Silver At Auction

On the way home from work today, I passed a building advertising a "Christmas Auction" and I thought I would stop in and see what they had. The auction was almost over, but they were selling off Morgan dollars and silver bullion rounds and bars and I thought what perfect timing.

They had all the coins at the front already so no chance for me to get up close look at the items. They did though place the items under a camera which was then displayed on a tv screen. The rounds and bars were the typical holiday themed ones and the Morgans were all common dates. I thought I would get in on the action until most of the items started at $15 and ended in the $25 - $30 range. For the Morgans I thought that was a bit high, but for the bars/rounds I thought that was way high. It seemed that 3 guys were bidding on the items and 2 of them went back and forth winning them.My only thought was one or both were shill bidders for the auctioneer. Who in their right mind would pay $25 for silver rounds right now?