Airscrew, At the estate auctions here the contents of the house are brought outside and items are either placed on rows of folding tables, or placed into rows on the ground. Everything comes out. The Pots and pans, the appliances, furniture, guns, and occasionally whisky bottles. The law states they can sell the bottle, not the whiskey that is in it, and they will announce, “We are selling this collectable bottle.”
The auctioneer then walks down the line and sells each item. This happens quickly. Only around 30 seconds is spent on an individual item… Unless the bidding is heavy.
The benefit of this is that the entire estate is sold in three to four hours. About half of the time the actual house is one of the items that is sold. One good thing for the estate is that unlike a tag sale, where you walk through the hose and things are already marked with a price, everything will sell. It may be clumped together with other items until they get a bid, but it all sells and goes away in one afternoon.
I go to 2 or 3 of these sales each week. You can get some real deals, and you never know what treasures will be found in the house and sold to the highest bidder. Some of it I buy for friends, some of it I keep, and some I sell on ebay. It’s a hobby that pays for itself.
As for the Jim Beam, I bought it to drink… Err, I mean for the “Collectable bottle”… that went to the curb with the rest of the trash.
CHEERS!
PS… Whiskey was as good!
