I heard from a reliable source, Lindbergh bought the sheds from a person who found them for $8,500.00. Don't get me wrong, they are worth it. Yet, I do think it is a sort of false advertisement for a hunting outfitter to place the shed's on their website and say "Check out our recent find". I know where these sheds were found, I personally know a guy that missed this deer at 30 yards with his bow and I personally know the pictures were taken by someone who wasn't suppose to be on the property. If the guy who had missed the buck with his bow would have only taken him, there would have been a lot less rumors floating around southern Iowa. So, to the person who has land beside Lindberg's, I hope you don't have too many problems this next year on people chasing after a non-existent "World Record" on Soap Creek Outfitters ground near you......
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by dc240nt:
Hey JD, don't really want to doubt your post about the value of the Albia sheds but it does seem really really extreem. Consider this; the Minnesota Monarch sheds sold, along with two other sets from this same deer (which were all B&C sized sheds) for only $50,000. Stewart valentine from Colorado purchased them. When these sheds came up for sale, just about every big named collector out there had a chance at them. They went to "highest offer", in other words it was a bidding war. I do believe that you posted as you had heard, but I really think that somewhere along the line the price was exagerated. But then again, there are those out there that do have more money then common sense. In reality very few antlers are going to ever sell for the prices we hear about. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>