What a Fabulous Auction!

I had so much fun at the latest Admunson Auction. It was very, very long, but a blast! Being a collector vs. a dealer, I have a different prospective on things. I didn't mind the fact that it took more than eleven hours the second day to get through everything. I am not even sure what time it ended since I had to leave at 7:00 pm and it was still going with a ton of things left to auction off.


Plus I have learned that I just love the auction atmosphere. I enjoy watching the bidding process, get really excited when I am bidding and love it when I or someone I know gets what they really wanted. I am also learning a lot about what things are worth and what the good finds are watching other people bid and buy things.

So here is what I picked up this past weekend:

This is a great picture that another bidder GAVE me! The story goes like this: I started bidding on a great mountain landscape print that was similar to a Thompson, but chickened out and stop bidding when it went too high for my pocket book. A dealer I have befriended picked up where I left off and ended up getting the print. What neither one of us realized is that he got both prints shown and that it wasn't choice of either one. So when he was handed both the prints I made a comment how pretty this one was and he handed it to me! I asked if I could pay him for it, but he stated that he was going to be able to make money on the mountain scape print and I could just have the flower print. I have been learning a lot from him at the past couple of auction. I can't wait to meet his wife, it sounds like we like a lot of the same things.

This flower frog and vase were a partnership bid with a wonderful collector I met that day. We happened to be sitting next to each other and discovered that we would be bidding on the same thing. So well before our box came up for auction we worked out a deal that we would bid as one and split the treasures. There were three of these vases in the box. Joyce wanted the red and yellow ones and I was just looking to add one or two to the blue one I already have (thanks Gina). Since Joyce had a bigger collection of them going and needed the red and yellow, I didn't mind only getting the green one. I really don't need any of them. So for $5.00, I got this fabulous green flower frog and vase to match my aqua blue one.

Okay, I need help with this bowl. I have no idea who it is made by or what it is made of. It is a pretty bowl and came in a box with the following three items all for $5.00. It was also my first official purchase at the auction.

This small bowl was with the above bowl and is China made in England, but that is all I know. I was after the plate that follows and no one else was bidding on the box, so I got them all.

Another nice small bowl, but as you can see, it has a hairline crack in it. Oh well, it is still pretty and I will find uses for it.

This transferware plate is what I really wanted out of the box. It has two small chips in it, but otherwise it is in great shape. And a bonus is that my husband likes it! I would have paid $5.00 just for this, but I got the three bowls with it as well.

This is one of two candle stick holders that I got in a box with the following vase. I was thinking the vase was Bauer, but I am not sure. I like the vase no matter who it is made by, so it does not really matter. My husband likes the candle stick holders, so that was another bonus.

All in all, I spent $34.72 and got some great treasures and had a great time! I can't wait until the next auction!