Today my sister and mom and I went out to an auction of a longstanding family who has lived on the prairie for many years. This was my sister's and my first auction and we had no idea what to expect. We arrived to years of household goods out in boxes on tables and throughout the yards as well as farm equipment around the edges and in the barns. We knew this was serious business when we pulled in and many trucks with large trailers behind were parked all over the field and roadside! We spent the first 45 minutes looking through the boxes of stuff. We found a few goodies we noted to watch to bid on later. The auctioneers went up and down the rows of tables auctioning off boxes. When no one bid on 1-2 boxes they kept pushing them together until they sometimes had an entire table's worth of stuff up for bid. We bought 2 tables worth of stuff this way. Each cost $1. Each time we wanted 1 thing from 1 box...We found a couple fun things in the other boxes though. I found some neat old magazines and Reader's Digest books I'm going to use for homeschool. My sister found a bunch of National Geographic magazines she wants to display. My mom found a really cool carved nativity and then larger set of 3 wise men. One of the family friends thought they may have come back from one of their Holy Land trips. Either way they are really interesting! She also found a cool German Christmas pyramid-those things that have wooden carvings on a spinning tray with fan blades all around the top. When you light the candles along the outside edge the heat pushes the fan blades to spin the carvings. That was one of the buy the whole table things. This family has made a very big impression on many people over the years and will be missed on the prairie! My sister and mom and I had a really fun time together and have some treasures to remember today, and this family, by. We came home and hunted through all the little things in the many boxes we brought home. I'm having a great time with my family!
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AuthorsCarolyn & (sometimes) Ty Archives
March 2016
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