If you’d like to go to an Amish auction in June, we’ve got a list started for you. Below, you’ll find over a dozen Amish sale events in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Montana, Ohio, and New York (Update: and Indiana).
Meadow Mill School Auction, Holmes County OH. Photo by Mike Atnip
Among the events listed are a book auction, medical relief sales, school benefits, a Haiti sale, and two Clinic for Special Children auctions.
Last month’s auction list expanded quite a bit thanks to the fantastic response from you readers. So if you know of something that should be on here, please tell us in the comments.
And special thanks to our anonymous list creator, who has followed up last month’s effort with this one (and already has July in the works!).
June 2014 Amish Auctions
-June 3, 2014, Tuesday – Railside School Benefit. 68100 CR 43, Millersburg, IN. Supper at 4, Auction at 5.
-June 3, Tuesday. Benefit Auction for Kilgore Amish School, 7177 Germano Road SE, Carrollton, Ohio. 5PM.
-June 6, Friday – Horizons Of Hope. Large auction to benefit long term care facility for Amish women. 345 S Van Buren, Shipshewana, IN. Auction at 3.
-June 7, Saturday – 25th Annual Amish Hospital Benefit Auction, at New Wilmington Livestock Auction, 2006 Mercer-New Wilmington Rd., 1 mile north of New Wilmington, PA, on Route 158, to help with hospital bills.
-June 7, Saturday, 8:30 am – Annual Marion Amish Consignment Auction, 10th Annual Spring Quilt & Consignment Auction, School Bake Sale. Benefits the local parochial school. Held on the Lester Lambright Farm, N10405 State Road 110, Marion, Wisconsin, the first Saturday each June. All proceeds support the Marion Amish School.
-June 7, Saturday, – 2nd Annual Progressive Horse Days & Carriage Consignment Auction. Demonstrations 9:00, auction 10 am. At Pioneer Coach, St. Ignatius, Montana. (This is different than the July Horse Progress Days in Ohio.)
-June 7, Saturday – 38th Annual Auction, Holmes County Kidney Fund, 9 am at the Mt. Hope Sale Barn, Mt. Hope, OH. http://holmescountykidneyfund.org/
-June 7, Saturday – Book Auction, 8:30 AM, at Gordonville Fire Co., 3204 Vigilant St., Gordonville, PA. Call 717-692-4759 for catalog. 895 lots.
-June 7, Saturday – Union County Benefit Auction to support the Clinic for Special Children, at Buffalo Valley Produce Auction , Mifflinburg, PA.
–June 7, Saturday – 4th Annual Amish School Consignment Auction, 9 AM, Freeport, Ohio. Furniture, Farm & Shop Equipment, Quilts. From Freeport take 800 N. to 799 to Kennedy Ridge. Contact: 740-658-4303.
-June 11, Wednesday – South Millwood School Benefit. 7896 N 800 W, Nappanee, IN. Supper at 4, Auction at 5.
-June 14, Saturday – Kingston Consignment Auction, 8:30 AM, N1046 County Highway H, Dalton, WI 53926. Take Highway 44 West out of Kingston, until you see the Tri-County Produce Auction sign. Turn right at the sign; the site is about 1/2 mile down the road.
-June 14, Saturday – 8:30 am, 8th Annual Benefit Consignment Auction at Spring Bank Welding (Centre County). Location: 219 Welding Drive, Rebersburg, PA 16872. Accepting donations & consignments: Quilts, crafts, indoor/outdoor furniture, antiques, collectibles, tools, lumber, equipment, sporting goods, hay, etc. To consign, contact Crist Fisher 814-349-8345; Jesse Peachey 814-349-5377 ext. 3; David Stoltzfus 814-349-5060. For quilts, comforts, etc, contact Melvin & Susan Fisher 814-349-8139.
-June 14, Saturday – Annual Somerset County Amish Church Fund Auction, Rt. 669 Springs Road, Salisbury, PA. 830 AM. Furniture, antiques, stoves, horses & cattle, tools, 75+ handmade quilts. 5-6 auction areas running simultaneously.
-June 20 & 21, Friday evening & Saturday – 22nd Annual Troutville School Benefit Auction. At the Ben Coblentz Farm, 618 Paradise Road, Punxsutawney, PA 15767.
