I think many absentee bidders passed because they thought prices would be well above high estimates. That's what I thought, so I passed bidding on the Wundhammers, Dubiel mauser and others. That left people on the floor who weren't that interested in Michael's stuff. That's one theory anyway. I made 3 absentee bids. picked up lot 124 on a bid that I thought would have no chance and failed on bids for one of the colt kings and the .416 Rigby. After watching online for an hour I signed in and missed the Minar rifle and the Owen 12-c. In both cases i sat watching ridiculously low bids on the screen, expecting more bids, then when I did hit bid, the bids were accepted, then 'sorry just missed' and the item flashed off the screen. I think there will be a lot of people with regrets on this auction.