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I don't know if it was legal

Oxy Mora — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:34:03 +0000

I don't know if it was legal but another guy and I had an arrangement---at his suggestion. If we both were bidding and he made a chopping motion with his hand and I nodded, I would drop out and we would split the take if he won the auction. I remember one fun afternoon when we sorted out 200 used router bits. We alternated turns selecting what we wanted. I still have some of those bits in my tool chest.

You guys have prompted a

Oxy Mora — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:10:52 +0000

In reply to Country auction premium. ha.

You guys have prompted a final stanza. I hope you like.

I don't know about the

artappraiser — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:00:13 +0000

In reply to Yes, the food. It's like an

I don't know about the profitability thing, I think it's more like they don't want you getting in your car and leaving the auction site for a snack. If you're there, you might bid on something going cheap, and the more people do that, the less cheap things go....underbidders are crucial participants, needed to drive up the prices paid by the bidder that really wants an item.

Yes, the food. It's like an

Oxy Mora — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:02:50 +0000

In reply to Yep, many good food memories,

Yes, the food. It's like an art fair, where food produces more profit than the sale of a print. Thanks for the recollections, both.

Thanks, Trkingmomoe. The

Oxy Mora — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:54:46 +0000

In reply to Welcome back. I missed

Thanks, Trkingmomoe. The little house is about finished and is filling up with books.

Yep, many good food memories,

artappraiser — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:38:32 +0000

In reply to Country auction premium. ha.

Yep, many good food memories, in my case not from a food truck but homemade by a relative of the auctioneer, on a big folding table with paper doilies on top.

Country auction premium. ha.

wabby — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:54:49 +0000

In reply to you can buy these cheaper at

Country auction premium. ha. I knew there had to be some kind of semi-official name for that. 'Tis a fine line between hidden treasure and scrap metal.

Going to country auctions used to be our Saturday morning entertainment but we stopped about 20 years ago. We already had boxes of junk at home that were worth a dollar at the metal recycling place. The best part of the whole experience was Fred's Food Wagon. Coffee and a doughnut -- 50 cents.

you can buy these cheaper at

artappraiser — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:30:52 +0000

In reply to Woodworking Auction

you can buy these cheaper at Sears,

doesn't matter, it's an auction,

I call that the country auction premium, something which most city slicker art auction people know about if they frequent them. (I used to be one of the frequenters back before auction via internet inflitrated.) Only the naive think there are a lot of "sleepers" out in the country.

The dignity of the previous owner flashes at me from

well oiled steel surfaces honed to perfection;

That's a main reason why people are willing to pay the country auction premium. (They will also pay it for genunine estate auctions within urban areas.)

Thanks for sharing your thoughts in great form. :-)

Welcome back. I missed

trkingmomoe — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:52:08 +0000

In reply to Woodworking Auction

Welcome back. I missed reading you. Nice poem. There is something about a auction that brings out the competitive nature in us. Buying tools? You must still be working on finishing the house.