[Paul Stenning]

Thank you everyone for another great day, for putting up with the heat, and for your patience at the end of the auction when we were all exhausted. Apart from one large valve that didn't bounce, it all went very smoothly from my perspective. It was damn hot up on that stage helping with the auction, even with the fans and all the doors open!

A real mix of prices in the auction with some very high prices (was it £13k for that early 1900's Marconi multi-tuner unit?) and a few surprisingly low prices. But we probably say something like that every time. Mike did withdraw a few items (such as a valve tester) where he knew the bids were way too low.

With that broken valve the BVWS will just accept the loss; the vendor will still receive what it sold for (less commission as normal) and the buyer was refunded. The society would have made a healthy amount of commission today so it won't be an issue.