Well I was wrong about the 17% buyer`s prem .It was a phone bidder that won it he or she must have had a pre approved check or they paid cash to get the 15% buyer`s prem. As far as the detail`s of the gun I cannot comment on them as I was paid to drive 7hr`s each way to go look at it for one of the bidder`s . The fact that I said it was the real deal was after the auction and I`m sure most realized it was a real Singer after the hammer dropped.The 40 & the 18 I looked at for myself .