Why did this sell for so much?

[Michael Petrov]

If every Scope with a set of Mann-Niedner mounts is bringing this kind of money there will be a lot more for sale. I was asked before the end of the auction what I thought it would bring and told the person that it would bring less than a normal A5 because the mounts have been changed. Told him it would go for less than $500 ;-).