Auctions can sometimes be fickle and bring surprising results. If two, three or more potential buyers are bidding on the same item, emotions very often take over and the "winner" will often pay a premium to get what he wants -- some may say he came away the loser. If there's only a single bidder he can often walk away with an item under current market conditions -- some may say he walked away with the best-buy-of-the-auction.
IMO and generally speaking, that scenario you described John, yes a straight grip Repro would sell for more than a pistol grip gun. Having said this there's a couple that have posted in this thread that would probably disagree with that. The old lady often said as she kissed the cow's a$$, "To each their own taste."
As an aside, many years ago I visited New England Arms in Kittery Point, ME. Their salesman Steven McCarthy told me at that time that a Parker Bros. gun with an original straight grip would be priced at about $1000 more in their shop than one with a pistol grip, given similar condition and grade.
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