I was at the Friday street auction in Antwerp, where they sell lots and lots of stuff (probably impoundings) indiscriminately and for whatever a fool is willing to pay for it. This can quickly become pretty insane: On the auction for potted plants and flowers, they were offering a tray of six miscellaneous small plants. When no one was willing to bid one euro for that, the auctioneer offered two trays for one euro. Then three trays. Eventually someone bought five trays of plants for one euro. It gets even crazier when the items become too bothersome to sort out, so they start offering boxes full of who-knows-what. Toward the end, there were six boxes, each about half the size of a common moving box, sold for €3,50.
I bought a few things as well. One set of various drinking glasses for €1. There were about six different types: Belgian beer glasses, champagne glasses, cognac classes, regular drinking glasses, a shot glass, a sugar pot, and something that would make a good tea light holder. About four dozen total, way more than me and my sister could carry. We took just the regular drinking glasses and the beer glasses, and left the rest to the vultures.
I also bought two hats. One stack of old-timey looking hats went for €1 - didn't like the look of those anyway - and then there were two funny-looking fuzzy hats, which apparently no one was interested in, so I bought them for €2. Only when I had them in my hands did I notice that one of them had claws, and realized they were made of actual fur. I was not expecting that. They're also too big for my head, so I can't do much with them.
Other auction highlights were: A small chainsaw, €35, a quality bicycle, €35, what looked like sets of gold chains, €15 each, very many laptops in unknown condition, about €30 each, porcelain dolls, about €5 per two, and a big old wooden wardrobe with mirrors in it, I think €100. Ludicrous.