This was in the US at the Rock Island auction.
My guess is that someone put in the same internet bid as I but placed it before I did.
Just goes to show, if you are really serious, you must arrange a phone bid or have an agent at the auction.
If it were a right handed rifle, I would have done just that but I was hoping to snag a bargain so kind of went in on the soft side.
Its funny, R.I. has this "bid plus" feature which I considered but opted out on. I don't know if that would have made a difference but I will strongly consider it in the future.