EPISODE 478 “DIDN’T SLEEP—COULDN’T SLEEP … “SEE” MOVIE SET … AUCTION NOV. 17, 2021
alan skeoch
Nov. 2021
(Warning this story is self deprecating…does not make me look brilliant)
DIDN’T SLEEP—COULDN’T SLEEP
I did not sleep a wink the night after the November 18, 2021, Movie prop auction . I am 83 years old, you’d think I would have learned
something in those years. Nope. Did not learn. Must be a low I.Q. (i.e. intelligence Quotient). What a mess I got into at the 403 Auction.
It took three large trucks, a dual axle trailer , one small van (mine) and five men too get me out of the mess. Let me repeat…3 big trucks,
1double axle trailer and a GMC van that was once a small bus. It’s
true. Even now almost a week later I get goose bumps thinking about that sunny cold morning I arrived at the storage yard to pick up
my purchases.
Nothing small. All purchases huge. Impossible to lift. But they had to be removed in between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Or else!
It was the ‘or else’ that scared me the most. Look at the smiling face below. He is a very nice person. Quite jolly really.
But the terms were clear. I had to get my things out of the storage lot by 3 p.m. or pay $500 for any skid I did not load
By mischance I had many skid loads. On my own I would be lucky to get 1 skid load off the site. This could cost me thousands.
So I called my son Andrew.
“Andy, I have got myself in a bind…need big time rescue”
“What this time, Dad?”
“Let me put it this way…I will need 3 big trucks, 1 dual axle trailer and my GMC van”
“I get it.. Did you get the gantry at the 403 auction?”
“I did…and a whole lot more.”
“No problem, dad.”
“Easy for you to say,” …Andrew did not know the scale of my troubles.
Take a look at one of my purchases below. And I bought two of these.
I doubted they could even fit in a bin on the hydraulic lift.
HOW DID I GET INTO THIS MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE?
Let me start by blaming J.R. Grassby. He sent an email saying the 403 Auction of sets from the movie ’SEE’ might
have some things that would interest me. And there were dozens of interesting things. On Line bidding. That meant I
would sit at my computer and push a Bid button on the evening of Nov. 17. Easy to do. Just push the button. But I had
to be fast…had to beat other bidders to get my bid in on the last second. I was not ready for the speed closing.
The closing occurred almost before I could bid. Thankfully the gantry was near the last and I was able to get it
for Andrew…but not cheap.
THE INVOICE
I had been successful in my bidding on a whole bunch of things. Truckloads of things that you will see
shortly. How did I end up with things i did not expect? Simple really. I put down ‘practice bids’ on things I thought would go higher.
So i could practice hitting the bid button not expecting victory. The final invoice was clear:
lot 52 – WOOD HORSE WAGON
Lot 64 TWO MARKET CARTS
Lot 74 WOOD CART WITH LEATHER COVER
(NO SIGN OF THE LEATHER COVER…MY LOSS I SUPPOSE)
LOT 75 TWO OLD WOOD CARTS
LOT 76 TWO ICE CREAM CARTS
LOT 1011 TWO ROLLING TOOL CHESTS WITH STAND
LOT 1012 METAL GANTRY 20,000 LB. CAPACITY
LOADING AT 8 A.M.