy legal issues with transfer of firearms suggests this is a case best handled through a licensed dealer.
One last question, paperwork/documentation? What is required? We have power of attorney (grandma suffers from dementia), are there any documents we need to locate to ensure a smooth sale?
I’d just sell the entire lot to a FFL dealer. If you want to know what they are worth (private sales, not to the dealer) look for the same models on Gunbroker, Guns International, or Armslist. Figure that the dealer will probably give you 50% of that.
The Winchester 840 is an inexpensive gun, and if the rest of the bunch are inline in terms of relative quality, you’re not sitting on a gold mine. There is always the possibility of a “ringer”.
contact a reputable FFL, and sell them on gunbroker.com or similar reputable site.
you wil be swamped by pals who will ‘take them off yer hands’ for a pittance. to maximize yre bennifits, i’d consider gunbroker.