RIA this weekend

[Geo99]

I decided to phone bid live this time because everything I've ever won from RIA was magically bid up to exactly my highest limit.

So I did the live bidding for Lugers and other stuff at auction this weekend. It was interesting to hear how fast the bidding would go up. I couldn't seem to get anything, even bidding over what I knew was a fair price.

Some guy in the back was buying everything German - especially Lugers. I mean no matter how high the bidding went, he would not let up on every Luger until he won. He didn't seem to care about the price, he just would not let anyone else win. He got some really good deals, I think because everyone else got sick of bidding (95% Swiss 1906 for $1500), but a lot of the time he also paid way too much. 96-97% 1914 I was bidding on went for $2300 - no way it was worth that.

I figure he must have spent between 1-2 million dollars! He probably inherited a lot of money or won the lottery. It was Unbelievable.

- Geo