{"id":19221,"date":"2021-11-23T20:51:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T01:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=19221"},"modified":"2021-11-23T20:54:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T01:54:34","slug":"episode-478-didnt-sleep-couldnt-sleep-tge-see-movie-auction-nov-17-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=19221","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 478 “DIDN’T SLEEP — COULDN’T SLEEP… TGE “SEE” MOVIE AUCTION NOV. 17, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
EPISODE 478     \u201cDIDN\u2019T SLEEP\u2014COULDN\u2019T SLEEP  \u2026 \u201cSEE\u201d MOVIE SET \u2026 AUCTION  NOV. 17,  2021<\/p>\n

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(Warning this story is self deprecating\u2026does not make me look brilliant)<\/div>\n

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DIDN\u2019T SLEEP\u2014COULDN\u2019T SLEEP<\/div>\n

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I did not sleep a wink the night after the November 18, 2021, Movie prop auction .  I am 83 years old, you\u2019d think I would have learned<\/div>\n
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.<\/div>\n
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, <\/div>\n
1double axle trailer and a GMC van that was once a small bus. It\u2019s <\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n
my purchases.  <\/div>\n

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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!<\/div>\n
It was the \u2018or else\u2019 that scared me the most.  Look at the smiling face below.  He is a very nice person.  Quite jolly really.<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n
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.<\/div>\n

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So I called my son Andrew.<\/div>\n
\u201cAndy, I have got myself in a bind\u2026need big time rescue\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat this time, Dad?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cLet me put it this way\u2026I will need 3 big trucks, 1 dual axle trailer and my GMC van\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI get it..  Did you get the gantry at the 403 auction?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI did\u2026and  a whole lot more.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cNo problem, dad.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cEasy for you to say,\u201d  \u2026Andrew did not know the scale of my troubles.<\/div>\n
Take a look at one of my purchases below.  And I bought two of these.<\/div>\n
I doubted they could even fit in a bin on the hydraulic lift.<\/div>\n

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HOW DID I GET INTO THIS MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE?<\/div>\n

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Let me start by blaming J.R. Grassby.   He sent an email saying the 403 Auction of sets from the movie \u2019SEE\u2019 might<\/div>\n
have some things that would interest me.  And there were dozens of interesting things.  On Line bidding.   That meant I<\/div>\n
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 <\/div>\n
to be fast\u2026had to beat other bidders to get my bid in on the last second.   I was not ready for the speed closing.<\/div>\n

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The closing occurred almost before I could bid.   Thankfully the gantry was near the last and I was able to get it<\/div>\n
for Andrew\u2026but not cheap.<\/div>\n

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THE INVOICE<\/div>\n

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I had been successful in my bidding on a whole bunch of things.   Truckloads of things that you will see<\/div>\n
shortly.  How did I end up with things i did not expect?  Simple really.  I put down \u2018practice bids\u2019 on things I thought would go higher.<\/div>\n
So i could practice hitting the bid button not expecting victory.  The final invoice was clear:<\/div>\n

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lot 52 – WOOD HORSE WAGON<\/div>\n

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Lot 64  TWO MARKET CARTS<\/div>\n

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Lot 74   WOOD CART WITH LEATHER COVER<\/div>\n

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(NO SIGN OF THE LEATHER COVER\u2026MY LOSS I SUPPOSE)<\/div>\n

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LOT 75   TWO OLD WOOD CARTS<\/div>\n

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LOT 76   TWO ICE CREAM CARTS<\/div>\n

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LOT  1011   TWO ROLLING TOOL CHESTS WITH STAND<\/div>\n

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LOT  1012   METAL GANTRY  20,000 LB. CAPACITY<\/div>\n

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LOADING AT 8 A.M.<\/div>\n

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EPISODE 478     \u201cDIDN\u2019T SLEEP\u2014COULDN\u2019T SLEEP  \u2026 \u201cSEE\u201d MOVIE SET \u2026 AUCTION  NOV. 17,  2021 alan skeoch Nov. 2021 (Warning this story is self deprecating\u2026does not make me look brilliant) DIDN\u2019T SLEEP\u2014COULDN\u2019T SLEEP I did not sleep a wink the night after the November 18, 2021, Movie prop auction .  I am 83 years […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}