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Post by Woody Williams on Jul 24, 2005 18:05:01 GMT -5
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Post by kevin1 on Jul 24, 2005 19:38:05 GMT -5
;D It didn't look that big to me ...  |
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Post by powderfinger on Jul 25, 2005 8:07:34 GMT -5
No Kevin...not too big. But would be fun to play with, eh?
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Post by jackc99 on Jul 25, 2005 9:02:14 GMT -5
Which rack are you guys talking about? LOL.
Anyway, the start bid of $7,000 still has zero bids on it. Maybe Jimmy Houston will buy it.
Jack
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Post by kevin1 on Jul 25, 2005 10:00:33 GMT -5
Which rack are you guys talking about? LOL. Anyway, the start bid of $7,000 still has zero bids on it. Maybe Jimmy Houston will buy it. Jack The nice one , of course ... After Mr. Houston's experience with Bellar's Place I sincerely doubt that he'll look at another rack for awhile . The last one almost got him a jail cell . |
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Post by jbwhttail on Jul 25, 2005 15:33:44 GMT -5
It would appear that the rack has been varnished, if so it drasticly reduces the value of the rack.
It is impressive, but most antler collectors are looking for "lots" of points in a non-typical rack.
I don't see it making the reserve.
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Post by spc on Jul 25, 2005 16:31:46 GMT -5
I would kill him, I think it will make reserve!!
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Post by Woody Williams on Jul 25, 2005 17:48:08 GMT -5
It would appear that the rack has been varnished, if so it drasticly reduces the value of the rack. It is impressive, but most antler collectors are looking for "lots" of points in a non-typical rack. I don't see it making the reserve. I agree... I don't know of any good way to take varnish off and return the rack to the original color. I found an old rack in Ontario that had been painted with barn paint. Someone had thrown in in with a bunch of junk that they had dumped back on the Queens' Ground. I brought it back to Indiana and used paint remover and it cleaned up real nice - right back to the original color except on spot that they missed while painting and it was white. A real nice 8 pointer that scored in the mid 140s. I don't think it will make reserve either..at least I'm not bidding it that high.. |
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Post by Indyhunter on Jul 25, 2005 17:58:49 GMT -5
I bid $10.00 for the rack, $5.00 for the antlers.
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Post by spc on Jul 25, 2005 18:39:05 GMT -5
lol
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Post by switzerland on Jul 27, 2005 23:15:02 GMT -5
7K for that rack? Man once in Vegas I found one much larger that went for less than 500. I thought that was too high 10 years ago.  Rod |
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Post by greg on Jul 27, 2005 23:47:02 GMT -5
I used to watch the head auctions on ebay quite a bit. Gives you a little practice in judging antlers if nothing else. The highest price I have seen a WT rack sell for on there is about 4000.00. That was for a 192 typical, with provenance. There have been several non-typicals sold or offered that are larger than the one cited, but its definitely a nice buck. The problem with a lot of these is that they are "anonymous" heads. A good provenance is seldom available. This always casts doubt about a rack, leaving open the possibility of a poached or a penned deer. Most of the big time legitimate collectors will not buy a rack without a good provenance.
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