This is a new milestone. Two postings on my blog in one week. I just wanted to take one more moment to talk about the auction this Sunday, November 16 at Walt Gaul’s auction barn located 4 miles East of Owatonna, MN on Hwy 14 and then 1 mile South on Cty 59. If you haven’t been to Walt’s place before, consider this to be a personal invitation. Walt’s auction barn is a real treasure. As my friend Jerry says, if Norman Rockwell was still alive, he would paint a picture of it.

This will be a real Americana country auction. In addition to the two households that we were originally working with, we were fortunate to be able to add a very nice old estate from Iowa. There are so many primitives and collectibles and old furniture in the rough that we will have to sell with two rings and sell fast at that. There are old postcards from towns in Southern Minnesota, wooden bowls, a Norwegian map from 1906, a 1953 picture of the original Leuthold’s store in Kasson. Norwegian books, an old rocker that may have come from Norway, kitchen primitives, a china cabinet, round oak table, library table, shelves, chairs, pressed back chairs, mohair couch and chair, oak and ash tables, old pictures. All the small items and box lots will be sold inside the heated auction barn. Dress warm anyway, because the furniture will be sold outside. Hope to see you there.