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One of my good friends' husband is a 'son' of a father-and-sonsowned rel-estate company and they are professional auctioneers.
They asked me if I would be interested in working their monthly
auctions as a clerk. Today was my first auction and it was really
fun! It was a large, multi-estate auction with lots and lots of
antiques. I learned to scan driver's licenses and register people
with a paddle number. After a full day of the actual auctioning
(how in the world do they talk like that????) we checked people
out and took their payments. If I had a few extra hundreds
lieing around, I would have bid on a table full of Haviland
china, some gorgeous old framed botanical prints
and some of those large pickling jars. And that grandfather
clock and beautiful old cabinet, too!
That sounds like a great job! You'll learn so much. BUT, there's so many pretty things... Betsy, you've got to come play What I'm Not Buying this Weekend... comment or post, either way, we all need the thrill of not buy Haviland and a grandfather clock:) Or try to join in anytime. xxx ooo
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! When we lived in South Caroline we regularly attended local auctions in search of mod treasures. Even if you don't buy anything, just watching makes for a day's worth of entertainment.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a really fun time you had! I've always wondered how the auctioneers talk like that, and I'm really a fast talker. I also have trouble understanding them. The one auction I went to I never bid because I couldn't figure out exactly what they were saying so I didn't know how much I would be paying. It just went too fast.
ReplyDeleteFun day! I would have bid on that pink depression glass! I like your choices too - all of them.
ReplyDeleteIm sure you were tired at the end of this interesting day...by the way as always your header is a treat!
ReplyDeleteKayren ~ oh, I know! I could barely understand them. It does go so fast. It really was entertaining to watch the bidders, too....some would barely wink or nod.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun day. I love to see all the gorgeous things at auctions. I would need a big bucket of money though. lol Have a great Memorial Day weekend. Hugs, Marty
ReplyDeleteoh, lucky, lucky, you!!!! that sounds like so much fun. i love to go to auctions but my hubbie not so much. he gets restless waiting around for the items (usually old vintage books, letters,e tc.) to come up for bid.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that you have found a wonderful way to spend your time; it doesn't sound like a job to me but more like fun pastime.))
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun, fun job! I would be drooling all over the items, for sure.
ReplyDeletePS~~I LOVE the current quote on your sidebar!!!
ReplyDeleteOh wow! WHAT FUN! I just love going to auctions! Did they have any bins of old linens? I love to go through those and the old books too!!
ReplyDeleteTREASURES!
That sounds like fun!! I went to my first auction when I was 6 or 7 with my older brother. I'll never forget that experience.
ReplyDeleteMy mother used to work at London's Christies. I remember how Napoleon's jacket got a lot than the Caverns' loo door with all the Beatles's signatures graffiti'd on it!
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