I watched the Poulin auction that just finished. Managed to control myself and sit on my hands, but it was pretty interesting. There were some items that attracted some excitement and far exceeded the pre-auction estimates, but none of them were doubles or over/unders that you'd consider shooting. My sense was that about 60% of the lots I'd be interested in went for something under the low end of their ranges and about 40% went for something inside the range of the pre-auction estimate (but I might have those percentages reversed). An exceptionally fine 12 ga. Merkel 47E with 2008 German proof marks and represented as close to LNIB went for $1200, before the buyer's premium, which I consider pretty fair (and 80% of the low end of a $1500-2250 range).

There's an Amoskeag auction later in the month that I think I'll watch then in early December Holt's and Rock Island both have auctions scheduled. Maybe I'll throw in a bid in one of those. We'll see. I believe both houses are still adding lots at this point.