Paying An Advance

When Jeff Moran got to know about the offers being made to Krytzer, he came up with a solution. He clarified, “I immediately went into crisis mode with [Krytzer]. I said, ‘I’ll tell you what, I’m gonna give you an advance,’” Moran went on to give him $9,000 to go on until the auction takes place.    

Did Everything

Moran reminisces, “I’ve done everything I said I would. Just stay the course.” And fortunately, the man did wait for the auction to take place. This was perhaps the best decision he could ever make. Very soon he was going to learn something astonishing about the blanket.

Day Of Auction

Two weeks went by and the day of auction finally came. Krytzer had no idea how the auction would turn out. “I was thinking [I’d] fix up my car a little bit,” he said. “I started praying, ‘Please be enough to buy a house or something.’” The list of attendees includes Jeff Moran and Joshua Baer.

Rags To Rich

The auction started off with a base value of $150,000. No need to say the amount was big in its own. And then the bidding started which kept on soaring with every second. Each bid would raise up the value by $50,000 and very soon the value had gone up to $1 million. But that is not where the bidding stopped.  It kept on going up. Krytzer and Lisa just could not believe what they saw. 

Over a Minute

This all took place in only 77 seconds. The bidding stopped when an individual made unbelievable bidding that no one dared to beat. It was all done. The blanket was finally sold. Interestingly, the last bidder made his bid through a phone call. Now you must be wondering who was the person who bought the blanket. Well, then hold your breath. You are in for a big surprise. 

The Highest Bidder

The man who phoned in and bought the blanket was none other than Don Ellis himself. Let me refresh your memory. He is the same person Krytzer had seen on that specific episode of Antiques Roadshow. The man was the same person who had put a value to that blanket.