{"id":137086,"date":"2023-05-22T13:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T06:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-love-a-good-auction-if-only-i-could-afford-freddie-mercurys-moustache-comb-emma-beddington\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T13:11:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T06:11:29","slug":"i-love-a-good-auction-if-only-i-could-afford-freddie-mercurys-moustache-comb-emma-beddington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-love-a-good-auction-if-only-i-could-afford-freddie-mercurys-moustache-comb-emma-beddington\/","title":{"rendered":"I love a good auction. If only I could afford Freddie Mercury\u2019s moustache comb \u2026 | Emma Beddington"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nEven though I\u2019d never bid on 98% of the lots, nothing matches the nosy thrill of rooting through a stranger\u2019s waistcoats, bird baths or stuffed stoats Publicity kicked off last month for the auction of Freddie Mercury\u2019s possessions: furniture, art and trinkets go under the hammer in September, plus handwritten lyrics, stage props and a waistcoat decorated with portraits of his cats. It might even top last year\u2019s Joan Didion auction, at which literary groupies outbid each other for the cult writer\u2019s stained napkins and novelty aprons: people paid $11,000 a piece for unused blank notebooks.If your curiosity is piqued, but you don\u2019t have Tiffany moustache comb money (another Mercury lot), can I recommend seeking out a civilian version? I\u2019m an auction addict. It\u2019s my husband\u2019s fault: he discovered our local auction house \u2013 a paradise of outdated agricultural machinery, brown furniture and bargain white goods (he equipped our kitchen for next to nothing) \u2013 and has infected me. Only yesterday, I spent 40 blissful minutes scrolling through toby jugs, horse brasses, lawnmowers and a puzzling number of signed photos of Rex Harrison. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Even though I\u2019d never bid on 98% of the lots, nothing matches the nosy thrill...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-zF4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52530,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/augusta-syndicates-mercurys-new-head-office\/","url_meta":{"origin":137086,"position":0},"title":"Augusta syndicates Mercury's new head office","date":"April 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Augusta Funds Management Ltd is breaking new ground by syndicating a new head office building for Mercury Energy Ltd in Newmarket while it is still under construction.\"This signals a key strategic step for Augusta as we move from...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Augusta syndicates Mercury's new head office","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38255,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/barfoot-mid-week-auction-properties-passed-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":137086,"position":1},"title":"Barfoot mid-week auction properties passed in","date":"December 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A major Auckland auction this week saw half the properties failing to sell under the hammer and vendor expectations of high prices are being cited as the reason.Campbell Dunoon, Barfoot & Thompson auction manager, indicated the...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Barfoot mid-week auction properties passed in","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38257,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/barfoot-mid-week-auction-50pc-properties-passed-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":137086,"position":2},"title":"Barfoot mid-week auction 50pc properties passed in","date":"December 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A major Auckland auction this week saw half the properties failing to sell under the hammer and vendor expectations of high prices are being cited as the reason.Campbell Dunoon, Barfoot & Thompson auction manager, indicated the...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Barfoot mid-week auction 50pc properties passed in","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38259,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/barfoot-mid-week-auction-50-per-cent-of-properties-passed-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":137086,"position":3},"title":"Barfoot mid-week auction: 50 per cent of properties passed in","date":"December 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A major Auckland auction this week saw half the properties failing to sell under the hammer and vendor expectations of high prices are being cited as the reason.Campbell Dunoon, Barfoot & Thompson auction manager, indicated the...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Barfoot mid-week auction: 50 per cent of properties\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21805,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/more-homes-on-auction-in-q2-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":137086,"position":4},"title":"More homes on auction in Q2: report","date":"August 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The number of landed properties put up for mortgagee sale rose by 142 percent from last year. 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