Local Auction

Auctions in Nebraska are always interesting.  The Junk Jaunt is more like a giant garage sale spread out over 300 miles, but auctions usually take place because a family is selling a deceased member's lifetime collection of "stuff".  Because most rural Nebraskans have barns, this results in lots and lots of stuff.  One auction included four dining room sets because whenever the family bought a new set, they put the old one out in the barn.  I've also seen 5 complete sets of dishes with 12 place settings:  Franciscan Desert Rose, Noritake China, or maybe Corelware.   I tend to bid on things like rusty keys and old handkerchiefs.  The antique dealers are always in full force and are usually easy to pick out because they wear "Eddy Bauer" sweatshirts, not farmer's overalls.  If I were an antique dealer, I would wear overalls with my cowgirl boots.  I also find myself wondering about the deceased and why they would buy so many exercise bikes or dish towels; but then I remember my art supplies at home and cringe to think what people might wonder at my estate sale.  I must do some sorting and cleaning with I get back home.  The following photos may leave you wondering too and grateful perhaps that you don't have a barn.