EPISODE 893 MR. VOGEL’S ESTATE SALE, OCT. 31, CROSSHILL == HAVEN FOR ECCENTRICS?
alan skeoch
oct 21, 2023
Confession: I am addicted to rural AUCTION SALES…have been so for 50 years.
Thoroughly enjoy these sales. I m not alone. Men seem more affected by this
addiction than women as you will see in this episode. Just what do we buy.
Treasures? Hardly.
Mr Vogel’s collection of odds and ends were Sold on Oct 21 by
Gerber Auctions. Just what was sold?
The barn is empty now….it was jammed full ofthngs Mr. Vogel admired
WHAT DID THESE MEN BUY?
Before I can catalogue what the men bought….it might be helpful see some of the things
that were up for sale….the small things.
Both of these barn builders drills sold for $100 plus 18%….a good buy if you need holes in barn beams for wooden nails.
The huge wheel was once part of a cutting box…sold for $6 and the young man who bought it was ecstatic.
Marjorie bought the rope, a good hammer and a grease gun which she gave away…she paid $2
This Buzzsaw sold for $20 and included a deposit left by a raccoon on the movable bed.
THIS washing machine,, circa 1880 sold for $300 plus 13% tax and 5% auction fee….I had considered bidding $30. But the main reason we drove
80 km was so I could buy the machine with the iron wheel. It would look terrific in a 19th century movie. What did it do? I have no
idea but several bidders must have known … sold to a high bid of $370. We failed. Correction, I failed even though Marjorie encouraged me to
keep bidding.
she must think money grows on trees..
“Alan, we drove for two hours, spent $60 or more on gas…and bought nothing.”
“Not quite nothing….but darn close to nothing. The people and the ambience was worth the trip.”
“Are you thinking of your Episodes? What reader would be interested?”
“People like you and me, Marjorie.”
“Alan…none of your friends are interested. Face it.”
“My two best friends want to come to every sale we got to.”
“Who are they ?”
“You and Woody, our dog.”
“The people we meet are interesting, I’ll grant you that.”
The buyers….winning bidders…piled their treasures on the ground. Here are some of the collections….inclding our own
collection. Ours? Did I say ‘ours’? Indeed I did. Marjorie came with me and was shocked to discover there was absolutley nothing that
she wanted. She bid anyway and got a $2 bargain….rope, hammer and grease gun.
“Close your eyes Marjorie…Now open your eyes….you will see wonderful things that Woody has already seen.”
“Alan, you said this was going to be a great farm auction….but there is noting here that a woman would want.?
“I needed you to drive the car while I navigated.”
“you were not much good as a navigator.”
“I really thought that by following Mennonite buggy we would find the auction.:
“Some drove bycicles….Other Mennonites were just exercising horses.”
“Eventually we found one buggy heading south to the auction.
“Have you ever heard of GPS?”
“Heard of it…but do not know what GPS means”
“WHat do you think it means?”
“GPS .. Good Potato Soup? A recipe?”
HERE ARE SOME OF THE COLLECTIONS— ENVY IS NOT APPROPRIATE
MR VOGEL WAS A COLLECTOR OBVIOUSLY AND HE WOULD BE PLEASED THAT SO MANY COLLECTORS CAME TO HIS AUCTION.
WAS THE TRIP WORTHWHILE? IT WAS TERRIFIC. WE MET SOME INTERESTING PEOPLE AND ONE PERSISTENT LITTLE
MENNONITE BOY WHO WAS FASCINATED BY MY CAMERA AND TRIED TO GET IN EVERY PICTURE. I WAS THE ONLY PERSON
TO RECORD THE AUCTION. MENNONITES DISLIKE CAMERAS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE PHOTOGRAPHY IS AN INDICATION OF
VANITY. PERHAPS THEY ARE RIGHT.
NEXT EPISODE 894 … YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET TWO PEOPLE WE FOUND INTERESTING.
WHAT DID WE BUY? (SEE BELOW)
Left to right….chicken crate, bag cart, rope, buggy jack, broken corn planter, 3 legged stool, hammer
part of wooden rake, And a two man log, ice or rail carrier. Of these only one cost
$40…for which one would you pay $40.? Do not hurt my feelings by saying “None”.