Some Major Gun Auction Advice Please

[Jasta2]

In my search for Lugers I've had to rely mostly on the online auctions like 'Gunbroker' and 'Auction Arms'. The online Luger dealers like 'Simpsons' and 'Phoenixinvestments' look to be quite on the high dollar side.Nothing found at the local gun dealers. My question is, are the major gun auctions like 'Rock Island Armory' which is having a large gun auction starting Dec.5th I believe, and has 107 Lugers listed among 100s of others. All have a min/max sale est. like ( $1400-$2000 or $4000-$5500) as a sample. I take the final sale price could be both below and above these est prices.(plus 15% comm.) Are these large auctions a good place to drop a bid or two? Or should I wait untill I can attend local gun auctions and shows where I can handle the Luger? Sold-Sold-Sold, Sorry, watiching to many Barrett-Jackson car auctions on TV
Thanks,Bill