I cannot imagine ANY situation where the ATF would be ok with an Auction house doing business in firearms without having an FFL, or at least using an FFL for the transactions.
The Auction house is a third party business that is charged with selling the firearms. No different than a gun shop selling on consignment.
Person to person would be as if the owner of the guns was selling directly to the buyer, without a third party involved facilitating the sale. And... person to person is only good for two residents of the same state.
Calling an auction house sale the same as person to person, is a MAJOR stretch by any means of the word. And I am very surprised that ATF would call that ok.
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B. Dudley
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