goodwill auction

Hello bass world! Recently picked up a nasty, rusted, and neglected Slammer Series 5 string from Goodwill for almost nothing. Didn't have much hope for it, but mainly picked it up for the Fender Lace-Sensor pickups. After much cleaning and setup work it looks and plays great. Been thinking...

I'm usually a loser at auctions and in fact won my 1st Goodwill auction bass only yesterday. And today I just snagged this Ibanez R Bass 4-string P-bass clone, black with black pg, maple fretboard. I love the narrow neck ibbies and p-bass style. But the name is so generic Web searches are duds...

I'm having a hard time figuring out what this Goodwill Auction bass is and how the bidding could go from $7.99 to $223 in about two hours. I've never bought a bass from Goodwill, or any other auction site. The mechanics and strategy of bidding and winning anything are quite beyond my ken so...