Well the auction was in Toronto and turns out they were filming an episode of Baggage Battles. Saw the odd antique couple from Storage Wars.
The good:
The show taping did not really affect the auction process much. There were no re-takes like I heard about from the storage shows, and the auction pretty much went on as usual once you got past the fact that there were six cameras there. There didn't seem to be any shenanigans or trickery going on. In fact the auctioneer missed the casts bids a couple times.
The bad:
I felt the prices were way too high. Suit cases were going for $50-$200 each and back packs and small bags were going for $30+.
I went home empty handed. I was tempted to get one just for the experience but I am an educated guesser, not a gambler. Had the prices been more in line with what I thought would be reasonable, I would have given it a shot.
Also, the cast stuck out like a sore thumb. We Canadians are very bland, not like these Hollywood types lol.