A Farm Auction Next Door

The neighbor who had cut my hay during the summer of 2012 recently passed away and there was an estate auction at his farm one recent morning. I walked down to his place to see what was going on, passing by a long line of cars, Amish buggies and wagons parked on the side of the road:

I didn't figure you'd want to see a photo of the cars, but the Amish buggies were sure interesting. All in all, there was a very long line of parked vehicles, some of them parked in front my house and keeping my dogs busy barking:

The Amish unhitched their horses and tied them in the adjoining grass to wait. That's my own north field just through the trees:

It was still early in the day, about 9:45, but the hot dog and hamburger concession was already doing a booming business. So was the single Porta Potty:

I entered my neighbor's barn to see what animals were going to be auctioned. There were these heifers:

And these two nervous horses. I felt sorry for them and hoped they got a good new home:

There were two nice saddles:

And a very old tractor which was left idling to show that it still ran:


The yellow and white tent housed all the household furniture and appliances:


And inside the tent were dressers, tables, beds, etc:

An amazing amount of interest was paid to the eerie collections of "junk" on several old wagons. I suppose that folks were looking for a bargain:

Horse harnesses, wagons and field equipment were displayed on his former lawn. The Amish, of course, were especially interested in these items:

When the auction began, the announcer gave a brief salute to our former neighbor and how he'd done so well at horse pulls in days past. Then they began auctioning off the household furnishings. Here's a short video of the action as they auctioned a small brass table which, if I understood correctly, sold for only $3.48. I left for home shortly after that. I had a fence line to monitor and cattle who wanted never ending quantities of grain and water: