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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 93971, member: 55&quot;]Not nearly as hard as I expected.&nbsp;&nbsp; There was one phone bidder going against me, but I expected that several others in the room would have jumped on it, and I had predicted the bidding to go about 3-5 times as high as it actually did.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The catalog did not make a specific attribution, which was a stroke of good luck, or kindness.....but I overheard a couple dealers who obviously knew exactly what it was, and I expected a big fight.</p><p>Dealers who buy for resale have their own agenda though, and often don&#039;t bid as high as someone like me who simply loves the object.</p><p>I was worried about some of the collectors with deep pockets though....one who you probably know has an undersea business, and he mentioned he has sold 45 submarines this year, at a million each.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#039;m nowhere near that league.</p><p>But you know that lovers of NW Coast Native are a nice bunch of folks, generally, and I suspect some of them know how much I care about these little white-undercoat guys, and may just have decided to let me have it.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Because I was surprised it wasn&#039;t a harder fight, and I thank those whose kindness and goodwill helped me along.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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