But Oh my goodness how exciting it was! The small room they held it in was packed to the rafters. People standing all around the edges as well as at the back. We went early so had front row seats. And it did kinda feel like Theatre.
We were in a bidding war ( I hate that term. how about tennis bidding?) with one other person after it moved away from the ridiculously low come-and-see-me guide price. We kept inching up & he was straight there with a counter bid. We moved from comfort zone, to a bit strapped, into soup-bread-and-water-for-next-three-years zone. At which point we left him to it. My heart was pounding like a horserace!
As ours was the first lot, we then sat back & relaxed through the next 5 lots. It was an education! There was a whole range of human dramas being played out in that tiny room. People trying to secure the land outside their houses from developers. Parents wanting land for daughter's pony. Silver haired investors. Farmers. And an awful lot of spectators it seemed that didn't bid.
And all very serious. I have a real handicap here. My poker face consists of something like: 'OMG, OMG that's Amazing, look at this, how awesome, I love it. gimme gimme gimme'. Or: 'oh no I can't believe it who dealt this hand?' I don't know I would go so far to to call myself a drama queen, but I tend to bubble over somewhat.
So, I can now tick the Auction experience off my list for this year. I loved it. Who knows, maybe another potential play land will present itself soon & we get it. And then you will really see my counter-poker face! OMG Yes!
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