Sears did not. They had guns made by other companies for them, having them mark the guns with the Sears Brand. Known as "hardware" guns, the practice was used for the Sears JC Higgins brand, Montgomery Ward's Westernfield brand, Western Auto's Revelation brand, etc. Very common practice at one time. Guns were made by Savage, Marlin, Mossberg, Winchester, High Standard, Remington, etc.
Sears sold the "Allstate" for some years, but no photos seem to have surfaced.
No way to answer. Which shotgun? We need a model number- Sears sold shotguns for over 80 years, and there were a LOT of different guns, different values.
Shotguns sold by Sears through years were made by many different manufacturers. It is very difficult to determine value because of the many variables.
Late 50s early sixties
Sears did sell water skis but did not make them. Most were JC Higggins brand skis.
Sears has been officially serving consumers in the United States for over 100 years. Sears was officially founded in 1893 under the name Sears-Roebuck and Co.
40 years old $600.00
I have a 1965 - would be interested to find more info on it.
seventy years
1958 to 1961
Sears sold firearms for over 100 years. Most were made by other companies (Remington, Savage, Marlin, Mossberg, etc.) for Sears but marked with the Sears trade names of J C Higgins or Ted Williams.
The W. Richards shotguns were mainly made in Belgium. They were an attempt by Sears Roebuck Company to cash in on the well known English gunmaker Westley Richards, but have no connection to the Westley Richards Company. There were listed in the Sears catalogs from the late 1890s and early 1900s.