Amish Auctions – July 2014
Thanks to the work of our auction compiler, below you’ll find over a dozen Amish auctions and events taking place in July. States on the list: Ohio, Wisconsin, Montana, Missouri, and Pennsylvania (Update: plus Michigan, and also Ontario).
You’ll also see some non-auction events such as the Holmes County Steam and Engine Show on July 31. Note: If you’re planning to attend an event in east-central Ohio (Holmes County area and nearby communities), be aware that an ongoing measles outbreak means vaccinations are in order. Authorities and event organizers have been warning about potential exposure.
As always, please let us know about any auctions that should be included.
If you noticed this is our third auction-related post in a row, I promise the next will have nothing to do with auctions, barring some extraordinary circumstance 🙂
July 2014 Auctions & Events
July 2 & 3, Wednesday & Thursday – Annual 2-Day Spring Hill School Consignment Auction, 8 AM, Jamesport, MO. Former Graber Auction, at the Raymond Troyer farm, Original Location: 1/2 mile west of NN & Hwy. 6 Jct. Wednesday all small items, washing machines, lawn mowers, furniture, antiques, you name it. Thursday larger items, buggies, horses. Leave message at 660-684-6006.
July 4 & 5, Friday & Saturday – Horse Progress Days, Mt. Hope Auction Barn, 8076 State Route 241, Mt. Hope, Ohio www.horseprogressdays.com
July 5, Saturday – 8:30 AM. 29th Annual Wautoma Consignment Auction. Quilts and furniture. At Monroe Schmucker farm, 11th. Drive North, Wautoma, WI. Go west on 21 to 11th Drive then north to 1st farm on left.
July 5, Saturday – 5th Annual Cookbook Extravaganza and Tasting, 10-1, Gospel Book Store at German Village Center, 4900 Oak Street, Berlin, Ohio. Facebook.com/GospelBooksBerlinOH
July 5, Saturday – 18th Ohio Crippled Children’s Auction, Sprunger Building, Kidron Auction Grounds, Kidron OH 44636. Auction begins at 9 am. Quilts, furniture, lawn and garden, tools, horses, buggies and more. Lunch is barbeque chicken, veal/pork, also homemade ice cream. More info at auctionzip.com/Listings/2160911.html
July 11, Friday – 4:30 p.m., Amish School benefit auction and Fish & Chicken Dinner, Clare, MI. clearlyclaremi.com/node/26 (newly-added)
July 12, Saturday – St. Ignatius School Auction. 13137 Foothills Road, St. Ignatius, MT 59865. Quilts, machinery, crafts, log cabins, furniture, gazebos. 930 AM general auction start, 11 AM quilt auction start. 406-745-5115. kilmercreek.com/missionvalleyauction.html
July 12, Saturday – Morton Clinic for Special Children Benefit Auction, at Blooming Grove Auction, 1091 Free Rd., Shiloh, OH 44878 (Old Order Mennonite community)
July 12, Saturday – Annual Perry County Amish School Benefit, at Shermans View School, 539 Iron Bridge Rd., Loysville, PA 17047. Held on the second Saturday of July.
July 12, Saturday – Doughty Run School Auction, Doughty Run School, 5237 SR 557, Millersburg , Ohio. Facebook.com/DoughtyRunSchoolAuction
July 12, – Annual Hillsboro Amish Consignment Auction, Greenfield, Ohio. Proceeds go to local Amish parochial school. Located at Allen Miller’s farm. Auctionzip.com/Listings/2128599.html
July 12, Saturday – 24th Annual Benefit Auction Amish Schools of Guys Mills, PA. 2nd Sat. in July, at Hershberger Wood Products Facilities, 7809 Vincent Road, Cochranton, PA. auctionzip.com/Listings/2136541.html (newly-added)
July 18-19, Friday evening & Saturday – Pennsylvania Haiti Benefit Auction, 2727 Old Philadelphia Pike (Route 340), Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505. Benefits missions in Haiti. Pahaitiauction.com
July 19, Saturday – 8:30 am. 19th Annual Consignment Auction Sale, for the Milverton Area Amish School Fund. At the Ebersol farm – 4917 Line 67, Perth East, Milverton, Ontario, Canada. The auction is always held the third Saturday of July. Horse and horse-related items, machinery, antiques & collectibles, household effects, quilts. Thousands attend this large auction. theauctionadvertiser.com/cgi-bin/slsearcx.pl?s1=43138646. (newly-added)
July 24 – 26, Thurs. to Sat. – Annual Doughty Valley Steam Days, 5025 State Route 557, Millersburg, OH, near Charm. 330-763-0303.
