It is not wise to buy a pig in a poke, and the application of this remark applies to those whose who bid at auction sale 3 without knowing what they are bidding for. That these cases do occur was made manifest at a sale yesterday, when a young bachelor, who had gone ia to see what was going on, found himself the unlucky possessor of half a dozen babies' caps, which had fallen to hi 3 nod.— Auckland Herald.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 223, 20 September 1877, Page 2
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