Amish Auctions – October 2014

ByErik Wesner September 30, 2014September 30, 2014

Summer is officially history, but Amish auctions plow on into October.

Amish Boy Danville Auction — Looking for dad at the Beaver Run School Auction, Danville, Pennsylvania.

Below you’ll find listings for quilt and craft sales, consignment auctions, a Haiti sale, a downsizing auction, and a fire company mud sale, perhaps the last of the year.

States include Illinois, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Delaware, Iowa, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee.

We’ve also got some non-auction events listed – fire company breakfasts, a book signing, and the “Charm Days” festival.

As always, a special thanks goes to our auction list compiler for her hard work.

All photos on this page: Beaver Run School Auction, Danville, PA, taken by Jerry.

October 2014 Amish Auctions & Events

Oct. 1, Wed. – Miller Downsizing Auction, Burton, OH, 4:30 p.m. Geauga County. 17201 Mumford Rd. Burton, Ohio 44021 Farm machinery, horses, household items.

Oct. 3, Fri. – Gingerich Auction, Peebles, Ohio, Adams County. Farm equipment, tack and harness, livestock and household goods.

Oct. 4, Sat. – 59th Amish Quilt Auction, 10 am. Scott Township Volunteer Fire Department (new location), 3712 Harlansburg Rd. (Rt 108), New Castle, PA. Held October and April. Over 150 quilts for sale.

Oct. 4, Sat. – Annual Fall Quilt and Craft Sale, Strasburg Fall Consignment & Mud Sale, Strasburg Fire Company, 203 Franklin St., Strasburg, PA. 8 am.

Oct. 4, Sat. – Gratz Fall Consignments Auction, 6th Annual Amish Parochial Schools Of Lower Northumberland County Consignment Mud Sale, 601 E. Market St., Rte 25, Gratz, PA.

Oct. 4, Sat. – Benefit Consignment Auction, 10 am at Whitewater Truss Company, 79 Paul Foulke Pkwy., Hagerstown, IN, to benefit families in Wayne County with large hospital bills.

Amish Auction Power Plant Backdrop — Two very different types of plants in this photo.

Oct. 10, Fri. – Annual DDC Clinic Benefit Auction, for special needs children, Middlefield, OH.

Oct. 10-11, Fri. eve. & Sat. – Galilean Home Ministries 25th Annual Quilt & Craft Auction, Liberty, KY. All proceeds benefit the children. 606-787-5120, www.galileanhome.org Fri. 5 pm ET. Spaghetti supper, Sat. 7 am ET Pancake Breakfast, auction begins 10 am ET.

Oct. 10 & 11, Fri. & Sat. – Charm Days, Charm, Ohio. http://charmdays.com/

Oct. 11, Sat. – 9th Annual Amish consignment auction, 9 a.m., at Plowboy Produce Auction, Ethridge, TN. 931-829-1114. plowboyproduceauctions.com

Oct. 11, Sat. – Annual Jamesport Amish Community Quilt Auction, Jamesport, MO. jamesportmissouri.org/jca_003.htm

Danville Amish Auction Quilts — Quilt Selection, Danville Amish auction

Oct. 17 & 18, Fri. & Sat., – Annual Fall Carriage Auction at Lebanon Fairgrounds, 80 Rocherty Rd., Lebanon, PA 17042. Martin Aucts. AY000144L. Horse-drawn Coaches, carriages, sleighs, harness, saddles, tack. No quilts or furniture.

Oct. 18, Sat., 9-3, Cedar Valley Community Quilt and Craft Show, at Cedar Valley Produce Auction, Elma, Iowa. cedarvalleyproduceauction.com/index.html

Oct. 18, Sat. – 30th Annual Amish Parochial School Auction, 8 a.m., 764 Winding Creek Rd., Dover, Delaware.

Oct. 18, Sat. – Fall Consignment Auction, 10 am. At the Casey County Produce Auction at 524 South Fork Creek Road, Liberty, KY. This consignment auction occurs every third Saturday in October. Amish and Mennonite participation. Livestock, poultry, farming equipment, household items, horse tack, some quilts and furniture.

Oct. 18, Sat. – Gap fire Company supper http://www.gapfire.org/ Fall Ham and Oyster Supper, Gap, PA.

Oct. 18, Sat. – Christiana fire company breakfast, 6-10 a.m., Christiana, PA.

Small Animal Sale at the Beaver Run School Auction, Danville, PA.

Oct. 22, Wed. – Fall Consignment Auction, 2347 Dell Road, Cashton, Wisconsin.

Oct. 22, Wed. – Donald Kraybill book signing, at Shady Maple, East Earl, PA, by reservation.

Oct. 24-25, Fri. evening and Sat. – 21st Annual Illinois Haiti Benefit Auction- Otto Center, ½ mile south of Arthur, Illinois. Friday evening meal from 4:30 to 7:30 pm.

Oct. 25, Sat. – Cochranville Fire Company Mud Sale. Cochranville Volunteer Fire Company, 3135 Limestone Road, Cochranville, PA 19330, 610-593-5800.

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