01 ye 08
Enda, Enda ... Whoops!
Chiitiko chemhosva: Townshend Auction Gallery iri paRead 30 kumaodzanyemba kweVermont, maminitsi gumi nemashanu kuchamhembe kweBrathtleboro uye kwemaawa maviri motokari kubva kuBoston, Hartford kana Albany. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Chimwe chakanaka May zuva, ndakadzokera kuimba yangu yekunakisa paWhenham Hill Inn muWest Townshend, Vermont, uye ndakatumira iyi yehupenyu yehupenyu ye Facebook:
Kim Knox Beckius achange ari kune chikamu chisina kunaka chemuchato "uyo anokwereta uyo" equation kwenguva yakareba zvikuru shure kwezvaakaita nhasi.
Zvechokwadi, shamwari dzangu dzenguva pfupi dzaida zvinyorwa zvese zvekudarika kwangu. Kwenguva yokutanga mubasa rangu regumi nemakore semunyori wekufamba, ndakafanira kudana murume wangu kuti auye kundinunura. Aiwa, handina kukanganisa motokari yangu kana kuti kupera. Kwete, chikwama changu chakanga chisina kuba. Kwete, ndakanga ndisati ndafa kurwara.
Dai chete ini ndakanga ndisingambofungi kuenda kuVermont auction garn ingadai yakaita nyaya huru! Dai chete ini ndakanga ndisati ndasimudza nhamba yangu yakawanda kakawanda. Dai chete ini ndakanga ndisina kufungidzira chifukidzo chevashandi vakaiswa pamberi pamberi peboka revanhu muguta reMiddleshend Auction raifambisa nyore mukati mechirungu chemukati.
02 of 08
Muchengeti ane Unyanzvi
Kwete, uyu haasi murume wangu ari kuchema kwandiri nokuda kwangu auction mishap. It's Townshend Auction Gallery auctioneer HK "Kit" Martin, wandinopomerwa mhosva yekunditungamirira. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Sezvaunenge wave watofungidzira, bhokisi revatambi randakanga ndisina kukunda mukunetsana-kwenguva pfupi yekutengesa hondo haina kusvika pedyo nekukodzera mumotokari yangu. Uye, munguva pfupi, nyaya yangu yakashanduka kubva pakufunga nezvekunakidzwa nekucherechedza zvinyorwa zvekutsvaga uye kutora zvishoma zviduku zvekuti: Sei usingave mudivi wakafanana neni paunenge uri kutengeswa maawa maviri kubva kumba.
"Iyo nzira yakadini yokupinda mubasa rako!" shamwari yangu About About.com, Cruises Guide Linda Garrison, yakanyorwa pa Facebook mukuedza kundinyaradza. Ichokwadi: Mumwe munhu anofanira kuita zvikanganiso mumugwagwa kuitira kuti iwe ugone kudzidza kudzivirira. Ndinotarisira kuti mazano ari mumufambiro uyu wekutsvaga achakubatsira kuti uone zvikwangwani zvinoshamisa paChristmasnd Auction Gallery ... pasina kumira kunoona kune mumwe wako.
03 of 08
Ita 1: Chengetedza Minus Process, uye Only Register kana Iwe Uronga Kuda
Mugovera auction I ndakapinda paChristmasndnd Auction Gallery muChethshend, VT, yakatanga nekutengeserana kunze kwezvigadzirwa, izvo zvakakonzera boka rakanaka. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Pandakazosvika munyika ino yekutsvaga minda muWestshend, Vermont, musi weMugovera mambakwedza, kutengesa kunze kwezvikwata kwaive kuchiri kuitika. Paiva nevatengi vaishanda, uye ndakanga ndisingafariri zvishandiso, saka zvakanga zviri nyore kudzivisa kusungirwa mumatongerwo.
Chirongwa changu chaive kunyanya kuchengetedza nekuona kuti ndeipi matengo izvo zvinhu zvakakonzerwa nekutengeswa. Handizivi chinhu chekare, asi ini ndagara ndichida zvekutengeserana, uye ndakafunga kuti iyi ingadai iri mukana wekudzidza nezvekutenga zvigadzirwa kunotengeswa, sezvo ini nomurume wangu takanga tiri mukugadzirisa purazi rekurima ra 1880 rakagadziriswa.
