At any auction you can see a number of people working to make the sale possible.  Of course you see the auctioneer, chanting and taking offers.  You see the ringmen, pointing out merchandise and calling bids.  You see the cashier, handing out buyer numbers and processing payments.  You even see the person behind the snackbar, [...]

You’re at an auction, pressed shoulder to shoulder with other bidders, and the auctioneer is chanting away.  It comes without warning and you nearly jump out of your shoes.  HYEP!  It is a noise unlike any you have ever heard.  HYEP!  You hear it again, but from another location.  HYEP!  It sounds again from the [...]

The British Comedy team, Monty Python, once performed a sketch in which the audience learned that “a nod’s as good as a wink to a blind bat.”  Although this may be well and good for a blind bat, it does not apply to an auctioneer.  Throughout the years, auctions have made appearances in movies and [...]