I think some of these auctioneers are getting out of hand. Or maybe they"ve always been that way.
I went to an auction a week ago today where they sold a deceased fellow"s collection of 25-30 Farmall tractors, plus a few other items. I bought a Howse 6", 3pt shredder. Straight and clean, no dents or welds. Except for the red paint faded it could have passed for new. I paid $600 for it, and I would have bought it off a dealer"s lot for that since TSC sells the equivalent new for $900.
BUT... At one time bidding stalled and I thought I had it bought for $350, when "someone, somewhere" way behind me in the crowd started bidding rapidly. Makes you wonder just where the bids are coming from.
I saw the same thing repeat on the tractors. Bidding would stall at a respectable, but still reasonable, price and then all at once the auctioneer would be getting rapid-fire bids from some where back in the crowd and run the price up a thousand or two more.
But, you"re still the one in control. If you don"t like the way the bidding is going, simply walk off.
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