Final Prices: RIA December 2018 (#75)
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(Reuploaded to fix a formatting goof - sorry!)
As usual, I have a recap today of the final prices of the guns I filmed from the most recent Rock Island auction (December 2018; #75). There were a few guns here that people got very nice deals on, but also a lot of guns that sold for more than I would have expected.
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