-June 20 & 21, Friday evening & Saturday – New York Haiti Benefit Auction. Penn Yan Fairgrounds, Old NY 14, Penn Yan, NY 14572. Friday: Fish Fry and Roast Beef Dinner – 4:30 PM; Miscellaneous Auction: 6 PM; Cattle Auction: 6:30 PM. Saturday: Food Stands Open 6 AM; Auction starts 8 AM.
-June 21, Saturday – East End Amish Hospital Benefit Fund at Crist M. Zook Farm, Milroy, PA. 8:30 AM. Livestock, machinery, household, quilts. Off of Rt. 322 take Milroy exit. Go to traffic light, turn left proceed 2 miles. At ball field turn right, then 1 mile to Back Mountain Rd., go approx. 1 mile to auction site.
-June 26-27, Thursday evening & Friday – Lancaster County Carriage and Antique Auction, Bird-in-Hand Volunteer Fire Company. Across from the Bird-in-Hand Family Restaurant on Route 340, Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505, 717-392-0112, http://lancasterpa.com/events/lancaster-county-carriage-auction/
-June 28, Saturday – 22nd Annual Atlantic Benefit Auction. At the David Mullet farm, Atlantic, PA.
-June 28, Saturday – Refton Fire Company Mud Sale, 99 Church Street, Refton, PA 17568, 717-786-9462. www.refton59fire.com
-June 28, Saturday – 16th Annual Benefit Auction to support The Clinic for Special Children, at Shippensburg Auction Center, 1 mi. E of Shippensburg, PA 17257.
Other Events
This isn’t an auction, but we’re also going to include this birding event. In some places birding is quite popular among the Amish, and Holmes County is definitely one of those places.
-June 6 & 7, Friday & Saturday – Second Annual Optics Fling will take place at Time and Optics, 6954 County Road 77, south of Mt. Hope, Ohio, from 8-5. Important birding event. http://www.gregmillerbirding.com/time-optics/2013-optics-fling/
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Thanks Erik,
It’s good to have the info.
I might try to get up to one in Pa. Montana and Wisconsin are kind of a long drive from NC. I’ll have to check on the ones in Va. to see what’s going on.
Amish Benefit Auctions in Elkhart Lagrange and Nappanee
June 3 – Railside School Benefit – 68100 CR 43, Millersburg, IN – Supper at 4, Auction at 5
June 6 – Horizons Of Hope – large auction to benefit long term care facility for Amish women – 345 S Van Buren, Shipshewana, IN – Auction at 3
June 11 – South Millwood School Benefit – 7896 N 800 W, Nappanee, IN – supper at 4, Auction at 5
Thank you Ship, just added them. Interesting to see some mid-week events.
Horse Progress Days
Not an auction, but for July throw in Horse Progress Days at Mt. Hope, Ohio, on July 4-5.
forgot the URL
http://horseprogressdays.com
Will do that, thank you.
wow
Very comprehensive Erik, thanks for the information!!
Terry
Canadian sale
The Mennonites relief sale is on this Saturday May 31, 2014 in New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada. Always a wonderful sale, in its 48th year….worth stopping by. I can’t wait until the Haiti benefit at the end of August in Mt. Hope, I will be there..Marie,Windsor Ontario Canada.
June 3, 5:00 pm, Tuesday
Benefit Auction for Kilgore Amish School, 7177 Germano Road SE,
Carrollton, Ohio. With a Chinese Auction; what is that?
http://www.auctionzip.com/Listings/2106792.html
Thanks for these Linda, added them to the list. As for Chinese auction, this is what I got from Wikipedia:
A Chinese auction is a combination of a raffle and an auction that is typically featured at charity, church festival and numerous other events. Can also be known as penny social, tricky tray or pick-a-prize according to local custom, or to avoid causing offence.
The difference between a raffle and a Chinese auction is that in a raffle with multiple prizes, there is one “hat” from which names are drawn, but in a Chinese auction each prize has its own “hat”. This allows ticket buyers to choose which prize to focus on, as opposed to having a first, second, third, etc. prize.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_auction
Sat Jun 14 – 08:30AM
Annual Somerset Co. Amish Church Fund, Rt. 669 Springs Road, Salisbury, Pa
http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/auctionlist.cgi?vuid=1141
I hope that Amish America readers share photos & info about their visits to any and all the above-mentioned auctions. Photos of quilts and Amish-made wood items (etc.) or unusual auctioned items would be a treat for people (like myself) who must visit these events “virtually”.
