Record hopes sunk as Brighton bathing box sale kicks off 2018 Melbourne auctions
Staff reporterJanuary 19, 2018
Brighton had its first beach box auction of the year yesterday when the baby-blue and white Bathing Box 26 had $340,000 hopes.
The listing came soon after No. 60 (above and below) fetched $340,000 late last year.
But JP Dixon passed the offering in at $285,000 this morning, and by late afternoon The Herald Sun reported it had been sold post-auction at $300,000.
Buyers must live in the City of Bayside to be eligible to purchase one of the 80 or so Brighton’s bathing boxes.
No. 60 had come with a price guide of $270,000 to $297,000 late last year, and sold before its December 2 scheduled auction through Marshall White.
It topped the previous record, set in 2016 when a newly-built hut sold for $326,000.
