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Message started by old_rider on 01/01/15 at 06:25:16

Title: Antique auction in Las vegas
Post by old_rider on 01/01/15 at 06:25:16

LA times put out an article about Mecum's next antique motorcycle auction.... I like the Norton Commando that have put up for the article....

http://www.latimes.com/travel/lasvegas/lasvegasnow/la-tr-lvn-las-vegas-auction-motorcycles-20141231-story.html

Here is the Mecum page...

https://www.mecum.com/?auction_type=motorcycle

Title: Re: Antique auction in Las vegas
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 01/01/15 at 10:03:27

Ever see a British auction? IIRC,they don't sound like porky pig with a deep voice.. I don't enjoy auctions because of the style. I totally dig the tractors,cars,trucks and bikes,but the screaming clown abbuduhhabbuduhh
14 abbuduhhabbuduhh 1450abbuduhhabbuduhh makes me wanna throw a brick through the TV.

AND now, we have a 1968 Honda450, who will bid $3,000.00
We have $3,000.00,, Who will bid 4?
Why can't they just do that?

Title: Re: Antique auction in Las vegas
Post by jcstokes on 01/01/15 at 11:26:02

It must all be to do with national/regional styles. I remember an antique car auction conducted in NZ by Sotheby's the well known British auction house. The locals couldn't understand why there was no clear thump of the gavel at the end of each sale, merely a light tap. This confused some people. Sotheby's maintained that a clear thump or bang of the gavel "detracted from the sale". I don't think I would care for abudahdudha but maybe it's a way of whipping up auction frenzy.

Title: Re: Antique auction in Las vegas
Post by Serowbot on 01/01/15 at 15:24:37

What's that thing in baseball, where they go "Heybaddabaddabaddabadda"...?...

"Swing!,.. I' mean, Sold!"... :-/...

Title: Re: Antique auction in Las vegas
Post by Art Webb on 01/01/15 at 20:58:02

it's a way of whipping up auction frenzy.

that sentence nailed it, every auctioneer who does it insists it results in higher bids
That said, the higher end auction houses, at least those I've seen on TV, even in the US, don't do that