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Today’s Blog Post
The Other Side of Peace, Peace, Perfect Peace – Devine Excitement
Well the day started with the drive to Brighton, Ontario. We only found the Swans and the Tree Swallows by accident. That part of the Peace-filled Day came after tremendous excitement. Talk about Roller Coaster ride of emotions. I needed the Peace after the Ride!
Our reason to get down to Brighton was all about a place called Waddington’s – the ultimate Antique Dealers dream place. The Ultimate Antique Collectors place as well… and a place where the two meet with their flashing Antique Auction Flash Cards… you know the one with the big number on it so the auctioneer can see how who you are. But you are only known by a number.
Waddington’s is tucked away in an industrial plaza of sorts… a place where big trucks and warehouses are struck. It is in the south of the main area of this little town.
Being not far from Toronto it attracts dealers from that area.
Being tucked into the heart of “old country” the furniture and the old stuff is amazing. Almost everything is from estate sales from the look of it… and very good estates at that.
Now back up for a minute. The journey to find the “antique auction at Brighton” has been my wife’s for a number of years. But being trapped in the pew each Sunday with her husband preaching each week to her (and the congregation) she has not been able to get there. To get to this antique auction was one of Big Items on her check list.
On Sunday morning we were able to tick it off our list… but then put it back on the list again as she stated with a twinkle in her eye, “WE ARE COMING BACK!”
Now there is something about an auction that is hard to describe in words in this blog. In fact it is almost impossible to capture the excitement!
The fast talking and fast moving auctioneer moved rapidly from item to item. If you turned to ask a question the item was sold before you turned back. Two and sometimes three people kept ahead of him… just barely… holding items up… holding their hands up and touching the furniture item with the other… or lifting the box full of unlisted items that went in a heart beat.
This was so exciting! This was so exhilarating! This was so dangerous! Rubbing your nose at the wrong time put you in. I raised my camera to shoot a fast photo at a moment and the auctioneer looked at me to see if I was in at $950 for the table! Yikes… I barely avoided his eyes and scooted to a less conspicuous place for the next shot.
This auctioneer was amazing really. It was good to just see him in action.
If I only would have had about $5000 extra I would have flashed my hand a dozen times! If only….
Instead I found another short path kind of back in the corner to a whole other area of things that were for sale. They had already been up for auction at an earlier time and for one reason or another they were left behind. BUT IT WAS AMAZING STUFF! And YES I did buy some of it! Who wouldn’t?! It was only a dollar a piece and sometimes even less.
I grinned from ear to ear as I paid next to nothing for stuff that was priceless for me.
I do admit by that moment as thousands of dollars were rippling through the audience of flashing cards… I thought the $29.35 that I blew seemed like nothing at all.
WOW what a place! Alida was beaming from ear to ear! She said it again just in case I missed it the first time… “YES WE ARE COMING BACK AGAIN!!!!”
It was 11 AM. Most of my Churchy Friends were sitting and listening, doing Churchy stuff… another sermon at that minute, a few more prayers…etc. The Presbyterians would be closing their church service and the Pentecostals were just getting warmed up.
And I was walking out of Waddington’s with my bag full of treasures!
Every once in a while my wife and I meet the Pastor and his wife from that small town. We asked them if they had ever been to Waddington’s. Their answer was kind of funny. “Never heard of it…” she replied.
But then again… when you are in church a lot… you can’t get to these places.
And my wife doesn’t have to sit there each week anymore. She has this check list that the two of us are working on.
Some ask how we can do this kind of thing? Well it is easy. Look at the list and make a decision which one we will do next. Toss a picnic lunch together, then toss Granny(my mom) in the car as well. And off we go.
It is way too much fun! I almost feel guilty… almost… but not quite.
AND you should see my stuff… amazing stuff!
~ Murray Lincoln ~
http://www.murraylincoln.com/
2 comments:
Careful there my friend, sounds like you're on a slippery slope. :)
Hi Murray--This sounds like a place I'd Love!! Any chance it would be available for 39 TST??? or is it just on Sun.??
Wow! I'd have to leave my bank card at home!!
Glad you all had fun.
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