[Gavin Nugent]

Keep us all posted if you do see it come up for auction again, I would like to watch it run again, maybe I will yet get a second chance offer on the 2 items I missed, in which case I better use escrow for the purchase.

Lets face it, we all want a bargain, that's why we look for these "sleepers" in auction houses and other places, it then in turns adds more value to our collections because we know the purchase value and true worth of these items. Who knows, this buyer may have 40 different varieties of this sword(are there 40?)and this may just be one example he/she doesn't have, to some, money is not important to fill in key missing pieces of a collection. I too have seen people pay high prices just to "keep up with the Jones". I have also seen many things suddenly come into vogue fetching high prices because other interests that once were in vogue are now too high in value, I am no way saying it will but this auction may well be an indication of how these items will now move in the future.

All the best


Gav