Tony
I'll agree with you that his sensationalistic view of what he has found is wearing a little thin. It would be interesting to know just how many of these he actually has. And I'm not meaning my post to have us start bidding wars on the stuff either. But in the same breath, I personally have not seen origional, in the box CMP mirrors ever in the 25 years I have been collecting military vehicles. I'm just pointing out that these are something that stands out on a CMP, and really finish a restoration off nicely.
The gentleman rule only would work if we knew
a) how many mirrors he had, and
b) knew all the bidders who wanted them.
Since he likely won't reveal a), (when asked on the very first auction how many of these he had he replied: "It's the only yellow one he has" and we really can't control b), then I'm afraid that the traditional capitalism method of an auction will have to prevail.
At least E-bay hasn't adopted an auction extension system like gunbroker.com, where the auction doesn't actually close until 15 minutes after the last bid. This could really drive the prices up on some of those holy grails, as well as reduce the effectiveness of the last minute snipers.
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