I know there have been several threads about small crowds, but most are approaching a year old, so I though I would update with today's auction story.....
Local independant facility - three lockers was down to one by start time. The ONLY buyer there was..........ME!
I had talked to the facility owner and checked in, so I knew I was at the right spot. (That's the good news) The Manager even commented "Wow, guess you'll be getting a locker today!" As we were walking through the gate to head to the single unit, up drives a second buyer - THE LOCAL WHALE! (bad news) I'm thinking "O crap, there goes my locker."
Unit was a 5x7 - One-third of it included a couple antique baskets, a few pieces of cast iron cookware, some books, stepladder, weed eater (rusty), and DVDs - and two-thirds was crates and crates of paperwork. They were the plastic see-through crates, so you could see the bills, taxes, magazines, etc. (I'm talking 5-feet high!!) My estimated selling value was about $200, so I set my limit at $100. Mr. Whale started at $25, I went to $50, he went $75, and I went $100 - he walked up, flashed in a light - and bid $125.
I backed out, and he'll do alright with the stuff at his store.
Still bizarre there were only two of us there, and sad that the other bidder had to be him! Oh well......there's always the next one.