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Re: Stupider Things Bought at Auction 

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Mon, 08 Jan 24 3:16 PM | 23 view(s)
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I like it De. The workmanship of the artist can be easily seen.. We may not be enamored with the subject matter but then, it is the skill of the artist that painted this which brings that subject into clarity and definition.

I think it its a nice piece of work and especially if someone has the right setting for it to display..
You guys did good.. Thumbs Up


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Stupider Things Bought at Auction
By: Decomposed in 6TH POPE
Mon, 08 Jan 24 6:20 AM 		Msg. 48982 of 60008

I participated in an auction tonight and had my azz handed to me. It was the biggest auction I've ever been on... over nine hundred lots. Things started closing at 5 p.m. and the last closed a few minutes ago around 10:30.

What went wrong? How about, I only won a single item. All that time lost. My wife and I went into this thing interested in thirty-five lots, but everything was quickly bid way, WAY up. There was a Persian carpet that sold for $3,225 - leaping over $700 in its last five minutes. A group of four Napoleon Bonaparte prints (not originals) that I passed on at $5 thinking "who would want that?" eventually sold for $370! Most items sold for several hundred dollars.

I've become accustomed to winning between a quarter and a third of the things I try for. But on this auction, there were a whole lot of people and most, apparently, had far more money than I did.

So, it was frustrating.

I even knowingly bid HIGH on one item. My niece is getting married and I found a really nice painting called "Beautiful Morning." Not only was it nice, but the title was appropriate for her new life. I wanted that sucker and bid a lot more than I should have. I still didn't get it. %@#$!

The one and only win was this painting to the right. It wasn't even something I'd planned to buy. I don't really care for it. But midway through the auction, when it was clear that I wasn't winning a single thing, I spotted this underpriced antique oil painting. My wife disliked it even more than I did. But we did some quick research and saw that John H. Witt is a known artist. I decided to bid on it even though it does nothing for me. It was only $75 at the time and I thought it must be worth more than that. It's likely from the 19th Century. So we bid. Someone outbid us. And we then won it for $86. The auction house charges a 20% premium, so it came to $103.20.

Following the auction, I did a bit more looking and actually found it online from a 2022 auction. I'm not sure how it managed to get auctioned twice in two years... maybe nobody bought it the first time. But I did like the estimated value.

If you go to Ebay, or click here, you can find other works by Witt. Most are for sale in the $1,000 - $4,000 range.

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