The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-06
MEN, WOMEN AND AUCTIONS.
tNENPEtTI THINGS THiT
HtPPEt tT siIIS.
People Vino Nake Neir, d, Hefu~ng
To Wake Good Their IB.i. -ENe.ia-
bie wonian's waNS -Rra.on's CIV 81
Tor sales Art of the Nurtloperr.

Tor sales Arr OF the NurtIorerr.
Auctionegs ar like poets. A. l.-st ih.y
are like them In on" respect .v au,
born. not made n any puilanthrupi.
thinks Of setting up chair Of auciiure ring
IN some college. b." II advised - ref am
II would probably not turn ou, On. good
auciioncrr ia twenty 1t takes ,ir,um-
stance la do that
Chance aud a relative sent me into
this business. aid a well-knoNn New
iorA auctionecr Tn" relative gOt M.
desperately involved whil- 1 VA lighting
IN IN" ttVil War and when | came home
there was nothing 10 h. dOn" except sell
out everything ] had We -tarisd IN With
n farm whi"h belonged 10 M. engaged
All auctionccr 10 come out and knock down
the stock, machinery and ~ forth. bat
he ound ~ many tay-fn- NV the way tha,
| had to put him to bed when he e., 10
NV place
Il couldn't put tho crowd to bel though
They had come there for an auction. - I
gave en- one When | had Anocked down
the last thing and had stepped down IN
the chair. one Of my old friends came up
To N" and said
Well. have you any notion VIA, you
will do now that you've got Ia begin over
AGAIN.
'Nes. | said
What says he
'Be an auctioneer. -avs ! Thai vas
,hirty-fve v's,rs ago amt I feel a. II Ia tSen
born with a wooden hammer In my hand :
Auction Methods have changed In that
time. haven't they'-
mine haven't II takes the same quail.
ties IN make a good a~uction.er nov that
II did then II a man wants to suc,ysd
In this business. he's got To he able Ia do
one thing. and mat -. g-t the peoples
money II he's going 20 keep ON sta
cesSiing he's got 10 gel u HONESTLY Som"
people think there's mo- -ucl thing aS an
honest auctinn'.r Ihat- all wrong You
can fool come Of the I--pplr part ~ M"
time, YOU know but YOU cant fool all IA"
people all the tiHs You cant have aic-
lion rooms IA the Same place wear ~ and
wear out II you're going to IT, tricky
But every honest man won't make a
good auction~nr
Hardy An auctionerr NAV h. honest.
but he may H. too blunt. some 81 them
actually hruwirat the ppopl" tell '"m they
don't know a good thing when they -e'sit.
-coId EN- for not hiidiug. laugh ~ en-
for making n low hid or a snail raise. lr~"
their iewr-'rs or pretend u" That dom
60. you know and VI vuull often hear
~ pr" W. AHhA H|HN hH
ned never rNJ-sct ~ sT,' th'rn occupying
Q irsl class position IN "a" business
auc'iopecr should fullUN 'wo rules
He should never lu=" hi- temper and he
should neyer Wi~rcpre-eut In addition
he must study facs'- and must learn ih's''
~ his guud customers ~" mus 'arn tp
spo, the unreliable bidders too. There are
n good many ~ hat class
Are mos of Them wom"n'-
We'll. yp-. guess So. They're more
-.a.s.lla HNuVa trnHsa md thu aIF"HffFHR..
bid In hast" and r't,nt at l-i~uI" re-
nemlrr one ca" "a good many years ago
was selling some horse. AZ auction and n
woman kept bidding on a team until |
finally knocked tieu down 90 f"r al $50
When | did b. "a" tainted N'-. SIC tainted
dead away and they carried het N
The next dnv her husband came ~ see
me and askci mo n u was tru" that his
wife had bought some horses tho day he-
fore. told him II was
WHY no aid. 4 don, want ,ho-e
horses any more than a dog wants two
tails
I'm sorry Tor that I said
-'Will YOU take ont vour commission and
call ID" sale IN, said me
NO I said. I don't do business that
way II was a fair and regular sal" ana
yo,ir wife bid the hpr-as In You are a rlcr
man and can AFFORD 'o pay for them N"
sale wa recorded and ] am r"~T"n-ihl"
for II. n you like. IN put the hor-ss ny
again and sell them. hut n will he Tor YOU
this time
ne agreed ~ that and ~" no,, dsv I
sold the team for $50 IN l-t M wife
tainted again whom She found n out That
.prt of hung doesn't hapI-'n often hut
I've had two OF thic" cases that were
amusing
zone time. fpr Instance. n man cane
IN here AVID huugh' In n hunting outfit,
coat. knirker- and - on, for ht~ -nn "
wac now. hut %" got b. TO- So 81. - far
enough priov' under OBJ" circumstance
When he took j. iotue OBJ" l1d didn't va
II and IA" father -'rt 90 tack With u note
asking en-" 20 sell u f'r him Tor ANYTHING
| could get
Vel. ! pu' It mp and, a. luck would
have A.. two rich men Wer' 30 the rpuW
and ipth - them hogan tr hid on that
hunting outf' na'h uf th"m 81 stub
born and they Kept pushing M" pii',' up
until I finally knocked th" STUN down 81
BPS The original hu,"r almost had a
~ when gave him 'h'' CHECK
You l'ear a great many pathetic stories,
don't VouF-
From people -.liug ~ thrir gp"d-t
70 New York fulks don w"ar tf"ir
hearts On th"ir s'c~v's They ALWAYS ha'"
some eNcuS. Tor -Hliing their lung L.
never israuss they u,-'l tl.' mur"N oh,
no. People cone ~ here. whom ! Know
10 IT, desperately hard w, tut they don't
admit 10 The children arr married AID
they'ro going int an apartment lFswu-'
the lou-' h. too hig and 'o" much ca'"
They don't want 10" 'r'uhl" - storing
ia. things aud 49, they ii~' thought th"v'd
.ail them on NDt that they need ia"
money Not "a hr # Il
4 remember uir old lady though who
diIn', make any Liur II that SORT She
must have pru very poor f"r ~" drought
me. with tears 90 h"t 'N"-. a minLtilu"
which her husband had gwen l"r a. a
keepsake dun' think "" get - much
e that sort e thing a. they DO AZ "a" pawn
e. a. a.. dot