Kukanganisa kokutanga kwandakaita: kunyoresa nhamba yevatengi. Ndaida kugara ndakagadzirira kana ndikasarudza kutengesa, asi kana uchinge uine padenderedzendi muruoko rwako, uri pachitsiko chinokurumidza chemuedzo!
04 of 08
Zano rechipiri: Enda kuAusting Preview
Kudhindwa kwekutsvaga iyo ndiyo mukana wako wepamusoro wekutarisa-kutarisa kwepamusoro mamiriro ezvinhu ekare nezvimwe zvinhu zvinotengeswa. Ongorora zvinhu zvinofadza kana iwe uchida kudzivisa kukanganisa. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Vermont's Townshend Auction Gallery kazhinji inobata auction preview maonesheni musi weChishanu masikati asati atengeswa uye mangwanani-ngwanani maawa masikati asati aendeswa musi weMugovera. Nokuti ndakagara nguva yekudya kwekudya paWhenhamham Inn Inn ... uye ndakapedza nguva ndichicherechedza zvinyorwa zvekutsvaga kunze ... Ndaingova nemukana mutsva wekutarisa zvinhu zvingadai zviri kukwidza.
Handina kumbobvira ndatarisa chifukidzo chemateketi andakatenga. Dai ndaive akangwara, chokwadi chokuti ndakanga ndisati ndanyatsoongorora chikamu, kana kuti ndakatarisa zviyero zvayo, zvinofanira kunge zvakaita kuti ndisanetse kutengesa. Nguva inotevera pandinoenda kunotengeswa, ini zvirokwazvo ndichaunza tepi muyero.
05 of 08
Zano 3: Ziva Zvauri kutenga
Chii icho icho chinopesana? Uye zvakakosha zvakadini? Dai chete ndaizviziva !. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Chimwe chinhu chandakaona munguva yekutsvaga kwekutsvaga chaiva chechigadzirwa chemapuranga chepakutanga pakati pechinhu ichi. Ini ndakanga ndisingazivi kuti yaiva yekare anonzi cranberry scoop kusvikira Kit Martin ataura chinhu ichocho ndokutanga kubhadhara. Ndinogona kunge ndaifarira kuva neEngland yekare yekare, asi yakatengesa $ 125 (pamwe ne 15% yepamutengo wemutengesi), iyo yakaita seyakanaka. Tsvaga "antique cranberry scoop" online, zvisinei, uye iwe uchashamisika kuona mutengo aya zvombo zvisingawanzo kubva kare zvinogona kuraira: mumwe mutengesi wekare anokwana cranberry scoop akanyorwa $ 1,250.00!
Saka, ndichaita zvishoma zvekuchikoro kusati ndaenda kune imwe auction. Imwe nharo yeiyuni yeimba ino yekumaodzanyemba yeVermont nzvimbo: Ndakanga ndisina basa pa smartphone yangu yeVerizon, saka handina kukwanisa kutsvakurudza zvinhu panzvimbo iyo kuti ndione kuti mutengo wakakwana ungave uripi.
06 of 08
Zano 4: Chengetedza Manzwiro Ako Mukutarira
Vashandi vanoenda kunezivo vakaunza zvigadziri zvezvipfeko zvesimbi zvakaputika mukati me Townshend Auction Gallery. PanoMugovera musi weMugovera, zvisinei, dzakawanda zveimba ye-auction yaigara isiripo. Chikwata chakanga chichida kuziva kupfuura zvakanyanya chakazadza zvigaro izvi. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius "Ndinoda chaizvo kutengesa nhasi." Ndine zvizhinji zvokutengesa, "Martin akatanga, asi sezvo mabhizimisi akakundikana kukwira, akagunun'una achiti:" Zuva rekumutengesi, ndezvechokwadi. " Mashoko ake anowedzera kuwedzeresa akanga asingagoni kuregererwa kuti arege kuisa pasi:
"Iyo ndiro ndiro-dollar yemari 10!"
"Pane chimwe chinhu pano chinoda munhu wose here?
"Tichatora zvinhu izvi kuBoston. Bvisai zvese zvinyorwa pano."
"Iwe haugoni kunyange kupa zvinhu kunze. Ndakatya."
"Hapana mhando dzekare dzinoshambadzira pano nhasi. Haasi munhu pano here: vanhu chete vasina mhuri yekushanyira!"
