JAMES JULIA'S MARCH 2012 AUCTION

[Opening Day]

Originally Posted by Robin Lewis

I saw lot 1118, the Parker 16 ga skeet gun hammer in at $6,250 and the estimate was $7,500 - $10,000 and yet it later shows as a no sale? The same goes for lot 1111, the 20 ga BHE which had an estimate of $20,000 - $30,000 and hammered in at $16,000 but was also a no sale? Granted, they didn't get up to the minimum estimate but they were well above half that number. I don't know how Julia figures all this but I know that if I thought I bought the skeet gun for $6,250 and then when I went to pick it up I was told I couldn't get it, I would be some upset.

Now that I am putting my thoughts down here, I am wondering if they have a bidder in the room pushing it up to the minimum and when they win, its a no sale? I never annualized this before but something just seems odd with how this turned out.

Robin, could not have said it better... Hell I am still waiting on the refund of my buyers premium for the DH16 ga (the one with wall thickness of .015 that they said was .03..) that Mr. Julia told me to pound sand when I asked for a refund of the buyer's commission...