Read down to my last sentence in that paragraph, LBK. "All the prices struck me as being eminently fair, mostly."
Bearsclayer- it wasn't Shuman who got the Hornet. It was a very pleasant gentleman from Frederick whom I talked to after the auction. I didn't see Shuman in the audience.
In the end, whatever a gun sells for, no matter the venue, it's what it is worth to the buyer. "Everyone wants a bargain." Of course we do. Who doesn't??? If a gun isn't a bargain and one wants it anyway- all well and good, if one has the money with which to fuel his lust. Not everyone has that kind of money.
