Magic Auction again ･2回目のマジック道具のオークション

While I was busy with things related to my Osaka trip, the magic club at the university had an auction selling off the rest of the stuff left over from the first auction. I wanted some stuff but could not attend... But I had stuck notes to some things before saying things like "Jonas will pay 1000 yen for this", so yesterday our accountant came up to me and said I owed her 6800 yen. After paying, she gave me a bag of stuff from the auction! As usual, the students have no money so no one had outbid me on anything that I had tagged. There was one thing I wanted that I had forgotten to tag though, so someone else got it cheaply I believe.

大阪旅行の何かで忙しかった時に大学のサークルの人がまたオークションをやった。前のオークションから残っていたものを全部オークションした。買いたいものが色々あったが参加出来なかった。出来なかったが、前からテープで「ヨーナスが１０００円出す」とか、色々なものに付けたから、昨日会計の人に「６８００円頂戴」と言われた。払ったら、オークションからの手品道具が入っているバッグを貰った。学生たちが相変わらずお金ないので、テープを付けたもの全部ゲットしたと思う。他に欲しいものも何かあったがテープを付けるの忘れたから誰かが安く買えたんだろね。

My cut from the auction

I ended up going home with a Svengali style deck that becomes completely white, a handkerchief looking like a 10000 yen bill, a rose on a reel, an English penny triple shell kind of thing, a few sponge eggs, 10 jumbo cards with half naked women, and a "milk becomes a die" illusion thingy. Who decided that "milk becomes a die" was a good idea? Why on earth would it become a die, instead of say icecream, a stuffed cow, or tomato juice? I mean, what does dice and milk have to do with each other? Maybe I am missing some Japanese word play thing, or cultural thing? Who knows...

貰ったものは：スウェンガリタイプの白くなるトランプ・１万円札に見えるハンカチ・リール付きのバラ・イギリスのペニーのシェル・スポンジ玉子・上半身裸の女の人のジャンボカード１０枚・ミルクがサイコロになる道具。だけど、ミルクがサイコロになるって、誰が考えたの？何でミルクがサイコロになるか、わけ分からないね。アイスや牛のぬいぐるみやトマトジュースとかになったら、何とか分かるが、サイコロ？僕が分かっていない日本語の言葉遊びや日本の文化の知らないところ、何かあるかな？よく分からない。

Magic Auction ･マジック道具のオークション

4 big bags of stuff up for auction!

Since Friday last week, the university magic club has returned to evening sessions. During the summer the meetings are in the afternoon, when I have to work, so I cannot attend. Fridays are impossible for me even when the meetings are in the evening, but today I went to the club for the first time in months. And today there was an auction of old magic stuff!

先週金曜日から大学のサークル（奇術研究会）がまた夜例会になっているからやっとまた参加出来る。金曜日には普段行けないけど。今日久し振りにサークルに行って、手品道具のオークションがあった！

Since the others are all students, they apparently have no money at all. This meant that most things went for really really low prices. I bought lots of interesting stuff! So much so that it was a bit difficult to lug everything home. And still there were lots of things I wanted to buy but we ran out of time so the auction will continue "next time". Which seems to be a Friday, sadly. Maybe I can still go? I hope so.

学生達は基本的にお金ないみたいで、激安い感じだった。面白い物を沢山買って、帰りは結構大変だった。持てないくらい。まだまだ欲しいもの沢山あったが時間が遅すぎて、また今度に続くって…また今度ってことは金曜日だそうだけど。行けないのかなぁ…行けたら、また沢山買おう！笑

Today's shopping result

Today I bought: a compressible silk hat (which I already own, but it was super cheap), a vanishing beer bottle, a really weird looking color-changing-necktie (that nobody wanted so I said I would buy it for 100 yen (about 1 dollar), and which was apparently 8300 yen originally), some form of mental trick with for jumbo sized kings, some jumbo card trick with Japanese words, a sponge ball that felt weird to the touch, a huge handkerchief or small table cloth that you can "make a plate vanish" with, a dove book, a yellow box where you put in a dove and then disassemble the whole box and the dove is gone, a purse with a tiny purse to go with it (and with tiny 500 yen coins that are super cute). And all of this for only 10550 yen (105 dollars)! If you buy them new, just the purse set and the silk hat would cost that much.

My favorite buy today: a purse and a tiny purse set, with tiny 500 yen coins inside!

今日買ったものは：折りたたみ式シルクハット（持っているが激安かった）・消える瓶ビール・訳分からない柄のカラーチェンジネクタイ（誰も欲しくないもので、100円で一応買った。原価が8300円らしい）・メンタルネタの4枚のキングのジャンボカード・よく分からない「松」「竹」「梅」のカード・手触りが変なスポンジ・皿も消せるそうなデカイハンカチというかテーブルクロスというか・鳩出てくる本・鳩が消える（黄色い）箱・普通サイズとちっちゃいがま口、ちっちゃくて可愛い500円付き。全部で10550円しか出していない。普通な値段だったら、シルクハットとがま口だけでその値段だ。

Apart from the things I bought, I also wanted some gimmick coins, jumbo cards with naked women, sponge eggs, and some other stuff.

他に欲しいのは仕掛けのあるコイン・シモネタ系ジャンボカード・スポンジのたまご、色々。