BOUGHT* - $2,485,000

This auction had it all - strong confident bidding, multiple vendor referrals, the usual clichés and jokes from auctioneer Richard James which kept the audience of 60 enthralled for a full 30 minutes. Bidding commenced with a genuine bid of $2,220,000 and it was a two horse race between a man with a mobile phone to his ear and a young family. Bidding was intense and at times very confusing. As the increments narrowed to $2,500 even the agent lost track of the current offer! The property was bought under the hammer for $2,485,000 to an applauding crowd and an ecstatic mother who joyfully exclaimed to her son "We won!".

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