Well Happy New Year. It is a good time to catch up a little bit. Here we are at the Northfield Historical Society Fundraising Auction which was held on November 1 at the Jacobsen’s Building on Division Street in downtown Northfield. This was really a fun event. It seemed like everyone in Northfield must have been there. Barb had a rare opportunity to be in the crowd and bid instead of cashiering. Griff Wigley took a whole bunch of fun pictures which you can view at Northfield.org in the NHS photo gallery section. This is the time of year that we can take some time to get involved in fundraising auctions. These are always great community events.

Some of the fundraisers we will be working with are Mantorville Historical Society, Cannon Valley Girl Scout Council, Friends of the Library, Cannon Valley Sportsmen, St Dominic’s, and of course one of my favorite, the Northfield Arts Guild auction on March 20. You can find out more about these auctions by clicking on our Upcoming Auctions page.

I just had an hour and a half long tutorial session with Griff Wigley so the quality of my blog posts should keep improving. I learned to put two pictures side by side and make them smaller. Next week Larry Valek and I will be attending the Minnesota Auctioneer’s Convention in Brainerd. This is an annual opportunity for the auctioneers in the state to get together and catch up on the latest in auction techniques and technology.