I hope you all have an enjoyable time, and I look forward to your stories & photos!
Alice Mary
2014 New York Haiti Benefit Auction
Just for you, Alice Mary! From the New York Haiti Benefit Auction on June 20 & 21, 2014:
http://hbanewyork.org/photos-2/ (photos of items for sale)
https://www.facebook.com/NYHaitiBenefitAuction/photos_stream (photos during the auction, before the auction, and maybe some from last year with May dates)
https://www.facebook.com/NYHaitiBenefitAuction/posts/1463992383842783 (24 random pictures of the auction)
http://www.chronicle-express.com/photogallery/NE/20140624/NEWS/624009998/PH/51_73_354_629
(Gallery of 19 photos, Seen on Scene)
http://www.chronicle-express.com/section?template=videos
or http://bcove.me/geywxtfz (video 1:10 selling quilt)
or http://bcove.me/61631t6a (video 1:04 auctioneer)
THANK you BIG TIME!
Thank you SO much, Linda! I just viewed ALL of the photos and video you sent RE: 2014 New York Haiti Benefit Auction, and I enjoyed it all! I’d love one of those “marble” pumps, and one quilt I saw was just mesmerizing! Some of the chairs looked like just what I’ve been looking for, and those tractor lamps were fun. Donuts, soft pretzels…I could almost taste them and smell them cooking. You made my day! I really appreciate it! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Alice Mary
QUESTION: Any Mud sales in Canada?
Looking for Amish / Mennonite mud sales in the St. Catharines / St. Jacobs Ontario. I thought there was one on the weekend of the 14 June, however i lost the information sheet I had.
Please send any info you might have, of mad sales across Canada.
thankyou
Ontario Amish Auction
Hi Rachel,
I Googled St. Jacobs Ontario Annual Amish auction, and this came up:
Saturday, June 14, 16th Annual Chelsea Amish School Fund Sale. Starts at 9 a.m. Sale held at the Farm of Dennis and Esther Kuepfer, 2 km south, 2 km west of Chesley, ON. Fire #1447 Brant Township. Sale to include machinery, horse related items, over 100 new quilts etc… For information and to consign call Robert Kuepfer 519-363-6953 – See more at: http://www.auctionsontario.ca/auctions#sthash.mjOEh02i.dpuf
http://www.auctionsontario.ca/auctions/gallery/6244
If you like tractors, a large J I Case Auction Sale is Saturday, June 14, 2014, at 3950 Steffler Road, Elmira, Ontario, For Melvin K Martin at the premises of MK Martin Enterprise Inc., a rare collection. Melvin has been collecting for many, many years. At 10 a.m., Sale of tractors and combines, farm equipment, etc. This sounds like a Mennonite name.
http://theauctionadvertiser.com/cgi-bin/slsearcx.pl?s1=29696918
Mennonite Relief Sale & Quilt Auction in New Hamburg, Ontario.
May 29 and 30, 2015
If these are not what you had in mind, maybe someone else can help you.
Hello, Canada! Here are some items of interest:
http://mcccanada.ca/get-involved/events
MCC Relief Sale & Auction
June 13, 2014 – 4:30pm to June 14, 2014 – 3:00pm
Join us for the MCC Relief Sale and Auction at Prairieland Park, Hall E, on June 13-14, 2014! Enjoy food, markets, auction and activities for kids!
Prairieland Park, Hall E
503 Ruth St. W.
Saskatoon, SK
Networking Conference for Low German Service Providers:
June 16, 2014 – 8:15am to 4:00pm. London, Ontario, Canada.
This conference is particularly helpful for service providers to understand the religious and cultural implications of working with the Low German populations.
Aylmer Relief Sale
June 28, 2014 (All day) –
14th Annual MCC Charity Auction for Relief,
115 Pine St. E
Aylmer, ON N5H 2S1
Phone: (519) 851-6889
Amish Auction
There is an auction in the Milverton area on July 19 at 8:30 am
4917 Line 67 Perth East,Milverton. Watch this website for details http://www.billhorstauctions.com/
Amish Produce Auction- Pontotoc, MS
Can anyone tell me about produce Auction
at Randolph Amish Comm. , Pontotoc, MS.
