The all auction hero.....

Every so often the management and I head off for an auction.

Now, these used to be exciting events mainly because auctions featured green vehicles and items that came in green.

Military auctions were hard work as they were very much stitched up by the dealers.

So anything you bid on got bid up and anything they bid on went for a low price.

A couple of auctions bidding on anything and everything, thus making them pay lots of money to keep me out and after that I usually got what I wanted.

But of course this is another type of auction altogether - a general house clearance auction.

Well, it looked as if this might have been a pub clearance too.

Rather a lot of glassware came under the hammer.

And, more of something than everyone there wants, makes it very cheap.

Trouble is I cannot resist a bargain and so we now have plenty of glasses for the kids to drink out of.

OK so it only cost a pound but what an earth am I to do with 30 half pint glass tankards.

It would not be so bad if it stopped there, but there are 48 pint glasses as well.

For four pounds they were great value but......

She was not of course immune, the earthenware pot she bought for two pounds was really nice and good value. Shame about a kitchen full of tat that came with it, still that's why we have skips errrh recycling centres isn't it?

Gwions "new" 6 speed suspension and disk braked bike was a steal for ten pounds

That was of course before I bought a fridge freezer for two pounds.

This in turn meant a return pick up trip with the IVECO and added Bethan and big D to the crew to help with the load.

They of course toured the unsold items and added a table and chest of drawers to our pile for a cool 2 pounds.

But of course that was not the best bit.

Management had been a bit drawn to a particular watercolour, something about it appealed. She had meant to do more complete research into it's provenance but had not had the time.

So anyway at the auction she bid a whole 30 pounds before she dropped out.

Tonight she researched the artist, who had signed the work, last piece of his that came up made 1500 pounds at auction.

She has gone all quiet....

R