The amazing thing is that if one person paid that much for it, then there was another person willing to bid slightly below that for it. With automatic bid increments, Ebay's price is slightly above what the second highest bidder is willing to pay.

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Well, according to the bid history, there were a few other buyers interested in the MacColby. So my correction- there are always a few die-hard collector(s) with too much excess revenue to burn. Happy?

Regardless, the bidding is over. To state that shilling was involved, well, that is one hell of an accusation, which was definitely not the case in this auction. If there were, I would assume that the bidding would be halted (and someone would lose their rights to buy/sell on eBay).