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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 2697, member: 54"]The company's collection is indeed going up, theirs not mine, always has been but they let me play with it whenever I wanted to. They want to build a new HQ and stop paying hundreds of $K per year leasing three buildings. Let all your friends know, it is all great stuff, no repro nor junk, I guarantee it. There's so much of it, it'll probably go for about double scrap price, but all that remains to be seen. This will be the largest cannon auction the antiques world has ever seen, I'm pretty certain of that. I can't wait 'till it all gets cataloged, Julia's is famous for their catalog photography.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've got a story about that. A person with a large collection of fine, rare Colt revolvers offered one very special one to a billionaire collector who is "still around" so I won't mention his name. Asking price was $350K and Mr. Billionaire examined it in person and turned it down. Julia's purchased the collection, cataloged it, and Mr. B bought it for $440K. in the auction. Same gun. Why? The photos and writeup showed and described it better than "real life" and convinced Mr B he had to have it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 2697, member: 54"]The company's collection is indeed going up, theirs not mine, always has been but they let me play with it whenever I wanted to. They want to build a new HQ and stop paying hundreds of $K per year leasing three buildings. Let all your friends know, it is all great stuff, no repro nor junk, I guarantee it. There's so much of it, it'll probably go for about double scrap price, but all that remains to be seen. This will be the largest cannon auction the antiques world has ever seen, I'm pretty certain of that. I can't wait 'till it all gets cataloged, Julia's is famous for their catalog photography. I've got a story about that. A person with a large collection of fine, rare Colt revolvers offered one very special one to a billionaire collector who is "still around" so I won't mention his name. Asking price was $350K and Mr. Billionaire examined it in person and turned it down. Julia's purchased the collection, cataloged it, and Mr. B bought it for $440K. in the auction. Same gun. Why? The photos and writeup showed and described it better than "real life" and convinced Mr B he had to have it.[/QUOTE]
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