Yesterday I had a great freelance gig for a film production studio, as the still shooter. The event was a massive car auction for dealers (cars, not drugs) and among the several secret things I learned about the world of auctions was this: auctioneers, even the ones who auctioneer so fast it's not English, go to school for two weeks. That might be only ten days if they have weekends off for age old cramming. And another thing: car auctioneers don't use gavels, they use rubber hoses from engines to whack at each deal's end for drama.