Bid on the City auction too little too late?

Leaning over a desk and blocking a small section at the left bottom of the big screen is the personable auctioneer and, left foreground, my hat.

A technologically impressive outfit called Bid on the City ventured into the Big Apple last spring, I think, with the auction by mouse, TV remote, telephone and live audience of two properties.  Yesterday, I decided it was high time to pay a visit.

My reaction to the sale of 10 Manhattan townhouses and apartments that went on the block was decidedly mixed.