3.29.14 First Auction of the Year

Every junker looks forward to that first auction of the year.  They are usually a rare commodity in the winter.  I try to only go to local auctions, to save on gas and time.  Which explains why I stayed all day Saturday in a cold, dark building to bid on dirty and slightly mildewy items.  Any other time of year I would have taken one look and done a 180.  I picked up some items, but overall wasn't very excited.  Despite the condition of the items, everything went fairly high.  Here's a sampling of my purchases:

I bought the pool baskets in Topeka, everything else came

from Saturdays sale.  My mailman always peruses the items on the

porch waiting to be sorted, and he bought the carom board today.

He usually gets a good deal.  Do you see the metal crow in the egg basket?

He ended up selling for $119 on ebay!!!

Lots of potential "planters".

Lots of cheapo cameras heading to Rusty Chandelier.

I snagged one box of newer, cheapo jewelry before

people realized we had moved on to the jewelry table.

These were the only truly fun things in the box.

Vintage Russian!  I thought they would do better,

but they only sold for $6.50 on ebay.