Time-
DAY OF WEEK-
DATES-
LOCATION –
DIRECTIONS-
Thx…Ken
West Kootenai Annual Amish Community Auction
Annual West Kootenai Amish Auction
6-14-2014, Saturday
250 Whitetail Drive
Rexford, MT 59930
The Annual West Kootenai Amish Auction helps to fund the local Amish school, and features machinery, log homes, gazebos, log furniture, cedar furniture, hand stitched quilts, wall hangings, wood carvings, & handcrafted items. They usually sell in three auction rings. The auction is held on the second Saturday in June each year.
http://www.kilmercreek.com/auction.html 406-889-3588
http://visitmt.com/listing/categories_NET/MoreInfo.aspx?IDRRecordID=13784 406-889-5638
Lighthouse Vocational Services Benefit Auction
June 13 & 14, 2014, Friday 4-9 pm, Saturday 6 am until all is sold.
23rd Annual Lighthouse Vocational Services Benefit Auction, 144 Orlan Road, New Holland, PA 17557. http://www.lancasterfarming.com/classifieds/SubcategoryList/3236552–23rd-Benefit-Auction
One unique feature they have is a European Auction, which was held at 9:30 a.m. in previous years. Here are two descriptions:
-“A special European auction is planned for 9:30 a.m. “(A European auction is) an auction where the bidding starts high and the amount comes down until a person bids. The bidding person then wins the bid,” explained Dean Stoesz, executive director and CEO of Lighthouse.”
-“The European auction, which will begin at 9:30 a.m., draws great interest because the bidding will start with the item priced high. The auctioneer will slowly lower the price, and the first bidder will win the item. “People think … can I wait longer? Will it be cheaper?,” said King. “(They) just love it!”
An article from 2011 described the auction:
http://addesk.engleonline.com/AdDesk/Htmlfiles/Readers/article.epc?id=51606
Annual Addison Consignment and Benefit Auction
June 20 & 21, 2014, Friday 3:00-6:30 pm, Saturday 8:30 am – Addison’s 6th Annual Consignment & Benefit Auction *By Maple Valley Auction, Addison, NY. YODER AUCTIONEERS.
Held at Dan B. Yoder (Creekside Greenhouse), 6338 Derby Hill Rd., Addison, NY 14801.
St. Rt. 417 to Cty. Rt. 81 between Addison & Woodhull follow signs.
All proceeds benefit the Addison Amish Hospital & School Fund.
http://www.aaauctionfinder.com/auction/01d9269e-7462-51e6-f299-71ce84b2c52d
Montana Amish School Benefit
2nd Annual Amish Beacon Star School BENEFIT AUCTION, Wed, June 25, 2014, 5 pm, Moore, Montana, Amish made wood products, Hand made quilts.
Location: 826 Kirkeminde Road, Moore, MT
From Lewistown, go West 8 miles to Crystal Lake Road, South 4 miles to Seright Road, West 2 miles to Kirkeminde Road, then 3/4 mile South.
From Moore, go South 1/2 mile to Seright Road, East 2 miles then South 3/4 mile on Kirkeminde Road.
WATCH FOR AUCTION ARROWS!
www.ShobeAuction.com 406-538-5125
http://www.shobeauction.com/property.aspx?item=14010&agency=25065#.U6mUk2dOXIU
Moore, Montana benefit auction report
A Montana report on “Annual auction supports Amish school” in Moore, can be read at:
http://www.lewistownnews.com/articles/2014/07/02/news/doc53b46d589bceb106541178.txt
The highest quilt sold for $850, with 135 registered bidders.
https://www.facebook.com/ClinicForSpecialChildren/posts/657017507685533
(Clinic for Special Children, 2014 Union County Benefit Auction! 11 photos from June 7. You will see some plain Mennonites in these pictures.)
Lancaster County Carriage and Antique Auction
Here are links for some pictures from the Lancaster County Carriage and Antique Auction on June 26-27.
http://travelexperta.com/2014/08/amish-traditions-amish-auctions-life-lancaster-county-pennsylvania.html
http://www.birdinhandauction.com/
(see items for sale)