Charity art auction last night for the Kerrobert Courtroom gallery as they raise funds to, amongst other things, repaint the gallery.
What a great place!
The auctioneer is standing on the Judge’s dias. He kept the crowd entertained with his musical rendition of “Hey, 50,50,50,50,50, who’s gonna bid, 50,50,50,50”.
Beside him was the producer of the auction, giving us background on each art item and some biographical information.
I love to see the behind the scenes people who work the auction. The scanners were the most interesting. One of them stood next to me. His arms were just slightly held out from his body. One hand twitched, awaiting the first bid. When the bidder was sighted, the arm jettisoned upwards, pointing to the bidder and his voice was yelling some version of “yes”. He then continued to scan the crowd to see if another bid would arise.
Prior to the auction, the scanner was just one of the crowd – quietly circulating, not much of a talker. But when the gavel fell to begin, his body came alive, his eyes were focused and he was all business.
I go to auctions to watch people. The gathering had the quiet bidders, shyly and slyly nodding and twitching their eyebrows. Other bidders raised their hands with purpose. And other bidders were cajoled into considering a bid by an auctioneer who knew the crowd.
Do you want a few hours of free great entertainment (as long as you don’t become one of those bidders!)? Find an auction, station yourself to be able to see the happenings, stand back and enjoy!