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Trying to Buy a Mauser
allen griggs
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There is a nice Swede on the auction side.
http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=469532108
I got on there 3 days ago, it was at $405. I bid $410. The price immediately jumped up to $420.
I bid $420, it jumped to $430.
Some rascal was on the autobid, kept jumping the price up. I just love the Swede Mausers, have 4 of them and lots and lots of ammo.
In one hour, I ran that price up to $615, but the autobid kept jumping ahead of me.
Well the auction is nearing an end, I got on there again tonight, bid again, the autobid kept jumping the price up. Got up to $714, and the autobid was still ahead of me. Nobody else but me, and autobid guy is going for this gun in the past 3 days. There's 21 bids and 10 of them are mine!
I may bail out, the rifle is worth $800, I'd love to know how high this autobid guy is going to go.
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http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=469532108
I got on there 3 days ago, it was at $405. I bid $410. The price immediately jumped up to $420.
I bid $420, it jumped to $430.
Some rascal was on the autobid, kept jumping the price up. I just love the Swede Mausers, have 4 of them and lots and lots of ammo.
In one hour, I ran that price up to $615, but the autobid kept jumping ahead of me.
Well the auction is nearing an end, I got on there again tonight, bid again, the autobid kept jumping the price up. Got up to $714, and the autobid was still ahead of me. Nobody else but me, and autobid guy is going for this gun in the past 3 days. There's 21 bids and 10 of them are mine!
I may bail out, the rifle is worth $800, I'd love to know how high this autobid guy is going to go.
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Comments
Me, I would not let him be a lazy bum and get the rifle YOU wanted. Go ahead and throw a $900 bid in there- it will stop when you exceed the proxy bid he's already made. Or if you lose it, you'll have made him pay.
Where's your competitive spirit, man???? Jump in there with both feet and go for it!!! Bid bid bid bid! They don't make those any more, and you are going to regret not getting it! GO FOR IT!
(note to the owner of the gun for sale- I'll take my cut after the sale)
That particular seller manages to come up with some really cool stuff.
$800? I remember when these were $69...
Too old to live...too young to die...
What I want to know is where on Earth does this guy get all those C&RS GUNS. iT'S LIKE he has a warehouse full of never ending primo stuff![?]
That seller is a regular on here. I forgot his name over here. Maybe he will see this thread and tell us where he finds all these old guns.
Now, maybe I'm a little behind the times, but I've never seen a Swede go for that much. In fact, looking at the completed auctions, the average price seems to be in the $250-400 range. It's commanding a ridiculous premium because it's an antique.
If it was a first year Oberndorf with a really low serial number, I could see it, but as it sits, it's already about 250 bucks overpriced, IMHO.
He's a Marine (now retired), an absolute stand-up guy, as you can tell by his feedback, and has a lot of good stuff.
He is about 10 miles up the road from me.
That rifle is a parts gun. I have no idea why it is going so high. Even with an 1898 dated receiver, that is way overboard, IMO.
Steve is not on the forums, although I have linked to his auctions several times.
He's a Marine (now retired), an absolute stand-up guy, as you can tell by his feedback, and has a lot of good stuff.
He is about 10 miles up the road from me.
That rifle is a parts gun. I have no idea why it is going so high. Even with an 1898 dated receiver, that is way overboard, IMO.
Where on Earth does he come up with these things, endless and I have bought off him
quote:Originally posted by guntech59
Steve is not on the forums, although I have linked to his auctions several times.
He's a Marine (now retired), an absolute stand-up guy, as you can tell by his feedback, and has a lot of good stuff.
He is about 10 miles up the road from me.
That rifle is a parts gun. I have no idea why it is going so high. Even with an 1898 dated receiver, that is way overboard, IMO.
Where on Earth does he come up with these things, endless and I have bought off him
Steve travels and buys....he has people that do all the work to get the items ready for auction.
He was my boss for a year or so, but quit because he made more more doing the GB thing than at his day job.
I consider him a friend and trust him implicitly.
He also has a very nice collection of his own!
quote:Originally posted by Grasshopper
quote:Originally posted by guntech59
Steve is not on the forums, although I have linked to his auctions several times.
He's a Marine (now retired), an absolute stand-up guy, as you can tell by his feedback, and has a lot of good stuff.
He is about 10 miles up the road from me.
That rifle is a parts gun. I have no idea why it is going so high. Even with an 1898 dated receiver, that is way overboard, IMO.
Where on Earth does he come up with these things, endless and I have bought off him
Steve travels and buys....he has people that do all the work to get the items ready for auction.
He was my boss for a year or so, but quit because he made more more doing the GB thing than at his day job.
I consider him a friend and trust him implicitly.
He also has a very nice collection of his own!
Thanks for the info,,I am just amazed at what he auctions at all times,,,MUST have some good connections,,,as he Fleabays also,,He would keep a few people busy-[:)]
quote:Originally posted by guntech59
quote:Originally posted by Grasshopper
quote:Originally posted by guntech59
Steve is not on the forums, although I have linked to his auctions several times.
