California

The auction is over. The buyer can’t go back and get another one from the auction.

They should have bid or had someone bid if they wanted to pay to get it back. But you don’t go to an auction winner and say “I’ll pay what you bid for that.” The entire point of an auction is that the winner believes the item to be worth more than what they paid, but incrementally more than what others were willing to pay.

Here’s a takeaway - don’t list something for auction if you don’t want to sell it.