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[john ruccolo]

"...and the runners held the items up only briefly
and then put them on the ground out of sight."

Gee, Ray, how long do *you* wanna hold an SP-600 or
DX-100 in the air? ;-)

Some stupid person sat a Hammarlund HQ-170 on top of
my baby, the Johnson Ranger. Arrghh! Fortunately, the
'170 didn't scratch or dent my baby.

But seriously, I agree that the auction should have
started sooner. I had no real idea of the magnitude of
the event until I got there. It *was* fascinating....

JR

--- Ray Chase <enrpnr at erols.com> wrote:

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> Many thanks to Rich for posting those pictures of
> the W2JJZ estate auction, I was there with a camera
> and note pad but did not use them as I dropped my
> camera and did not know if it was damaged.  As for
> being a well run auction, this inveterate auction
> goer says it was not.  The auctioneer clearly should
> have started earlier considering the multitude of
> items to be sold, a 10 AM start time would have been
> valid.  As it was, I left at 4 PM with half the
> items unsold and the crowd dwindling down to a
> fraction of the original.  The runners were inept,
> the auctioneer had to repeatably search for items to
> sell and the runners held the items up only briefly
> and then put them on the ground out of sight, there
> should have been a table to display the items to be
> sold.  The tent and chairs were fine but the
> auctioneer had to stop many times to resolve
> problems with the clerk.  The items were not lotted
> in an organized manner, it would have behooved them
> to hire a ham to give them technical advice.  Prior
> to the auction, several hams volunteered to put
> proper things together during the viewing.  The pace
> was much too slow for the goods to be handled.
> Otherwise an extremely fascinating event. I'm glad
> that I got to see a small piece of this man's life.
> Ray
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