Auction Run

 Overall I got two lots from the three auction run that I used in the last two weeks.  Yesterdays was a new one for me and the most sophisticated yet.  I went in largely just to see how it worked. I will try again next time and try a screen capture of the whole thing.  They have a live camera trained on the auctioneer in one corner.  There is a scrolling list of bidders as they make a bid. I am still not sure if the leading bidder is at the top or bottom of that list.  The bids come from in the room, from a bank of phones off camera and from registered internet bidders.  The screen pings each time a bid is made. There is a horizontal scroll across the screen where moving dollar amounts are displayed for you to click on. There is also the personal tally window tracking my amounts.  A week ago I started with $80 which was the estimate.  At the auction start it had risen to $170.   I was ready for the first bid but hit the $190 instead of the $180. It did not matter as the ping noise went off 5 times in succession taking it well over $200. I was watching the scrolling bidders window, from phone then room then phone then room. All the while the auctioneer is waving and pointing and calling the current total. I hit the $290 button.  It stayed current for maybe a second then pinged its way up to $360 in moments and was knocked down to a room bidder.  The whole sequence took 60 seconds.  This auction seems to be too well known attracting many bidders and bidders with money.  I watched for 10 minutes and saw thousands of $ spent.

I went and filled the rest of the whole now we can sit without falling in