This is going to be fun! I am now working part-time (9 a.m. - 1 p.m.) at Pacific Galleries, a huge antique/art auction house and mall. I still haven't made it all the way through all the vendors in the mall, because it's so huge, but there are gorgeous furniture, lamps, jewelry and collectibles everywhere! Now I understand where all that stuff goes when mom and dad die, and they never got rid of anything - and the kids didn't want it!
So, I'm on the auction side. They just had an auction Sunday and Monday, so it was busy with people coming in to pay for and pick up their new treasures. I was going through many, many invoices either collecting their money, or calling to let them know they were the winning bidder. This was just a "regular" auction, not a premiere auction, so there were many odds and ends sold.
So here is the one I just about busted a gut over.....someone actually bought......"Painting on canvas taped to board of a naked giant and a wagon train and fleeing people!" Gosh, I'm bummed I didn't get that one - NOT! How funny!
The business has a lot of regulars who must buy and sell all the time, because many of them came in, and they've got the procedure down to a science. They were super fun and interesting people!
My co-workers are wonderful, too. There's a jewelry expert, furniture expert, warehouse guys, and everything else any business needs - IT guy, bookkeeper, etc. It's amazing how quickly the "guys" moved the auction items from the auction room to the warehouse. The other front-end person is a 20-year-old young lady named Cedar, who is adorable and seriously knows what she's doing.
The next auction, which is May 9 and 10 is premiere, featuring Asian artifacts. There is an amazing vase, maybe 3-feet high with various family crests on it, that looks extremely valuable going into that one. Beats a "painting on canvas taped to board of a naked giant and a wagon train and fleeing people!"
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