I had to get up early this morning to go back to De Zwaan and bid on an old light that we had seen and fancied for our vestibule. I won it for €90 and was surprised to find that the same lot came with a couple of other lights, neither of which is very attractive. Oh well; at least I got the one that I wanted.
A box of old light fittings, listed in the guide as worth between €20 and €40, went for over €1000. The auctioneer even made a comment that she wondered what was in there. A bloke in the front row was bidding like crazy against another bidder on the phone. No-one else was remotely interested. Had these two people seen a rare treasure in the box that the auction house had failed to recognise? I wonder.
We'll be picking up our lights, as well as the painting I recently won, this coming Saturday.