Good morning from Manchester, NH !

It seemed to be all about condition with the single-shot rifles yesterday. There were a handful of smooth gray guns with excellent bores that went for too cheap. There were a few notable exception .

The pre-war Colt double action revolvers were the stars of yesterday and understandably so given the condition and rarity.

Yes, many of Michael's rifles sold slightly below the low estimates BUT they all sold for higher than Michael's estimates in his personal inventory list which was not provided to Amoskeag. They set the estimates themselves.

The crowd is much thinner than I expected with maybe more than half of the bids coming from phone bidders, absentee bidders and the interne . There are a few dealers in the audience but they are buying well known makers and are not bidding high.

Stay tuned for Day2

... Joe