Your snipe went in as a max bid 6 seconds before the end and you won by virtue of ebay's Proxy Bidding system - I guess your max bid was higher than or equal to 253.
What show/hide automatic bids does is show the 'thought processes' that went on in the process. So your bid arrived when NH was showing as high bid of 210 although s/he had actually bid 250. Luckily your bid was higher and voila, you're now the proud owner of a ______________!
BTW, don't give R|ck the auction number - he'll just ridicule your taste in clothes/cars/marital aids in a bid to hide his own insecurities!
R2