Suzanne goes to auction!!

Wow! What a night last night- you just wouldn't believe it! Courtney from down the street and I went to an auction that I have been wanting to go to for about six months. Its a weekly auction with mostly dealers and every week, they send an update with all their fantastic European antiques they have to sell. Every week, everything goes- no reserves - I mean: great stuff! Courtney got a FANTASTIC oriental rug for $250!!!:
Well, for the first time, this week, I found something I TRULY wanted! And really, that we need at the house if two of us are going to be working from home (true, I don't know WHAT I will be doing yet, but the Lord is bringing it!) And, yes, the auctioneer's son borrowed his suit from Christopher Reeves' wardrobe in Somewhere In Time. You knew you had seen it somewhere, right?!

SO, I thought of the highest price I would pay in my head and we went to the auction which was so much fun. It took forever for them to get to my desk that I was going to bid on, because it was the hot ticket item of the night! Supposedly, everyone had been inquiring about it and they never get French desks like this, and it is a one of a kind. Well, you KNOW I believed them and just HAD to have this one of a kind-rare find!

Well, it finally comes around to my item............. the bidding is the MOST intense of the night and the auctioneer is saying: 100-do-i-hear-125-is-there-150-man-its-a-steal-200-do-i-hear-250-is-that-275-do-i-hear-batta-batta-swing-and-300-do-i-hear-350-and-do-i-hear-375-is-that-400-do-i-hear-425. Well, this went on and on and I couldn't even understand him and I just held my number real high in the air because I WAS NOT LOSING! My dad told me Never give up (was he referring to auctions?)!! And I believed him and my heart was beating out of my chest and my whole body was shaking and for some reason, I hear a swing batta batta and I just lost track of everything and then I hear a long pause and the auctioneer was saying "I'm just going to pause a minute to let everyone think on this- does anyone want to go higher?" Are you kidding? NO, don't let anyone bid higher!! What's the bid anyway? And he sits and sits and I can't believe it and my heart was on the ceiling and I was trying to control my breathing and then I WON!!!!! YES I WON!!!! The auctioneer announced me the winner and I jumped up and did the hokey pokey dance while jumping in the air (the only thing that came to mind at the moment) and the auctioneer told me congratulations (no one else got that!) and then he told everyone I was being filmed and it was going on YouTube as the happiest a buyer has ever been (oh no!) Everyone else would just win and be silent and frown and then he would go right to the next item. But, the point being - I WON!!!! And this was a huge day for me! My first win ever at an auction and my first try! Thanks Dad! :) AND, I didn't go over my high price that was in my head, although I think I won it for swing batta batta!

SO........ Courtney and I go get Dan's truck, go pick up our items, and Dan helps me bring it in the house. Zeus loved it the moment he saw it, and wanted to be part of the moving fun! Dan was so patient in helping me move it in at 11pm, but boy, it was well worth the effort!
see Zeus there at the bottom of the picture (above)
So, here it is complete with beautiful old original keys and everything!



And I won it! If you ever have a chance to go to an auction, go! And, never give up! :)