At an auction sale, things in the auction ring are gone in one day. There are multiple people there at the time. They typically get caught up in the passion of the auctioneer and the bidding and buying.
To go back to Mr. Arya's comment about the 2018 Chrysler, it sounds like a minister's car, almost, or a deputy's. They maybe didn't like it. Are you allowed as employees to bid on those?