We spent 7 hours at the auction today, maybe 20 minutes of it in the auction tent. That's because the real enjoyment comes not from seeing what others do buy but what we can't buy. That means strolling the acres of cars that have or will cross the platform. "Would you want that?" "The guy up the street had one of those." "Why would anyone do that to a beautiful car?" "Oooooooh!"
Now we're sitting around the TV watching cars we saw go earlier as they go across the block. Some of them bring ridiculously high amounts and others are surprisingly low. Of course all things are relative. But consider a 1996 Bentley that sold originally for over $300,000 and went for $86,000. The best deal I can't afford.
Tomorrow we're going to Russo-Steele, another of the five auctions going on here this week. This one specializes in muscle cars (aka Detroit steel) and European sports cars. Fewer cars, but nothing as cheap as the lower end vehicles contained in the group we saw today.
We found it interesting to see the people who were there to bid. They could be identified by the bidder's badges hanging around their necks. You'd think that anyone with enough money to pay the $250 for a bidder's pass, submit their line of credit and then potentially bid on one of these beauties would look ... OK, this probably isn't politically correct ... neat, clean and clever. Not necessarily so. "Don't judge a book by its cover." Some of them looked like they could have come into town on the Greyhound.
This one was fun. I've bookmarked it so I can go back to it.
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/future-weapons/games/cannon/cannon.html
Note that it's from the Discovery Channel. Interesting.
It's happened again. I'm still writing, the auction coverage has come to an end, and my brother is ready for the air bed sitting here in our living room. So enjoy the game and I'll see you tomorrow.
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