@cliveo - Just so you know...My kids watch it (the American version). Don't really know why. I think they like listening to the auctioneer speaking very fast. In essence - people bid on the contents of a lock-up, with only a vague idea of what is therein, usually with a big hidden object. Using their 'skill and judgement' based on the rest of the tat, they guess what the hidden thing is and what it'll be worth at whatever boot sale they sell it on at. In JD's case a box of jockstraps.
It's very strange.
Thanks for that. I was ignorant of these things and think that this is another area in which, despite my thirst for understanding of popular culture, ignorance may well remain blissful.
A likely story.
@cliveo - Just so you know...My kids watch it (the American version). Don't really know why. I think they like listening to the auctioneer speaking very fast. In essence - people bid on the contents of a lock-up, with only a vague idea of what is therein, usually with a big hidden object. Using their 'skill and judgement' based on the rest of the tat, they guess what the hidden thing is and what it'll be worth at whatever boot sale they sell it on at. In JD's case a box of jockstraps.
It's very strange.