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Figured we needed a thread for auctions (in real life) seeing as there are yard sale, flea market, and thrift store finds.
Of course what would be the point if I didn't have a story to share!
Yesterday I went to my first auction with my wife and her aunt. It was the typical "all the junk that's fit to sell" but it had some unique and antique items: lots of old dishes often called out as "Bavaria," old and new tools, furniture, automotive, and the list goes on.
I'll start off with the video gaming treasures they had:
Lot of ~20 SNES games (mostly CIB)
Lot including N64 console, few loose N64 carts, CIB Hey You Pikachu!, bag of loose SNES carts, misc. cables, dumb jigsaw puzzle
The 2 lots above were on the nearly last wagon of stuff. They were doing box/lots for the first few items on the other end but then the auctioneer decided to do choice of a box on the one wagon where these lots sat. Both boxes went for about $160 total. Ridiculous. There was nothing rare or noteworthy to draw that amount in my mind.
Not that it mattered what stuff was worth. I saw more than one person buying items I know they could have bought at Walmart for less. Like a fake leather office chair went for $80 or the several lots of junky Christmas decorations that sold for $25.
Despite the crazy bidders and the large turnout we grabbed some stuff:
What my wife and I purchased:
Small blue Samsonite makeup case + vacuum cleaner - $1
Quilt/Sheet (unmatched) - $16
Glass Pumpkin candy dish & assorted glass - $7
Aunt bought to resell:
6-8 moustache/shaving cups - $10
8 antique cups - $35
Refrigerator Dish - $7
Anyone else go to auctions? I think we're going to start going more often!
Of course what would be the point if I didn't have a story to share!
Yesterday I went to my first auction with my wife and her aunt. It was the typical "all the junk that's fit to sell" but it had some unique and antique items: lots of old dishes often called out as "Bavaria," old and new tools, furniture, automotive, and the list goes on.
I'll start off with the video gaming treasures they had:
Lot of ~20 SNES games (mostly CIB)
Lot including N64 console, few loose N64 carts, CIB Hey You Pikachu!, bag of loose SNES carts, misc. cables, dumb jigsaw puzzle
The 2 lots above were on the nearly last wagon of stuff. They were doing box/lots for the first few items on the other end but then the auctioneer decided to do choice of a box on the one wagon where these lots sat. Both boxes went for about $160 total. Ridiculous. There was nothing rare or noteworthy to draw that amount in my mind.
Not that it mattered what stuff was worth. I saw more than one person buying items I know they could have bought at Walmart for less. Like a fake leather office chair went for $80 or the several lots of junky Christmas decorations that sold for $25.
Despite the crazy bidders and the large turnout we grabbed some stuff:
What my wife and I purchased:
Small blue Samsonite makeup case + vacuum cleaner - $1
Quilt/Sheet (unmatched) - $16
Glass Pumpkin candy dish & assorted glass - $7
Aunt bought to resell:
6-8 moustache/shaving cups - $10
8 antique cups - $35
Refrigerator Dish - $7
Anyone else go to auctions? I think we're going to start going more often!