July 25 & 26, 2014, Friday evening & Saturday – Rainbow of Hope Benefit Auction. Mt. Hope, Ohio. 330.674.5062
July 26, Saturday – DDC Clinic Benefit Auction, for special needs children, at 44102 Fairview Rd., Spartansburg, PA 16434. Info at ddcclinic.org/support/events.html
July 26, Saturday – Clearview School’s Annual Quilt & Consignment Auction. At Clearview School, W114 Atkinson Rd., Albany, WI 53502. North of Brodhead, WI. 608-862-1340. Held on the last Saturday in July.
July 26, Saturday – 9:30 am. Yutzy’s Quilt Auction, 4431 North Chester Road, Charlotte, Michigan. Quilts, baskets, rugs, wall hangings, quilt tops. (newly-added)
July 31 – Aug. 2, Thurs.-Sat. – Holmes County Steam and Engine Show, Mt. Hope Auction Grounds, 8076 SR 241, Mt. Hope, OH, 740-502-5454. www.hcsea.com
The Haiti Auction was just held at Penn Yan, NY. I was wondering if there are going to be any other auctions in New York State?
Marilyn I am sure there will be, but haven’t seen any for this month yet for NY. Will keep an eye out.
Today, July 12, 2014, I attened the Amish School Auction in Perry County, Pa. I think it was the 37th annual event. I took some pics which I will send to Eric. It was a good time. The Perry County Amish are a bit different. They enjoy inter-acting with the English. The English was the over-whelming attendees at this auction. Hopefully Eric will post some of the pics.
Jerry, I did get those pics, thank you. I will plan to share–I really liked the shot you took of the price list breaking down the cost of buggy features.
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The Amish Crippled Children’s Auction is also on July 5th. It’s in that Auction Grounds right next to Lehman’s in Kidron, Oh.
It’s going to be BUSY in the Holmes Co. Area this weekend!
Thank you Ann, that’s a nice one to know about. I just added it, with some additional info, to the list.
Please share!
As usual, I hope attendees of any of these events will share photos and experiences. I’m especially hoping someone attends/posts about the consignment auction in Wautoma, WI. I’m currently reading some Amish fiction which takes place in Wautoma, and it would be interesting to see/hear some non-fiction surrounding the town.
If I recall, Horse Progress Days also yielded some interesting photos/posts in years past!
Thanks, Erik! Maybe, someday, I’ll attend one of these events. There are so many interesting sounding ones!
Alice Mary
At the annual Mission Valley School Auction in St. Ignatius, Montana, Lorene Yoder’s Mayflower quilt sold for $1,150.
Six photos, including one of a Moon Glow quilt, accompany the article, “Quilts hot item at Amish school auction”
http://www.valleyjournal.net/article/9712/Quilts-hot-item-at-Amish-school-auction
Really appreciate your listings of auctions. Thanks.
July 7 Monday Lancaster County PA Benefit Auction
When I was in Lancaster County on Sat Jun 28, I saw two signs for an auction on Monday, July 7, to benefit the Clinic for Special Children. Can someone in Lancaster County confirm that this is for the Clinic founded by Dr. Holmes Morton, and that the location will be the Leola Produce Shed? [The Clinic’s Benefit Auction is usually the third Saturday in September, so this may be an additional one, in the midst of tourist season.]
I’m glad the auction compiler continues to submit the monthly listings of auctions and hope it continues. It is much appreciated.
This is a good resource, thanks to Erik and the contributor for putting this all together.
As I read this on Tuesday, July 01, 2014, it is Canada Day and Friday will be The Fourth, so well wishes all around, even if, as we know, the Amish and plain people are muted on the whole scene. But anyway, when events such as these auctions (or if they correspond with national observances) it’s a lovely thing.
Milverton Amish auction
Shom, happy belated Canada Day, and just to let you know our compiler sent in some additions which I’ve updated the post above with, including a very large auction in the Milverton, Ontario settlement on July 19, which apparently gets around 10,000 attendees.
