Stevens was one manufacturer; Winchester, High Standard, Mossberg, Savage, and to many to list were others.
Jc higgins
WINCHESTER MADE MOST THERE MODEL 1400.
There were dozens of different shotguns made for Sears under the JC Higgins name. Your question is the equal of "what is a Ford car worth?"
Sears stopped selling firearms in 1988. Sears never made firearms, they contracted other gun companies to make guns for them under the Sears brand name.
Sears never made firearms. They "branded" firearms from firearms makers with their name as part of a contract.
no they do not
The Sears Ted Williams Model 300, semi-auto, shotguns were made by Winchester. The Sears 300 is the same as the Winchester Model 1400.
The Gibraltar was made by Sears' subsidiary company, Meriden Fire Arms, from about 1905-1915 and later by J. Stevens Arms.
jchiggins
Shotguns sold by Sears through years were made by many different manufacturers. It is very difficult to determine value because of the many variables.
Sears didn't make guns - they sold guns marked "Sears" which were made for them by many different manufacturers. Most bolt action shotguns were made by Mossburg.
JC Higgins never made shotguns. That is a Sears model number. Shotguns were made by other companies using the Sears brand name- JC Higgins. Yours is likely a High Standard shotgun. If it has no serial number (most did not) it was made prior to 1968. Serial numbers were not required by law until then.