So if Tommy did not flip it himself, it was a ok deal for the buyer at auction, but Tommy does not sell for free, and gunbroker is not a free operation, he or she made out well but others made some too. Willing seller willing buyer that's how this all works.
A lot of fat in that deal even after everybody got paid off.
I say good for the guy that flipped it and got paid.
So John's estate got about $2500 for the gun after the auction house took their commission and the final bidder/current owner paid about $6500 landed for it and a lot of people including the state tax collected got in the middle of it somehow and made money on the deal.
It blows my mind that there was that much room and profit for all the fingers that were in that pie.
