BOUGHT* RANGE - $2,770,320 - $3,087,510

Thoroughly professional, and highly entertaining throughout proceedings, Jonathan Dixon promised a brisk auction, in line with the brisk weather, as very dark clouds threatened above. As he went through the usual preliminaries, Jonathan mentioned that the 8-year-old modern family home was not in a flood prone area, which drew a few chuckles from those in the crowd - especially as the first of the day's raindrops started to fall! Opening on a vendor bid of $2,800,000, Jonathan was quickly offered a $10,000 rise from a genuine bidder. This was quickly countered by another $10,000 rise and Jonathan immediately had a fierce two-way battle on his hands. Jonathan retreated inside to chat with his vendor. Upon his return, he announced that the property was indeed on the market. Giving Bidder 2 every chance to re-join the competition, but with no further bidding on the day, the property was bought under the hammer by Bidder 1, much to the delight of the 40 or so in attendance.

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