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Lot 112 was the IBM carbine I think you are thinking of lot 38 H and R 4689994 but sorry both were in the last 50 to go and I was in the back doing my transfers.
Lot 38 H&R Garand, I have it at $1000.00.
Lot 112 was the IBM carbine I think you are thinking of lot 38 H and R 4689994 but sorry both were in the last 50 to go and I was in the back doing my transfers.
Which Mausers? The only two I saw besides the 2 Swedes were the 2 Spanish M1916s... I didn't see them go before I left. Couldn't tell if they'd been converted to 7.62 or whether they were still 7mm. I'm assuming the one that wasn't scrubbed was still 7 mm?I left around 8:30 with what looked like approximately 50 guns left to move. Very glad I got to witness a collection of that size and condition but bidding was insane for this area. I have been attending central Indiana gun auctions for a long time and have never seen bidding that off track. I try to stay up on current gun values but also stay in my World War nitch and I have to say $300 to $400 dollars for what use to be throw away Mausers was odd. Then when the six digit Springfield Danish return with Danish replacement barrel pulled $2700 I thought maybe it is time to have my own auction. Did find it strange that the K31s which are becoming harder to find and prices are steadily rising going for so cheap. Needless to say a couple of fine K31 examples came home with me. All in all absolutely glad I went because not many people can say they were in the same room with 18 Johnson Automatics.
Lot 289 FN 57 closed at $900.
Did anyone record the sell price for Lot 112 - H&R M1 Garand low s/n??? Besides the NM rifle, lot 112 was IMO the best looking of all the Garands.
Sorry. Lot 129. May not be an H&R. I just remember it was the only stock with correct WWII cartouche marks.
There were a LOT of guns sold for well over retail though. Not sure what some people think during auctions but you could go to Dons and get better deals on some of the guns I saw sold. I dunno....
^^^This^^^ was definitely true for me... If I had not followed your advice to hang tough for the entire auction (or nearly so), then I probably would have left after seeing a plain jane Enfield go for $475, and surplus 30-06 going for $1+ a round early on. Had I not had that advice I probably would have thought, "Well, I see how THIS is going to go. Pffft... I'm outta here!"Auction fever, You can get it lots of ways,
-- YOU ARE IN A HURRY
There are 8 million & 1 reasons for things to happen at an auction, An auction is a living, breathing Dynamic organism that takes a life of its own.. ride it or it will ride you..
Oh yeah and do not forget that some people are just plan stpid. stipid.. styp.. Just plan dumb ..
Did anyone see what the 5.7 went for? I'm guessing way more that it was worth.
...and I wish some of the reloading tools and ammunition hadn't been batched in such large lots, .
I was there for 12 hours yesterday...didn't even go outside one time. I didn't raise my bid card until the last hour or so when I bought the 1903 A3 for 500 and a Spanish Mauser for $150 (must have been the least paid for a rifle all day). I couldn't pass on either one. I think the only reason I got the 1903 was the auctioneer didn't say out loud what the model was. Sorry Colt. The 1903 is a beautiful gun. The IBM Garand sold for 1050 but the best deal of the day for Garands was Gun #113, a Springfield with a 500K serial number. It went for 875. I kept pretty good notes so if anyone needs any prices, just let me know. Nice snag on the Husky Doggy Daddy. I wanted that one.
By the way, does anyone know if the auction house has any no firearms signs? Not that it matters much as far as legality, but I know some folks don't want to support a business that displays these.
The IBM Garand sold for 1050
Maybe not as useful after the fact as before, but... I saw no such signs. I did see a few people printing and "adjusting" in ways that if the auction house was looking to harass someone about it, they could have. At one point early on, the auctioneer announced that anyone carrying was expected to keep their weapons well concealed. So, I don't think it's _that_ kind of business.
I didn't notice it through the day, but at the end of the night, Earl had a revolver of some sort (maybe a Judge?) tucked in his back pocket.