I know a friend in Austin that owned, restored and then destroyed one of those, he will be sad. Back then, it was just 'unique'.
Good looking until you see the nose. Still just unique, and now also over priced. Maybe it went back to Japan??
I'm just listening to the preamble to the Bonhams auction and the auctioneer was very clear that the auctioneer can keep bidding against other bidders "on behalf of the seller" up to the reserve price. This is effectively an admission to chandelier bids no?
Chandelier bids have turned into "bidder on the phone". I don't have a problem with it really as long as it doesn't go beyond the reserve
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Yes, thanks Roma. Its 8am here in NZ and I have just woken up but I am happy for you to continue if you would like?
Actually, will soon have to leave the house for at least 30 minutes, have to take my son to see a steam train. So shouldn't have offered. Sorry buddy. Will do my best until then.