the elephant parade

We love to attend our local auctions, as one never knows what one may find there.

This past Saturday, there were elephants upon elephants. I have never seen so many elephants all together in my entire life.
Tables were chock full of them, all shapes & sizes. WAYYYYY too many. A scary amount of them. This person's elephant-mania bordered on deranged, in my humble opinion.

It is just a humble opinion. Not a medical diagnosis, mind you.

There were elephant statues, for sure. Like, 500 of them.
But also the following:
elephant art
elephant lamps
elephant bookends
elephant planters
elephant tie racks
elephant ties
elephant coat racks
elephant books

-and much much more. My fave was a party item: a plastic bubble-making elephant. You plug it in & it blows bubbles from its trunk. It went for five bucks.

When it was time to start selling elephants (there were many other items beside elephants up for auction), the auctioneer ( who entertains us for hours on end with his witty quips) geared up by asking for "all hands on deck".

While a line of auction-workers hefted trays of elephants past the discerning eyes of the crowd, he whipped up a frenzy of words that left us breathless with laughter. People bought those elephants, every single one of them.

It was an amazing thing to see.
And no, I did not buy one. single. elephant.