The auction is this coming weekend. I have been talking to some of our "older club members" and it brought up some stories about "Sig". We seem to remember that this is a Dall-Kirk cass ( about 1 wave system )and that Sig had a lot of trouble with the drive controller. Perhaps that is why it is in a garage instead of an observatory! Mechanicaly fairly well done! This scope has a LOT of potential for a permanent observatory provided one is willing to rework and rebuild it with care. It would not surprise me to see it sell for $20K or more. Ashland OR. is a wealthy community and only 20 miles away. I am planning on going to this auction to perhaps bid on some of the machinery so I will try to follow up on what happens to this scope.