Anyone ever bought something strange at an auction just because!

At a charity auction I bought a miners lamp great I thought that will pair up nice with my other one. When I got it home it turned out to be my original that unknown to me my wife had donated. I was gutted.

Haha! I love it. I once bought an old fashioned sewing machine cause i like the way it looked but I hate sewing!

Auctions can be great places to get a bargin, if you have the time

I haven't from an auction house but have on Ebay just because I have liked something. Got a fantastic 1960's original Italian dining set with a glass top and steel base with 6 fantastic retro looking chairs which was one of those things I just really had to have!! And at an excellent price too...whilst a dining set may not be classed as 'unusual' everyone always comments on it and asks where I got it from. Do you have a conservatory your crane could go in or even in the garden maybe.

There's been the odd ocassion on ebay when i've got carried away trying to win something and paid more than I really wanted to or what it was actually worth.

i bought a walking stick once from an auction don't know why i don't need one, i thought it was worth something and found, it was not even worth the £10.00 i paid for it silly me

That's a good warning about going to auctions - make sure you know why you are going and what you are after and what you are prepared to pay. i.e. be prepared. The danger is however, that if you don't get what you really wanted you could buy something you don't need just because you want to feel it was worthwhile going?

No I haven't but I love the idea of your crested crane! A bit of serendipity in life really cheers you up doesn't it? By the way - I assume it wasn't hugely expensive and that you've really blown your budget. Had you not bought it you would have regretted it for weeks. Good for you!

Only ever bought useful things, at auction, eg furniture, and kitchen type stuff. Its easy to get carried away with bidding.

I love buying things from auctions that are so pointless! The once I bought a wheelbarrow. No idea why, just started putting up my hand and never stopped! Didn't even get it home which was the funny part. I brought it back, girlfriend killed me, so I gave it to the neighbour instead...

If you really like the look of your crane it won't be wasted because you'll enjoy looking at it. Not everything in life has to have a purpose, sometimes things can just be bought for pleasure. Just never use your essentials money on them.

But its fun and sometimes if you have an eye you can buy something you like and discover that it is worth something. Always buy quality china brass whatever it is that looks like good workmenship and you are half way ther. Alternatively if you just love have it.!

Is that the weirdest item you've ever bought from an auction? Or have you bought something worse??

Never bought anything I didn't want or plan to buy.

Was surprised once at the way things went. My father and I put in five things into auction, all of little or no value. His two things were ordinary domestic items of everyday use, mine wasere an old fencing foil; a fencing face guard and a fencing jacket. I had bought them all very cheap second hand and used them for several years. He got next to nothing for his items, I made a substantial profit on my items. This was despite the sale taking place in a quiet country town where there was no fencing class.

I've never been to a proper auction. I'd like to but would be a bit scared I would get carried away.

I've come close to buying bizarre stuff on eBAY when drunk and have been glad I didn't the next day!! An example that springs to mind is a set of bagpipes (I'm not Scottish and I can't play them)!

Can't say. My wife bought a dinner set with lots of missing pieces because she like the shape of the cups - why would anyone want a second hand, incomplete dinner set?

Does a somewhat battered head of a cyberman count as strange?

Friend of mine bought a set of all in one motorbike leathers. He doesn't own a motorbike!!!

A beautiful wall clock in a wooden case that I haven't been able to get to work but it looks lovely on the wall and the plus side is it's right twice a day!!