I'll stay away to help you guys out. At every auction I go to everyone goes insane and their bids follow. So, I'll skip it and maybe you all can knock down some bargains.
Part of the allure of auctions is hoping to capture that one bargain.
Those that get caught up in the "competition" bidding or don't have a clue what they are buying add to the entertainment.
For the unprepared, undisciplined and weak minded; auctions can be as costly as gun shows.
Know the product, the value and when to walk away.
my experience with nfa auctions is that it's usually limited to dealers. so that drops the prices if there's a large quantity. I once went to an auction that had 3 days of auctioning of regular guns and they put off the nfa stuff til the very last.
the crowds died and the class 3 dealers divided the spoils.
I ended up with like 11+ guns for 2800 bucks
3-lewis guns
2-mp40's
1-sten
1-mp44
1-30cal browning
1-vickers11mm
1-maxim on sled mount
1-stevens 410 dbl w/10" bbls
Needless to say I sold them all off over the years.