mawkie
C&R Whisperer
-At any given time I have from 100-150 auction lots bookmarked to watch for hammer prices. It's my way of keeping up with the market. Sometimes an item just plain jumps out as waaay out of the norm.
-This weekend I was watching a H&R MC58 lot in a live/online auction. This is the USMC version built in the late 50s. Most of the ones I've seen for sale are in excellent condition and typical prices hover around $1k.
-The lot I was watching had spare mags and the original shipping box. Looked to be a 98-99 point example, perhaps unissued, hard to tell. Pre-auction estimate was $1100-1600, pretty much in line with where I would have put it. When the dust cleared it sold for a jaw-dropping $11,542.50 with the premium. I've seen two people get a hard-on for something and go at it but this one took the cake. You'd have thought it belonged to Chesty Puller himself.
-This weekend I was watching a H&R MC58 lot in a live/online auction. This is the USMC version built in the late 50s. Most of the ones I've seen for sale are in excellent condition and typical prices hover around $1k.
-The lot I was watching had spare mags and the original shipping box. Looked to be a 98-99 point example, perhaps unissued, hard to tell. Pre-auction estimate was $1100-1600, pretty much in line with where I would have put it. When the dust cleared it sold for a jaw-dropping $11,542.50 with the premium. I've seen two people get a hard-on for something and go at it but this one took the cake. You'd have thought it belonged to Chesty Puller himself.
