WIN SOME =/= LOOSE SOME

Today was just one of those auction days: TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLE (and then some).

I arrived fairly early, having previewed on Wednesday. I was pretty sure that I would get at least one of the high ticket items that I had my eyes on............well........I didn't intend to bid on a dining room table (space considerations): the bidding started on a Maitland-Smith tessellated and brass inlaid table. I had glanced at it the day before, but knocked it out of contention, not only because of its size, but because of the weight. Check it out

Yes, that is the marble top on its end. The top measures 78" x 40" and its marble. And the base is also tessellated marble. I pulled these photos of an identical table from 1stdibs--pretty impressive table.

 And this table is exactly the reason that I show up early almost every week. Nobody wanted the table--?? maybe it was its large size or the anticipated weight to move it???? I really do not know. 80s furniture is just coming into its own at the moment; so this table is right on point. Anyway, I choose to believe that God wanted to give me a gift today.........I bid $50 and won the bid. Best of all, Roberto can pick it up tomorrow---we tried to fit it into the Trusty Explorer, but the top was 2" too long. Best of all, although heavy, the table isn't as heavy as anticipated.

Now for the "Loose Some"..................

I went to $750 for a round resin-topped table and was the under bidder. I don't think that the table was Aldo Chale, but it could have been???

And I went to $1550 on a pair of late 18th c. Spanish Colonial tin mirrors that were to die for. My friend with the deepest pockets in the world won the bid............I really wanted those mirrors, but there is always next week and maybe, just maybe, Bill will forget to show up. 

Anyway, the auction house loves me (they really do) because my bids brought the bid amounts of the items to respectable levels.

Jones and I need to go to bed...........

Mary & Jones & Cole

TODAY WAS ROUGH

This is how I felt at auction today. It was rough and the bidding went super high on just about every item.

I guess my energy was a bit off, too. Or maybe it was the energy in the room??? Don't really know. I guess some days you are in the flow and some days you. are. not.

But that doesn't mean that I came home empty handed.....I did buy my toile sofas....

And a huge carved Ceylon mirror. But everything else went sky high......and that's the way the cookies crumbles sometimes.

I guess that I'm obsessing about "tt"--the situation has not improved. However, I am so proud that certain GOP Senators are voting their conscience and for their country, instead of blindly going "the party way". I love what John McCain spoke to upon his return to the Senate. The Congress and The President are equal. It is called checks and balances....we need to see those checks in action. We need to get rid of the ignorant bully.

Well, I guess that's it for now.

Mary & Jones & Cole (Cole is showing his age and                                        needs a few prayers)

12 Midnight...........

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! The last effort to destroy the ACA has been defeated.......Senator McCain is even a greater hero tonight.

SERENDIPITY................. (again)

I am constantly amazed at my (our) interconnectedness to all things. At the importance of being open and available to the circumstances that confront me (us), that challenge me to grow and to accept what is. Last week this gorgeous Sendai Tansu was up for auction.....I wanted to bid on it, but was so focused on the Louis XVI chest, that I forgot to focus on the moment and I put my hand up to late to bid on the Tansu. It sold for a ridiculously low price. I kicked myself and did enormous amounts of gilt and self-loathing because I lost the moment thinking of what might happen (or not) in the future.

Well, today, as I waited for nothing in particular to come to the block, up comes my "missed opportunity" Tansu....again. And she (maybe a "he") is gorgeous. The last Sendai Tansu that I purchased was older than this one, but not in the superb condition that this one is in. This piece is nearly pristine. It has beautifully cast and forged iron typical of the later Meiji period and it is a two part Tansu, rather than a single chest.

The drawers are all in excellent condition and the surface is also not blemished. It has lost two of its four side lifting handles (not a huge defect) and its keys are MIA. Other than that, it's to die for.

Needless to say, it came home with me today--and I hope that I have finally learned to stay in the present--where life and its blessing are.

Yes, the Healthcare bill has been dealt a serious blow, hopefully fatal. We still need to continue to raise our voices in protest.

Mary, Jones & Cole