Ndingave ndakawana bhanhire iri richizvidza, asi pane kudaro, ndakanzwa tsitsi: manzwiro ane ngozi panotengeswa! Uye zvimwe zvezvikwata zvekutengesa zvaive zvakasvika zvakangoita zvisinganzwisisike. Apo dhayi rakagadzirwa-dare resimbi rakaitwa muTroy, New York, rakatengeswa nemadhora makumi matatu, Martin akateterera achiti: "Iri idhoro re 300 $ chero kupi zvako munyika."
07 of 08
Zano 5: Shandisai Mazano
Iyi Hitchcock Chair yakatengeswa $ 80 paintertion ini ndaipinda muKadshend, Vermont. Zvimwe zvombo zvemaoko zvinoita sezviri kutengesa paBay kwekaviri mutengo iwoyo. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Kusiyana nedzimwe dzimba dzekutsvaga, izvo zvinopa vateereri nebhuku kana kuti zvinyorwa zvezvipo zvezuva pane zvakatarisa zvavanenge vachatengeswa, Townshend Auction Gallery yakatengesa kutengeswa nenzira yakashata, uye izvi zvakaita kuti zvive nyore kutarisira apo zvinhu zvakanga zvabata ziso rangu raizoiswa uye kuronga mari yakawanda yekupa.
Ndakatarisa seChitubu & oak rocker inotengeswa ne $ 50, yekare yeBar Harbor wicker chair yakakonzera $ 40, uye nzvimbo yekudzidzira moto yeVictoriya yakaunza zvigaro gumi chete. Ndakapedza madhora mashanu muhomwe yemoto uye ndakasiya imwe $ 45 pamapapiro maviri akaumbwa akabatwa neziso rangu. Ndakazvitsvaga mushure mokunge ndisingatengi patafura yeOak poker nechepamusoro rakatengeswa kwema $ 30 chete, asi ndakafara kuti ndakakotama pa $ 90 uye ndakatendera mumwe mutengi kuenda kumba kumubhedha wekare hwekudziya kwemadhora zana. Izvo, ndakadzidza gare gare, unogona kutenga zvishoma pane eBay.
Nhave dzinokurumidza, uye hapana chivimbo chokuti hauzodembi chisarudzo zvino uye zvakare. Asi, paunoona chimwe chinhu chaunofarira-uye mutengo wakarurama-usazeza kubata chikamu.
Yakanga inenge inenge yechitanhatu manheru apo mutengesi anetaire Kit Martin akakumbira bhizimusi rekutsvaga re $ 50 pamubhokisi wevasvaki vaiita sevanokwezva kubva kure. Ndakasunga chigamba changu sechiratidzo chekutsigirwa. Mumwe mubatsiri akakwira mumatambudziko, uye ndaive nechokwadi kuti handidi kushungurudzika kuti ndaizomuka nechidimbu. Ini ndinodzokorora zvakare, ndinofungisisa. Mumwe wacho akatengesa akadzingwa. Uye ndipo apo marwadzo angu ewanano akatanga.
08 we 08
Zvose Zvakanaka Zvinozoguma Zvakanaka
Pachiedza chakajeka, ndakawana zvinhu zvinoshamisa: chidimbu chakasimba chehuni yakagadzirwa zvakakwana muimba yangu yekudyira itsva ye $ 65. Nguva inotevera, ndichava nechokwadi chekutyaira SUV yedu kuVermont. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Saka, murume wangu akatsamwa sei pakuita rwendo rusingatarisirwi rweVermont musi weSvondo mangwanani? Chaizvoizvo, Bruce akazvitora zvakanaka. Akandivimbisa kuti yaingova nyaya yenguva asati aita chimwe chinhu chakafanana nemapfupa uye kunyange zvikamu. Uye, kunyange zvazvo akanga aronga kubata pabasa, akazonditaurira kuti akanzwa kushungurudzika kwake panguva yaakayambuka mamiriro ehurumende yeVermont.
Mwanasikana wangu ane makore manomwe, uyo aifanira kuenda nababa vake parwendo, aifara kudzokera neni. Takamira paFirfton Village Cheese fodya uye nesitoro muBrathtleboro, uye takatambanudza kuti tifunge mabhiriji akavharidzirwa ari munzira yeChitatu 30 kusanganisira imwe yakachengetedza chikwata chekumhanya Swallowtail butterflies. "Bye-bye butterflies: Handimbofi ndakakanganwa iwe," mwanasikana wangu akati patakabva kure negore rekuputika tsvina dzemajena, uye ndaiziva kuti ndaizoona zvakanakisa zvekutengeserana.