CODY - Charlie Sands of Jackson was visiting Thursday to do a little furniture shopping, but he knew he was in trouble when he saw an end table sell for nearly $11,000.

In town for the Cody Old West Auction, Sands wanted to pick up an original Thomas Molesworth end table. But he dropped out of the bidding at around $6,000.

"I really didn't want to go over $5,000, so I'm not sad I lost," Sands said. "I heard there were some heavy hitters here, so obviously some fat cat spent $10,000 on it the way you or I would spend $1."

For the rest of the story read Saturday's Casper Star-Tribune.