He's a Marine (now retired), an absolute stand-up guy, as you can tell by his feedback, and has a lot of good stuff.
He is about 10 miles up the road from me.
That rifle is a parts gun. I have no idea why it is going so high. Even with an 1898 dated receiver, that is way overboard, IMO.
Where on Earth does he come up with these things, endless and I have bought off him
Steve travels and buys....he has people that do all the work to get the items ready for auction.
He was my boss for a year or so, but quit because he made more more doing the GB thing than at his day job.
I consider him a friend and trust him implicitly.
He also has a very nice collection of his own!
Thanks for the info,,I am just amazed at what he auctions at all times,,,MUST have some good connections,,,as he Fleabays also,,He would keep a few people busy-[:)]
He keeps four or five people very busy, 6 or 7 days a week.
Walking through his place is an education in military history.
You realize that the "autobid guy" has already entered a bid higher than yours, and that is the system entering the bid interval higher than yours.
Me, I would not let him be a lazy bum and get the rifle YOU wanted. Go ahead and throw a $900 bid in there- it will stop when you exceed the proxy bid he's already made. Or if you lose it, you'll have made him pay.
Where's your competitive spirit, man???? Jump in there with both feet and go for it!!! Bid bid bid bid! They don't make those any more, and you are going to regret not getting it! GO FOR IT!
(note to the owner of the gun for sale- I'll take my cut after the sale)
I don't understand. If the "autobid guy" has already entered a high bid, let us say, $800, why would it be listed at $405? It seems like the auction ought to list the current high bid.
I thought that several other people would jump in at the end, but, apparently, no. I wanted that gun but at least, I ran the price up from $405 up to $714, autobid guy had to pay an honest dollar for it.
I bid over $700 for that rifle, and of course, would have paid had I won.
Yes, of course, the rifle is going high because it is legally an antique.
Yes, I remember a great old gun store in Atlanta off of Church St. near I 285, called Brock's, back in 1991 they got in a shipment of 1,200 Swede Mausers. They had racks on the main floor with 200 Swedes, the rest were in the back in crates. The cheapo were $100, the medium grade were $125, and the primo were $150. I bought two of 'em, and grabbed up the battle packs of non corrosive match grade Swede milsurp, 200 rounds for $62.
That was the good old days. Brock's was in a "bad neighborhood." A few years later, at midnight, someone drove a truck through the plate glass windows, and stole 200 guns! A year later, Brock's was gone.
A good Swede today costs $400 bucks and a legal antique is worth twice that much. If you ever decide to sell the gun you can do so with no paperwork.
If you don't think an antique firearm is worth that kind of money, then please don't buy it.
quote:Originally posted by 11b6r
You realize that the "autobid guy" has already entered a bid higher than yours, and that is the system entering the bid interval higher than yours.
Me, I would not let him be a lazy bum and get the rifle YOU wanted. Go ahead and throw a $900 bid in there- it will stop when you exceed the proxy bid he's already made. Or if you lose it, you'll have made him pay.
Where's your competitive spirit, man???? Jump in there with both feet and go for it!!! Bid bid bid bid! They don't make those any more, and you are going to regret not getting it! GO FOR IT!
(note to the owner of the gun for sale- I'll take my cut after the sale)
I don't understand. If the "autobid guy" has already entered a high bid, let us say, $800, why would it be listed at $405? It seems like the auction ought to list the current high bid.
I thought that several other people would jump in at the end, but, apparently, no. I wanted that gun but at least, I ran the price up from $405 up to $714, autobid guy had to pay an honest dollar for it.
I bid over $700 for that rifle, and of course, would have paid had I won.
Yes, of course, the rifle is going high because it is legally an antique.
Yes, I remember a great old gun store in Atlanta off of Church St. near I 285, called Brock's, back in 1991 they got in a shipment of 1,200 Swede Mausers. They had racks on the main floor with 200 Swedes, the rest were in the back in crates. The cheapo were $100, the medium grade were $125, and the primo were $150. I bought two of 'em, and grabbed up the battle packs of non corrosive match grade Swede milsurp, 200 rounds for $62.
That was the good old days. Brock's was in a "bad neighborhood." A few years later, at midnight, someone drove a truck through the plate glass windows, and stole 200 guns! A year later, Brock's was gone.
A good Swede today costs $400 bucks and a legal antique is worth twice that much. If you ever decide to sell the gun you can do so with no paperwork.
If you don't think an antique firearm is worth that kind of money, then please don't buy it.
Let me try to explain the auto-bid to you, Allen.
you bid 900.00 on a gun that starts at .01. I come along and bid $300.00. The bid jumps to $305.00 and you're high bidder. I bid $850.00 and the bid jumps to $855.00, and again you're high bidder. No other bidding, you get the gun for $855.00, not $900.00.
Well, quite the education for me. I don't know anything about Military Rifles, but I never thought I'd see any Mausers in that price range!!
I, for one, would really like to peruse Mr. Eisel's warehouse.
Actually his business is run from just his basement and a two car garage. It is very organized, but just stacked to the gills with interesting, historical items.
I'll ask about pics, the next time I see him, if y'all are really interested.