Saturday, July 5, 2014 • 8:30 am, 8th Annual Benefit Auction, Nittany Valley,
Sharing Hope Ministries Benefit Auction at Clinton County Fairgrounds, located at 98 Racetrack Rd., Mill Hall, PA 17751. Just off exit 178 off I-80, storage buildings, quilts, home furnishings & decor, sporting goods, porch, lawn & garden, tool, farm & shop equipment, sheds & other structures, gift certificates, carriages & carts, misc., etc. Auctioneer: Ephraim Peachey #AU-5301-L • 717-438-4673 8 http://www.auctionzip.com ID#7810
http://www.auctionzip.com/Listings/2126640.html (view photo gallery)
http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/584390.html
(2012, Sharing Hope)
41st Annual Mesopotamia Ox Roast
The 41st Annual Mesopotamia
OX ROAST
Antiques & Flea Market
To be held in the center of beautiful Mesopotamia, OH
at the intersection of State Route 534 and 87.
July 4 – 6, 2014
The Ox Roast is the volunteer fire department’s main fundraiser and relies on the proceeds generated to purchase essential equipment and gear for the department.
(I don’t know how much is sponsored by the Amish, but some Amish attend the event in Geauga County.)
http://www.mespofire.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBuy6RtYvYc
(Heaven Bells – Singer David Miller – Yodel – @ Ox Roast Mesopotamia OH )
The 17th annual Amish Quilt and Craft Show presented by Jacksonport Craft Cottage takes place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 10 through 13 in Jacksonport, Wisconsin. However, I am not familiar with Amish living in that vicinity.
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/door-county/entertainment/2014/07/08/amish-quilt-show-jacksonport/12369849/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jacksonport-Craft-Cottage-Gifts/119454818095363
In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, an upcoming quilt auction will be held on July 15, 2014, at Hometowne Quilt Auction in New Holland, PA. They have an auction six times a year.
http://www.hometownequiltauction.com/
(has quilt pictures from previous auctions)
Good quilt auction during Yoder Days Events in Yoder, Kansas. Will be August 23 this year. I bought an unusual one last year, “Sunflowers and Spider Webs” in a light green top, white back for $700.00. Year before, bought a favorite, one of my cousins made called a “Bordello Heart” its a queen size, paid $550.00. Also few years back bought a log cabin design in navy and white king size from another cousin, paid $750.00. Great quilts, incredible handiwork. I think very good prices.
Bordello or Bargello?
For a moment I thought you meant the Bargello design and I almost asked if your cousin had to acquire a license or special permission to make that 🙂 (if you don’t know what I am alluding to see this post on a quilt copyright controversy that erupted in Lancaster County back in Feb: https://amishamerica.com/almost-amish-to-enforce-quilt-copyright/ )
That said, Bordello Heart IS an interesting name for a quilt!
But on second thought, just did a google search…are you sure it’s not in fact this? https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=bargello+heart+quilt
Ha sorry Bargello. Didn’t know there was such controversy. My cousin Alice probably doesn’t know either…so I’m sure it would not matter. Anyway, looked it up on the internet for photos and I like my color combo the best! little red, little pink, three shades of blue….all in and faded around the heart. Cousin Alice has a great eye for color.
Clearview School Auction Wisconsin
The article, “Auction to benefit Amish school,” which describes the upcoming Clearview School 18th Annual Amish Quilt and Consignment Auction in Albany, Wisconsin, also lists local Amish businesses.
“Miller’s sons and daughters work at the area businesses and her husband runs Bill’s Country Sawmill at N5293 Highway 104, Albany.
The following is a list of other Amish businesses in the area:
Detweiler’s Dent And Bent Grocery Store, W363 Atkinson Road, Albany;
Detweiler Bulk Foods, N5055 Highway 104, Albany;
Detweiler Kauffman Furniture, W509 Atkinson Road, Albany;
D.L. Builders LLC, W282 Atkinson Road, Albany;
Custom Quality Windows, 1928 Old Highway 92, Evansville;
Kuntry Krafts and Fabric, 1424 Old Highway 92, Orfordville;
Maple Lane Woodworking, 18250 W. Hafeman Road, Brodhead.
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/illinois/auction-to-benefit-amish-school/article_ba7a5d9c-11b6-11e4-a9ed-0019bb2963f4.html (from Beloit, WI)
http://www.travelwisconsin.com/events/shopping/amish-quilt-and-consignment-auction-40892 (photo and information)