My First Auction and I'm Sold!

Went to my first auction this past Friday in a town named Diss with some friends. I know I'll keep going back. The great thing about auctions in the UK verses the US, is that everything really is antique. This place had an area called the pins which I assume were once animal pins. It's mostly covered and where you get the most bang for your buck.  You are required to pay a VAT fee which is like taxes on anything you buy. I believe it was about 15% which can be a bit steep, so you have make sure that you remember that, when bidding. There are also two other buildings one has fine antiques, jewelry, china basically the really good stuff. The other carries newer stuff that you may find in a yard sale. There is farm/ land equipment kept in another big area. And a bunch of stuff outside. Each auction starts at different times and some things are only for sale on Saturdays.

 

This is a piece of furniture that was outside in the pins and it needed a new cushion but it was solid wood glider.

 

 

I really wished that I had the room in the car for one of these tables because they went for about £30 which is about $50.

This box of old books was something pretty cool and the catalog had them listed for about £10.

This box of china was listed in the catalog at £15

All of these canes were being sold together and they were pretty cool. I would have loved to have bid on these but then I wouldn't have known what to do with them.

It was an usually sunny morning and all items outside were not be auctioned until the next day.

 

We took a break from the cold weather and went inside for some hot chocolate and scones while we watched the more expensive items being auctioned off.

 

All of these cool barrels and boxes were housed in my favorite room of all. These items were to be auctioned off the next day and I loved, just about everything in here.

 

This is a seed separator although I'm not sure what kind of seeds.

Oh me, Oh my, lanterns!! I'll take two please. And maybe a scale for my kitchen

A world clock

I "needed" this to churn my butter, or maybe just to put in my dinning room.

 

 

This was all I really bid on, a draw of this and that. The bottles were what I was really after they are ginger beer bottles. And someone at the auction offered to pay me £10 for just 2 of my bottles but I turned him down. Some things went higher than expected and some things went really cheap. I can't wait to go back and maybe I'll score something really nice.