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<p>[QUOTE="octavius, post: 7793518, member: 100777"]My nightmare with an auction firm happened a little over a year ago. I got up early to log on live to an auction taking place in London. Well, I was a little too early and they were auctioning off some antiques / artifacts. I started to doze off at my computer when my new kitten at the the time decided to jump on my lab to wake me. I didn't think anything of this until she became fascinated with the flashing green light for "last call". Yes , she tapped the light with her paw and was the successful highest bidder on a very unattractive Cambodian terracotta bowl from C. 1000 BC. I started screaming for someone else to outbid me (or outbid her) to no avail. I guess that only happens when you want a coin. The cost... a little over $500.00. Yes , I still have both the bowl and the cat. No, I did not win the coin I got up for in the first place. </p><p><br /></p><p>the culprit with a $500.00 antique bowl...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1337906[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="octavius, post: 7793518, member: 100777"]My nightmare with an auction firm happened a little over a year ago. I got up early to log on live to an auction taking place in London. Well, I was a little too early and they were auctioning off some antiques / artifacts. I started to doze off at my computer when my new kitten at the the time decided to jump on my lab to wake me. I didn't think anything of this until she became fascinated with the flashing green light for "last call". Yes , she tapped the light with her paw and was the successful highest bidder on a very unattractive Cambodian terracotta bowl from C. 1000 BC. I started screaming for someone else to outbid me (or outbid her) to no avail. I guess that only happens when you want a coin. The cost... a little over $500.00. Yes , I still have both the bowl and the cat. No, I did not win the coin I got up for in the first place. the culprit with a $500.00 antique bowl... [ATTACH=full]1337906[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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