Lancaster County mud sales

Rick shares some photos of the 2008 Rawlinsville and Bart/Georgetown mud sales in Lancaster County.

Mud sales are typically held by local fire companies to raise funds.  In Lancaster County numerous Amish serve on the volunteer firefighting crews.  There is usually a high Amish attendance at the sales.  This photo is from last year’s horse sale at Bart.

‘Mud sales’ are known as such because they are usually held in spring, often a muddy time of year.  This picture of farm equipment is from Rawlinsville in southern Lancaster County.

Rick shares the following amusing anecdote from the Rawlinsville sale:  ‘Therewere 2 little Amish boys, maybe 8-10, and you should have seenthem laugh when they sold a yard sign of a dog going to the bathroomthat had the word “No!” on it! A little later they bought this bigMexican sombrero for $2 I think – a little larger than the standard 3″brim I suspect! I can imagine what their parents said!’  Sounds like a fun time.
At the quilt portion of the Bart sale, Rick says, ‘the catalog listed 440 quilts; the one in the center w/ leaves brought $1500, and the ones on either side were around that.’  Other prices– new buggies with fiberglass storm fronts:  $7000, new adult scooters:  $150.

Bart was attended by several thousand people, according to Rick.  Both Amish and non-Amish typically fulfill auctioneer duties at mud sales.