The firearms auction bug is a persistent little pest and it bit me again today. Yep, there was another Hessney auction today and as usual I could not resist the auction's alluringly sweet song and the cash was lured out of my pocket like mariners' ships of old to the Sirens rocky shore.
So far, the auction will not be over for several hours yet, I have had the high bids on a few lots:
High Standard Model 107 Military Supermatic with two mags and two sets of grips. They told me the pistol is 95% plus. Looks it in the pics.
A complete five edition set of Death From Afar by Chandler & Chandler plus White Feather by Carlos Hathcock.
A USN MK3 Mod. O knife with MK3 Mod O USN scabbard (my son had me bid on that for him).
Some old tin boxes and other junk. I wanted the Schimmelpennick cigar box and the old fashioned can openers. Don't ask why because I do not have an answer but if a cigar aficionado wants the cigar box, I may sell it.
I have a bid pending om two AR-7 15 round magazines which I am 99.9% certain will for my Henry U.S. Survival rifle. I also have three bids on ammo, all of the collectible or hard to get types. That is all. Already spent too much for one day but so far have kept myself to under 1K and only one firearm which is kind of, sort of almost absolutely my max to spend at this & future firearms auctions. Time will tell and of course but if I hit big in any lottery game, that limit flies right out the window.
All the best,
Glenn B
5 comments:
My rule of thumb is I don't worry about spending any more than I've spent in a bar in a night at any given auction. A thousand is will past that but I'm gonna make more Monday so's have at it.
Backwoods Okie
Did you win the High Standard? Oddly enough I just got a Supermatic Citation from Amoskeag Auction here in NH! I hope you got that beauty.
I had the high bid on it and bought it but I did not win anything. It must have been one smart auctioneer who first coined the term "winning bid" since no one actually wins anthing but plenty of people bid with reckless abandon at auctions as if they are about to win something instead of merely having the high bid..
Understood-- it is amazing to me that people have so much money that they can buy the items they do. If you follow Amoskeag Auctions, they have some six figure sales every auction.
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