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My other thread on the forend I bought had me looking at eBay sales histories where I ran across this: British Lee Enfield No1 Mk3 SMLE Forend Forearm Stock - New Old Stock. NOS. | eBay
Why the heck did this forend sell for $431.56 USD?
It appears there were four different bidders.
Was this a super rare, one of one forend or something?
Bidding war probably, buyer probably will not be to happy it looks a bit warped.
It looks like a new or near new 'old stock' (complete with a few superficial bruises), beech forend produced by BSA Shirley in 1956, as marked. Cannot for the life of me think why it fetched so much as there's nothing special about it that I can see. Maybe we both missed Lawrence of Arabia's initials on it somewhere...! I think sometimes people just let their egos get the better of their common sense, they become determined to 'stop the other guy from getting it' & end up paying far more than it's really worth.
If you set your bids to snipe, you can get in over your head in seconds...the last second of the sale. Turn your head and price quadruples...in 15 seconds. Wait and see if it relists.Quote:
Originally Posted by Garandy
Its funny how it says "Sorry, you missed out on this item".
Around here you probably could have bought the rest of the rifle as well for that price.
Rather like the "Singer" sight for the No4 rifle that recently went for £217 all because it had the square S savage stamp on it, I have seen ones very recently go for £45.....:madsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by Roger Payne
If they're fetching that much I'll have to have a rummage through the half a bucketful of them that's sitting in the garage....!
(Bought long ago when you couldn't give them away).
Some idiot probably bought it restore a sporterized rifle that he now has double its value invested into.
Not likely, he'll be lucky to break even. Rebuilding often costs twice what buying whole does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigwagon
i bought 3 damaged forends last year worked out about $130 each i thought they were easy repairs probably never be that lucky again
Yes, that was my point. He will have spent twice what it's worth to restore it.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
As an auctioneer, I can tell you that people go out of their minds bidding on something. Its a totally different mindset as opposed to just walking into a store and seeing something you want. Its almost a 'screw you, its mine' thing.
As a person that goes to 2 live auctions a week and bids on countless online auctions...I can confirm this lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anzac15
Its the chase when coupled with desire to own the item that overpowers ones sense of reality, happened to me with my WWII F/S knife not saying what I paid for it but probably 1/3rd more than what its worth for it.
I now have a limit and if its surpassed then too bad next time, though I have become very good at sniping online auctions on fleabay....;)
Last September, I sold a Mark III fore-end to a member on this forum for $65.00 which I thought was a fair price. It was walnut but
without the volley sight and in nice condition - no dents or cracks