Post #412591 by dogbytes on Thu, Oct 9, 2008 10:22 PM

I contacted the main investor of TV Bellevue to thank him for bringing back Trader Vic’s to the Pacific Northwest, and how we loved the restaurant and décor. A polite, yet thinly veiled way to find out how the contents of the restaurant would be sold off. I got the name of the auction house, and today “Police Seizures/Recoveries & Trader Vics items went up for sale today.

I told only a few people, who loved TV as much as I did, and we met up to plan our purchases.

Yes, it was an “I Love Lucy” Episode. Dan inadvertently bid $450 on a lot of jewelry when he waved to Shay (but didn’t win) ~ and I nodded when the auctioneer indicated the iPod was at 40, and was confused when they asked me for my bidding number. We all had a good laugh and the auction went to the second highest bidder.

Yes, it was nutty. We didn’t really know the bidding process. Important details like "highest bidder not only gets ONE thing, but he has the option to BUY THEM ALL AT THAT PRICE. Which screws over the rest of us cheapskates. Also, sometimes, the high bidder only takes a portion of the like-items, and "second bidder" gets a stab at one or two. Then it goes for rebid on the remaining similar items. Confusing YES...

I got the BIG TIKI that was behind the hostess station, 2 poles, 1 shield, 40 plates, 26 platters, a fish and a pallet full of random stuff. it took 2 trips to get Dawn’s tiki, cruiser bike and my carvings home.

We went to Tai Ho for lunch afterwards to recap our awesome adventure, and to talk about the others who bought stuff. We met 2 new people who were nice ~ hopefully we meet back up with them!

There were a few “high rollers” ~ the owner of Ama Ama Restauarant got a LOT of items, which is fine, as we go there often! I suppose I was the other Super Bidder, although I did leave stuff for others. now i wish i hadn't.

Shay, Dawn, Dan, Robin and Reido