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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 25, 2014 1:32:54 GMT 2
It is only an internet auction. She wanted what the trade calls a demi-lune table (that is a small semi-circlular table) for our bedroom. By chance when we went to Tetbury today we called in at an antique shop and she saw a nice one. It was £6,800. We skulked out of the shop.
But there was one on the internet from what is really a trade dealer not far away that looked good and a nice table was up for auction. She rang him up and asked how much he thought it would go for. He said about £180. She kept looking at the internet and the auction was going to finish at 8.30 tonight. The bidding was very low, nothing like £180. By 8.15 it was only up to £55. So she sat at the computer and watched the minutes and then the seconds tick past. When it said 2 seconds left she punched in £56. And she got it!
We'll drive over to collect it tomorrow morning. My worry is that she has got a taste for this bidding business.
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Post by Ethel Mertz on Nov 25, 2014 3:23:02 GMT 2
Good show, Mrs. F.
It can be similar to gambler's addiction, Baz.
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Post by tzarine on Nov 25, 2014 6:08:58 GMT 2
bravo mrs f
love to hear about a deal
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Post by shrjeff on Nov 25, 2014 6:27:51 GMT 2
great strategy and patience on her part!
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Post by kuskiwi on Nov 25, 2014 8:14:28 GMT 2
Well done Mrs. Faz. For a moment there I thought you were auctioning her off  |
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Post by theklia on Nov 25, 2014 8:41:36 GMT 2
Well done!!
it would be nice to see a picture of the winning table if you can.
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Post by happytraveller on Nov 25, 2014 8:53:32 GMT 2
Hehe well done Mrs Faz !
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Post by wombatrois on Nov 25, 2014 10:38:55 GMT 2
If you really want her to take up this addictive past time, then to really snipe with the best of 'em, she should add her highest bid, that way she will just about always nab the prize (it is possible that the auction site is like ebay where it will only show bids in 50c or $1 lots, so the highest bid is not known and could have been much higher than 56 pounds).
Well done, though.
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Post by auntieannie on Nov 25, 2014 14:08:03 GMT 2
well done, Mrs Faz!
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 25, 2014 17:33:35 GMT 2
We collected the table this morning. It is lovely, made in about 1820 from mahogany and in good condition. The man at the warehouse who sold it said we had a bargain.  P |
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Post by Voy on Nov 25, 2014 19:22:57 GMT 2
that IS lovely.
There was an article in the Times the other day about the auction of Bunny Mellon's things at Sotheby's -- mentioning that the "old money" look was now out of fashion, including mahogany furniture - but that with the prices her things brought it might come back into fashion!
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Post by auntieannie on Nov 25, 2014 20:04:34 GMT 2
lovely, but won't the radiator heat damage the table?
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 25, 2014 21:18:52 GMT 2
The table was just posted by that radiator before being taken upstairs for a photo shoot. However... its position in our bedroom is also by radiator. It is the only position for it. Ideas?
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Post by OnlyMark on Nov 26, 2014 3:57:10 GMT 2
Remove the radiator in the bedroom and use it for the kitchen extension.
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Post by happytraveller on Nov 26, 2014 8:55:54 GMT 2
That's a beauty !
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Post by Ethel Mertz on Nov 26, 2014 9:12:02 GMT 2
Gorgeous, Baz. She's got a great eye. (so ta speak)
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Post by Voy on Nov 26, 2014 23:03:41 GMT 2
get one of those things that hang over the top of the radiator, that holds water and keeps the moisture level up?
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 27, 2014 1:04:59 GMT 2
We have a house that seems to be dry some days then damp the next. Yesterday you couldn't see out of our bedroom windows for the condensation; but today the glass is dry. So I think the table should get plenty of moisture.
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