A Losing Bid or Against Me As They Say

After a full day of work and nonsense and work and more of work, I decided to turn away from seriousness and talk about something quite nonsensical but important nonetheless.  True that the studio atmosphere and the flat is moving more and more towards minimalism, but every so often I find myself drawn to objects for whatever reason.  More often than not, I resist temptation.

But this was almost not the case a few days ago, when I went to Sotheby's.  There to view the collection of Song Dynasty ceramics, that being one of my current interests, I went there to examine with greedy eyes the lots available.  Of course I was not going to bid on them given the prices, but I thought that perhaps one day I very well might and to check them off mentally for future reference.

While there, I realized that there were other exhibits to go through.  In particular, I was drawn to Informing the Eye of the Collector: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art from J.T. Tai & Co. for its mostly let's say lower echelon of works.  In fact, my partner and I had our eye out for one thing in particular, which happened to have the lowest estimated price in the whole auction.  Lo and behold, we found ourselves caught in the web of acquisition and registered to be bidders, got our application quickly approved, spoke with someone on the phone regarding the intricacies of absentee bidding and on-line live bidding, and quite some time was spent daydreaming about the object in question.

Come auction time, I have to say that I was unable to acquire the object, as it went over 50 times its initial estimate.  Next time, perhaps.

Not meant to be mine this time, or, Until we meet again.